Philippines

Surprisingly. contrary to President Duterte’s claim that he fired 43 Bureau of Immigration (BI) personnel allegedly involved in the “pastillas scheme,” they have actually reported back to work but are facing criminal and administrative charges, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has expressed it to the public. In his sixth State of the Nation Address (SONA) last July 26, Duterte claimed that …

OCTA Research called for “circuit-breaking” lockdowns as it said a flood in COVID-19 contaminations has started in Metro Manila where the exceptionally contagious Delta variation might be playing a factor. The call came as specialists distinguish more instances of the Delta with neighborhood transmission and as President Rodrigo Duterte cautioned Monday a re-visitation of the lockdowns of 2020 is conceivable. …

The resistance’s reactions against President Duterte’s last State of the Nation Address (SONA) are normal, Malacañang said recently as it protected his choice to zero in on the organization’s dubious conflict on drugs. Pundits have asserted that Duterte’s SONA needed substance, saying the President committed an excessive amount of time on the medication war regardless of whether individuals needed to …

For ecological campaigners, President Rodrigo Duterte’s 6th and last State of the Nation Address was disillusioning for its inability to make reference to activities to ensure the climate and moderate the effects of the environment emergency. Duterte’s last SONA was the longest since 1986 however it didn’t set out any plans on how the public authority will address environmental change …

In quest for a since a long time ago pined for Olympic gold decoration, Hidilyn Diaz lifted a record complete of 224 kg yet she bore more than that on her remarkably proficient shoulders. It was the desire for an entire country, which hung tight for right around a century for the subtle games equipment that at long last fell …

From landmark Comprehensive Tax Reform Program to the controversial passage of the Anti-Terror Law, Talamitam looks back on President Rodrigo Duterte’s legislative promises ahead of his final State of the Nation Address (SONA). Duterte has so far signed 19 of his legislative priorities, but 41 measures remain pending in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. This is despite …

President Rodrigo Duterte later Monday will convey his last State of the Nation Address to a public still for the most part unvaccinated against an infection that has constrained the world to come to a standstill. Very nearly five months into the public authority’s immunization crusade, some 6.08 million out of a complete 109.03 million Filipinos have been completely inoculated …

The House of Representatives will focus on the five leftover bills in the authoritative plan of the Duterte organization when meetings continue one week from now, after the President conveys his last State of the Nation Address. In view of this, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco yesterday said the proposed measures are the five remaining for the chamber to pass from …

The retired Supreme Court senior associate justice Antonio Carpio dared President Duterte to ban China from fishing within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the West Philippine Sea during his last year in office. They even have one last test. In fact, they will wait for him to say that he has nothing to lose. They even added that …

President Rodrigo Duterte has required an extraordinary gathering of the public authority’s pandemic team  precisely two days after the Department of Health affirmed that there is neighborhood transmission of the profoundly infectious Delta variation of the Covid. In view of this, Duterte will require a crisis meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases and …