Jul 25, 2022, Rappler.com Protesters chant, ‘Marcos, Duterte, walang pinag-iba’ MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s first State of the Nation Address (SONA) was met with protests, with groups demanding the leader to immediately act on soaring prices, human rights, and other national issues. Protesters marched along Commonwealth in Quezon City and called for…
Jan Cuyco – Philstar.com, July 14, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — Following the launch of Project Gunita, a citizen-led online archive of Martial Law era materials, it seems as though the heavy task of memorializing a nation’s dark past is over for its 19-year-old project co-founder Karl Patrick Suyat. But archiving is only the beginning, Suyat…
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Jul 13, 2022, Michelle Lado ‘Are real problems going to be solved at their root if only the NGOs come to them?’ Aklatan Sa Bawat Eskwelahan was born in March 2015. It was a small initiative with the big dream of donating books to public school libraries. I’ve always been a literacy advocate and thought…
Jul 12, 2022, Xenia Tupas In arguing for the protection order, LA County Deputy District Attorney Paul Kim notes the accused Nicholas Weber’s sobriety issues and pending hearings on three probation violations in unrelated criminal cases LOS ANGELES, USA – Judge John H. Reed of the Los Angeles superior court in California on Monday, on July…
Agence France-Presse /July 13, 2022 LONDON — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday awarded the George Cross to the state-run National Health Service (NHS) for its work over the past 74 years and praised its COVID-19 vaccine rollout. The George Cross is the highest non-military award for gallantry bestowed by the British government. The queen presented…
Kaycee Valmonte – Philstar.com, July 12, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines commemorates the 6th anniversary of the historic 2016 Hague ruling that “upheld the Philippines’ sovereign rights and jurisdiction” over the West Philippine Sea. The Hague-based international tribunal invalidated China’s so-called nine-dash claims over the disputed waters and ruled that it is under the…
Xave Gregorio – Philstar.com, July 6, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — Lawmakers part of the progressive Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives have refiled a bill seeking to grant ABS-CBN Corp. a new 25-year broadcasting franchise, in what they called a “challenge” for Congress. “This is a challenge for Congress to defy the rising tyranny,…
By Jeline Malasig, June 30, 2022, Interaksyon.philstar.com The hashtag “#NeverForget” entered Twitter Philippines’ trending list as Ferdinand Marcos Jr. gets inducted into the Office of the President for a six-year term beginning June 30. Marcos Jr. was inaugurated at the National Museum of Fine Arts where he took his oath before Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo. The…