Jun 14, 2024, Reuters The US military launched a clandestine program amid the COVID crisis to discredit China’s Sinovac inoculation – payback for Beijing’s efforts to blame Washington for the pandemic. One target: the Filipino public. Health experts say the gambit was indefensible and put innocent lives at risk. WASHINGTON, USA – At the height…
Cristina Chi – Philstar.com, June 17, 2024 MANILA, Philippines — A congressional probe is now being sought into the damages caused by the United States military’s secret campaign to reportedly incite fears of China-made vaccines among Filipinos at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic — an operation believed to have been deadly in the vaccine-hesitant…
Mayen Jaymalin – The Philippine Star, June 13, 2024 MANILA, Philippines — Filipino workers must be freed from poverty and poor working conditions, labor groups urged he government yesterday as the country celebrated the 126th anniversary of Philippine independence. Poverty wages and contractualization are among critical workforce issues that the Marcos administration must address, the Nagkaisa…
Cecille Suerte Felipe – The Philippine Star, June 11, 2024 MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang’s directive to integrate the singing and recitation of the “Bagong Pilipinas” hymn and pledge into the weekly flag ceremonies of national government agencies and instrumentalities needs a law, according to Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III. “I suggest that the executive…
Shiela Crisostomo – The Philippine Star, June 6, 2024 MANILA, Philippines — A total of 20,322 people were killed during Duterte’s war on drugs from July 1, 2016 to Nov. 27, 2017, human rights lawyer Chel Diokno said during yesterday’s hearing of the House committee on human rights on the alleged extrajudicial killings (EJK) during…
Q&A with San Francisco State University student Mari Ramos By: Jun Nucum – @inquirerdotnet INQUIRER.net US Bureau /May 26, 2024 SAN FRANCISCO – Many students protesting the Israel-Hamas war at universities nationwide, including Filipino Americans, have faced a range of repercussions, from arrests to suspensions. Eliana Atienza – the daughter of TV personality Kim Atienza…
INQUIRER.net /May 25, 2024 MANILA, Philipppines — The government is set to forfeit billions of pesos worth of lands from suspected Chinese drug lord Willie Ong and his associates. Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers said the Land Registration Authority (LRA) and the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) will file forfeiture proceedings against…
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL and DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA – The International Peoples Tribunal (IPT) issued a guilty verdict to Ferdinand Marcos Jr., former President Rodrigo Duterte, the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the United States government for war crimes against the Filipino people and violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL)…