By: Ben O. de Vera – Reporter / Philippine Daily Inquirer /August 23, 2021 MANILA, Philippines—The national government’s outstanding debt will further climb to a record P13.42 trillion by the end of 2022 even as next year’s gross borrowing was expected to be a smaller P2.47 trillion in accordance with the narrower budget deficit program….
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) is thinking of taking legal actions against continued efforts to link the media group with the communist revolutionary movement it sees as part of an orchestrated effort to intimidate it into silence. NUJP officers found themselves answering requests for interviews today from community news outfits around…
By John L. Silva The cineaste in me had some trepidation viewing Goyo, the nickname for General Gregorio del Pilar, coming on the heels of the box office hit Luna, that irascible General Antonio Luna who, like del Pilar, fought under President Emilio Aguinaldo (played by Mon Confiado) in the Filipino-American War. Would a successful film…
Feb 28, 2022, Reuters Hong Kong has around 340,000 domestic helpers, most hailing from either the Philippines or Indonesia A rapid spread in COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong has put the plight of domestic helpers in the global financial hub in the spotlight after some were fired or made homeless by their employers when they…
Members of Desaparecidos (Families of the Disappeared for Justice) and other progressive groups commemorated the International Day of the Disappeared in a gathering at the Plaridel Hall, College of Mass Communications of University of the Philippines Diliman in Quezon City Thursday, August 30. They paid tribute to the families and friends of the Desaparecidos from…
HINDI PA TAPOS ang laban ng mamamayang Pilipino laban sa pasismo at terorismo ng estado na inihahasik ni Rodrigo Duterte kasapakat ang pulisya, militar at mga alyadong pulitiko na bumubuo sa super majority sa Kongreso. Nagdiriwang ang iilang makikinabang sa RA11749 o “Terror Law” habang nagpupuyos sa matindi galit ang malawak na hanay ng mamamayan….