Philippines

Few days left till 2021 and the new year’s sustained higher oil and food prices could cause the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to remove monetary assistance from the ailing economy prematurely and jack up rates, raising the urgency of a compelling fiscal stimulus. In view of this, the supply fluctuations have kept food prices high and may be vulnerable …

Alternative media network AlterMidya and three affiliates of its network asked the Ombudsman’s Office to fire three officials of the anti-communist task force of the government over their baseless red-tagging, a tactic that endangers those identified as insurgents and terrorists. In view of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers, AlterMidya, Bulatlat, Kodao Productions and Pinoy Media Center filed criminal and …

President Rodrigo Duterte has requested for the swift formation of a separate department for Filipino migrant workers appears to pave the way for the contentious priority legislation to be implemented. In view of this, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, his long-time assistant, certified Duterte as an urgent 1949 Senate Bill just filed the last 14th of December. The bill creates a …

This coming 2021, a massive leadership model is underway at the oldest conglomerate in the world. Ayala Corporation stated that Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala will leave his position as chief executive in a disclosure to the stock exchange but will stay as company chairman. In view of this Jaime will be succeeded by Fernando Zobel de Ayala, his younger …

Admit it or not, Pacman is still one of the world’s favorite boxer. In fact, there are four potential dates on the table for the next fight for super WBA welterweight champion for this current senator and Saudi Arabia is looming as the host country to mark his first title defense since July last year’s dethronement of Keith Thurman in …

Through the nation’s anticipation of the vaccine, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco has announced that the accredited media covering the House of Representatives and their families will be first in line in the chamber’s coronavirus vaccination campaign once the shots become available for mass use in the country. For this reason, The House is setting aside P50 million from its internal …

Here’s something interesting as an election lawyer heed against a bill in the Senate which was started by Sen. Imee Marcos, proposing a crossbreed election scheme requiring manual counting of votes at the level of the precinct. In view of this, Marañon was the first to publicize a dangerous insertion in the 2021 budget through a series of replies in …

A surprising situation was announced since, by mid-January, Petron Corp. will be shutting down its Bataan refinery as the last operating oil refinery in the world. In it’s recent disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Petron highlighted that its refinery in Limay will be shut down by Bataan’s economic plant starting in the second half of January 2021.Prreviously, The Bataan …

Defenders made a way as the members of the University of the Philippines College of Law faculty defended their former dean, Associate Justice Marvic Leonen of the Supreme Court, against an exclusion offer they considered uncorroborated. In order to throw the impeachment lawsuit and prioritizing more meaningful work for legislators the law professors advised the members of the House of …

Amidst everything that’s happening, President Rodrigo Duterte certified two bills seeking to extend the validity of the 2020 national budget and the so-called “Bayanihan 2” legislation as urgent steps to ensure that the government has enough fiscal leeway to finance next year’s expensive pandemic response. Duterte gave presidential certification to House Bill 6656 in a letter to House Speaker Lord …