COMMUNICATION academics, media advocacy groups, human rights defenders, journalists’ organizations, artists and other professionals, and even some congressmen and senators have condemned the shutdown of ABS-CBN. But national artist for literature F. Sionil Jose is among the very few writers who’re supporting the silencing of the network. The Philippine Center of PEN (Poets, Playwrights, Essayists,…
Updated February 2, 2018, 4:40 PM By Analou De Vera The Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) has denied the request of customs “fixer” Mark Taguba to remain under the custody of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and ordered his immediate transfer to the Manila City Jail. Mark Taguba (JAY GANZON / MANILA BULLETIN) The…
Karapatan views the House of Representatives’ measure to declare September 11 as a non-working holiday in Ilocos Norte and as “President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos Day” as a nefarious scheme to cover-up the crimes committed by the dictator Marcos and a blatant act of historical revisionism by the Marcoses. read more
Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 21, 2020 While the internet was always perceived as important, its impact to our lives has never been more highlighted than in the situation we are currently in. Who could have imagined that we can effectively work, learn, and play without going outside of our homes, right? It’s this reason why…
A Muslim civil society organization joined government officials in condemning the death of five agents of the Phil. Drug Enforcement Agency in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-ARMM) in an ambush in a secluded area in Kapai town, Lanao del Sur on Friday.
The Department of Budget and Management in the region (DBM-10) has not reviewed Misamis Oriental province’s P3.5 billion budget for fiscal year 2020 and has instead returned the appropriation ordinances back to the Capitol for lack of necessary requirements.