(UPDATING) Commission on Appointments rejects Yasay as foreign secretary
March 8, 2017
The Commission on Appointments unanimously rejected on Wednesday the ad interim appointment of Perfecto Yasay Jr as foreign secretary, radio reports said. “After careful deliberations of the foregoing circumstances and upon a unanimous vote of 15 of its members present
Duterte orders owner of Mighty Corp arrested
March 7, 2017
President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday ordered the owner of a cigarette manufacturing company arrested for allegedly using fake tax stamps. “Yes, yes, I ordered his arrest.. He’s the one behind it.. fake cigarette stamps,” Duterte told reporters in Malacanang. The
(UPDATE) House approves death penalty bill on third and final reading
March 7, 2017
The House of Representatives Tuesday voted 217 for, 54 against and one abstention to pass on third and final reading the proposed law reimposing the death penalty on drug-related crimes. Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, a lawyer and secretary general of the
Bishops “not defeated” despite passage of death penalty bill at the House
March 7, 2017
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said it is unfortunate the House of Representatives has “given its consent for the State to kill” in passing the death penalty bill on third reading Tuesday night. “We, your bishops, are
Labor department opens contractualization policy to amendments
March 7, 2017
The labor department gave management and labor representatives four more days to deliberate on a draft order on contractualization as it held off signing that order on Tuesday. At the National Tripartite Industrial Peace Council meeting, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello
Duterte says felt vindicated on pivot to China
March 7, 2017
President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday he made the right decision in pursuing an independent foreign policy and to pivot to China. In a speech in an event of the Department of Agriculture in Malacanang, Durterte said this was
Duterte admits death squad existed during martial law
March 7, 2017
President Rodrigo Duterte admitted on Tuesday the existence of the Davao Death Squad. But Duterte explained that the death squad was organized to neutralize the Special Partisan Unit (SPARU), a hit squad of the communist New People’s Army, during
Duterte urged bicameral appointments body to listen to Lopez’s “cries”
March 7, 2017
President Rodrigo Duterte urged on Tuesday the powerful Commission on Appointments to listen to the cause of Environment Secretary Gina Lopez, whose appointment is being strongly opposed by the mining sector. In a speech in an agriculture event in
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