PH debt soared to P15.89 trillion as of September

Mariedel Irish U. Catilogo 10/31/2024

The Philippine government’s debt reached a record P15.89 trillion at the end of September, as officials borrowed more locally and internationally to cover the budget deficit. The Bureau of the Treasury reported on Wednesday that this marked…

PH gov’t is biggest violator of workers’ rights

Joel Ruiz Butuyan - @inquirerdotnet 02/15/2021

The government is so high-strung and unforgiving in commanding private employers to pay their employees minimum salaries and other benefits made mandatory by law. The Philippine government, however, is a huge hypocrite, because it’s the biggest abuser…

PH expands travel restriction to US amid threat of new COVID-19 variant

Krissy Aguilar - Reporter / @KAguilarINQ 01/01/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government has included the United States in the list of countries where a travel restriction is imposed to prevent the transmission of the new COVID-19 variant, Malacañang said Friday. “The Office of…

Terror bill critics march despite quarantine

the Inquirer staff 06/05/2020

For the first time since the nearly three-month ban on mass gatherings was imposed, hundreds of human rights and political activists held a protest march on Thursday, this time against the proposed antiterrorism law, warning that it…

Speak up, dear healers

JASON BAGUIA 09/08/2017

War and metaphorical wars tend to victimize the truth. This has happened in what the Philippine government calls its war against drugs. The assault on truth is manifest in several ways. I have written in my last…

How to continue riding Miss U’s tourism gains

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/30/2017

Maxine Medina may not have won the most coveted crown “in the universe,” but the Philippines was a “runaway winner” for hosting the 65th Miss Universe pageant in the country. This was the statement made by Tourism…

Wa pa gyod maayo ang Palace of Justice

Lloyd Suarez 10/16/2016

Samtang nakabangon na ang mga simbahan ug mga pribadong building nga nangaguba niadtong Oct. 15, 2013 major earthquake, inutil gihapon ang atong mga kadagkoan sa Korte Suprema nga gipangulohan ni Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno kay wa…

Advocacy and Democracy

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 10/02/2016

  A colleague from another country with an iron fist rule said to me, years back, that she envies us, advocates in the Philippines. She was excited about the work of civil society organizations when we shared…

Vidal offers to mend Duterte-CBCP gap

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 07/15/2016

Hoping to bridge the gap between Catholic Church bishops and the new administration, Cebu Archbishop Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal on Wednesday visited President Rodrigo Duterte in what the prelate considered as a worthwhile encounter with the country’s…

Aquino on Binay’s ‘Gaganda ang Buhay’ slogan: ‘E di wow’

07/27/2015

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III took a swipe at Vice President Jejomar Binay’s party slogan “Gaganda ang Buhay.” In his last State of the Nation Address on Monday, Aquino criticized the slogan of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA)…

Aquino gov’t: a truckload of lies, empty promises, lip service — Moro group

07/27/2015

COTABATO CITY, Philippines – Militant groups here called for a stop to human rights violations, which they claimed has remained rampant during President Aquino’s term.  The protesters, led by Suara Bangsamoro, marched through major city streets here…

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