Jun 7, 2022, Lian Buan ‘The accused were acting within their rights when they went outside of their respective residences to plea for food,’ says QC Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 38 of the San Roque 21 MANILA, Philippines – After two years of trial, a Quezon City court cleared 21 residents of an urban poor…
At 27, Manuel one of the youngest in 19th Congress By: Nestor P. Burgos Jr. – Reporter / @nestorburgosINQ, Philippine Daily Inquirer /June 05, 2022 ILOILO CITY, Iloilo, Philippines — Since he was a boy, Raoul Danniel Manuel has been fascinated with numbers, patterns, problem solving and logic. “When I encounter problems and difficulties, I…
By: Clare Baldwin, Eloisa Lopez, Karen Lema – @inquirerdotnet, Philippine Daily Inquirer / June 04, 2022 MANILA—The same day Aurora Blas found her husband’s body in a Manila funeral home in 2016 with a bullet hole in his head, she signed a document provided by the mortician saying pneumonia had killed him. That decision has…
By: John Eric Mendoza – Reporter / @JEMendozaINQ, INQUIRER.net /June 04, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — Twitter has suspended the account of Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria Sison, along with other accounts aligned with the communist movement, the party’s spokesperson said on Saturday. In a statement, CPP spokesperson Marco Valbuena said that…
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Jun 4, 2022, Vergel O. Santos I dare say press freedom is the most critical freedom to a democracy, because the press is meant to inform the people – hopefully even enlighten them – about goings-on that affect their lives When Ferdinand Marcos Jr. admitted only three organizations to the press conference he gave following…
Philstar.com June 2, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — Former officials are calling for a citizen-initiated random manual audit of votes amid speculations on the conduct and results of the recently concluded May 9 polls. In a Pandesal Forum held at the Kamuning Bakery Cafe on Wednesday, former Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) officer-in-charge secretary…
By: Jane Bautista – @inquirerdotnet, Philippine Daily Inquirer /June 02, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — A group of scientists, engineers, and science and technology advocates countered the claim of President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) would solve the country’s energy crisis and make way for rapid industrialization. In a statement…
By Jeline Malasig – May 30, 2022 Filipinos were advised to be vigilant in buying Martial Law-related books and reading materials online following the reported surge of fake sellers claiming to have such copies. This came after GMA News reporter Joseph Morong tweeted that he was scammed by a Shopee seller claiming to have a…