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She's said to have been to at least three Southeast Asian countries already. Here's a rough timeline of events so far.
On early Wednesday, August 21, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. expressed dismay at the escape of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo after members of the Senate reported on her exit."The departure of Alice Guo has laid bare the corruption that ...
What does the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership exactly do for the country?
On Tuesday, February 21, 2023, the Senate ratified the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), making the Philippines the final country to join the agreement among our neighbors. The Upper House voted to concur the ratification just after two days of deliberation, led ...
“It’s okay to be afraid, as long as we do not cave in to cowardice.”
Every year, Esquire Philippines' Man at His Best (MAHB) honors extraordinary Filipinos who are reshaping society. These are the men and women who are raising the bar for Filipino creatives, athletes, public servants, and professionals.This year, we're celebrating eight modern- ...
"The number of molecules in a universe has 80 zeros. It’s not even comparable to the odds of having 433 lotto winners."
Of the million things we have to think about in the Philippines right now, the recent Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) 6/55 Grand Lotto draw is now one of them. It has us all baffled.History was made when 433 bettors ...
The president had originally directed Rodriguez to skip the hearing.
On the third hearing of the sugar import mess, Executive Secretary Vic Rodriguez appeared before the Senate blue ribbon committee after the panel subpoenaed him to attend the September 6 probe.Rodriguez had appeared in the first hearing but left early because ...
Cayetano considers himself part of the “independent minority."
While nobody during the first plenary session objected to Senator Alan Peter Cayetano's election as minority floor leader to the Commission on Appointments (CA), Senator Risa Hontiveros, afterwards, said that she has "serious concern over the election of a CA minority ...
Truly disgusting behavior.
More than 250,000 subscribers and roughly 1,000 videos later, the Usapang Diskarte YouTube channel has finally been taken down. So has its Facebook page. It only took getting called out by Senator Risa Hontiveros and the online court of public ...
Bring them to justice, senator says.
TW: Sexual abuse on children.Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Thursday urged authorities to look into pages on Facebook and YouTube whose posts that promote sexual abuse of children.Hontiveros, who chairs the Senate committee on women and children, shared screenshots from a ...
They're unexpected allies, to say the least.
Senators Risa Hontiveros and Robin Padilla often find themselves on opposite sides of the fence on a variety of issues. But this time, the opposition senator is collaborating with the senate rookie for the passage of the divorce bill.Currently, the Philippines ...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has a few ideas to engage China on the contentious territorial issues on the West PH Sea.
The government isn't doing enough to counter China's increasingly brazen and aggressive moves in the West Philippine Sea, opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros said. The senator, who has often been outspoken about China's encroachment on Philippine-claimed territories in the ...
Report it straight away.
Instances of child abuse saw an increase during the COVID-19 lockdown in the Philippines, with poverty-ridden families resorting to peddling minors to pedophiles online just to get cash for food and other necessities. In a previous report from the Associated ...
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