Have we flattened the curve? No one really knows. The health department has cited the doubling time slowing down from 3 to 5.5 days and wrongly used it as proxy indicator that the government is winning the curve war. Up to this point, we know nothing. We know about daily new cases, like we had…
A few weeks ago, President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the deployment of more troops to crush the “insurgency,” but the men and women, both old and young, of this armed revolution just laughed. By RONALYN V. OLEA BICOL REGION – Somewhere in the mountainous part of the region, there were makeshift huts made of freshly cut…
By: Gabriel Pabico Lalu – Reporter /INQUIRER.net /January 25, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — An international watchdog has urged the Senate of the Philippines to pass the Human Rights Defenders Act, which is seen to protect rights workers from harassment and extrajudicial killings (EJKs). According to the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, the…
The new Anti-Terrorism Act, which takes effect tomorrow, July 19, is being challenged before the Supreme Court by eight petitions so far filed by different groups. It should open an interesting debate, involving not just the activists and the political commentators but more so the general public which has often suffered the disastrous consequences of…
Ghio Ong (The Philippine Star) – December 1, 2020 Metro LGUs chipping in for vaccine MANILA, Philippines — There will be no easing of quarantine restrictions in Metro Manila and seven other areas during the holidays. Metro Manila as well as the provinces of Batangas, Lanao del Sur and Davao del Norte and the cities…
PHILIPPINE Charity Sweepstakes Office general manager Alexander Balutan yesterday accused gambling lord Charlie “Atong” Ang of trying to bribe him with P200 million monthly in exchange for taking over all small-town lottery operations in the country. Balutan issued the statement during the hearing of the House committee on games and amusement on the questioning of…