Reuters.Com LONDON, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Households across Europe face much higher winter energy bills due to a global surge in wholesale power and gas prices and consumer groups have warned the most vulnerable in the region could be hit by fuel poverty as a result. WHY THE HIGH PRICES? Energy companies pay a wholesale…
Oct 9, 2021, Gaby Baizas MANILA, Philippines ‘After years of trying to silence Maria Ressa, it is Duterte who has been silenced by her Nobel Peace Prize,’ says Gideon Lasco Congratulatory messages poured in for Rappler CEO Maria Ressa following her historic Nobel Peace Prize win announced on Friday, October 8 – a feat that…
Kristine Joy Patag – Philstar.com, October 8, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — In the face of Philippine government officials insisting on non-cooperation with international probers, International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan vowed to uncover the truth in President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody “war on drugs.” In a statement late Thursday night (Manila time), Khan issued a statement…
Oct 8, 2021l, Rappler.com Manila, Philippines They win ‘for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace’ Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 on Friday, October 8, in an unprecedented recognition of journalism’s role in today’s…
By: Gabriel Pabico Lalu – Reporter / INQUIRER.net / October 08, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Leni Robredo is no longer concerned that she and Manila Mayor Isko Moreno would split the opposition vote in the 2022 presidential race, saying her group has always been the “real opposition” even from the start. Robredo was…
By: Gabriel Pabico Lalu – Reporter/INQUIRER.net /October 07, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — After months of anticipation and with just a day left in the filing of certificates of candidacy, Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday finally announced that she is running for the presidency in the 2022 national elections. Robredo said during her speech at…
By: Kurt Dela Peña – Content Researcher Writer / INQUIRER.net /October 06, 2021 MANILA, Philippines—As the Commission on Audit (COA) released a report on red flags in COVID-19 spending by the Department of Health (DOH), President Rodrigo Duterte lost no time defending his men as the Philippines saw a spike in infections. Last Aug. 26,…
Editorial: Philippine Daily Inquirer / October 07, 2021 With only about eight months to go before the end of its term, the Duterte administration is making belated moves to demonstrate that it is pursuing accountability for the thousands of lives of mostly poor Filipinos killed in the name of its brutal war on illegal drugs….