By: Christia Marie Ramos – Reporter / INQUIRER.net / January 31, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Leni Robredo said Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong’s sense of accountability with the violation of health protocols during a controversial birthday party he attended was “admirable” and serves as a “great example” for other government officials. “Obviously mayroong…
Editorial, Philippine Daily Inquirer / January 30, 2021 A plague known as the “Red Death” haunts the countryside. A prince known as Prospero seeks shelter in his palace and orders its gates locked. But after a few months, the prince seeks the company of others and throws a fancy masquerade ball. Everyone is having a…
By: Neil Arwin Mercado – Reporter/INQUIRER.net /January 29, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A review of the over 5,000 drug-related police operations that resulted in deaths should also cover people who “emboldened those that pulled the trigger,” United Nations (UN) special rapporteur Agnes Callamard said Friday. During the online forum of the Foreign Correspondents Association of…
By: Neil Arwin Mercado – Reporter/ INQUIRER.net /January 26, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate urged national and local governments to provide temporary subsidy to consumers amid high prices of goods such as pork and chicken. Zarate said the national government and LGUs can buy the produce…
Jan 28, 2021 Ralf Rivas MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) For the 4th quarter of 2020, the slump in gross domestic product is at 8.3% The coronavirus pandemic plunged the Philippine economy to its worst contraction since World War II, with gross domestic product (GDP) falling by 9.5% in 2020. The latest figure announced by the Philippine…
By Robyn Dixon and Isabelle Khurshudyan Jan. 24, 2021, WashingtonPost.com MOSCOW — More than 3,300 people were arrested Saturday in protests spanning nearly 70 cities and towns across Russia calling for the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny — a massive show of defiance against President Vladimir Putin and his widening crackdowns against challenges…
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Jan 25, 2021 Rappler.com Nakagat ba ng asong ulol ang mga taga-militar? Matapos tapusin ni Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and UP-DND accord, narito naman si Lt General Antonio Parlade Jr, bumubula ang bibig. Sabi ni Parlade, ang spokesman ng task force laban sa insurgency, 18 pamantasan daw ang “recruitment haven” ng New People’s Army. Kung…
NLTimes.nl Monday, January 25, 2021 After illegal protests in Eindhoven and Amsterdam on Sunday, the evening brought riots and unrest in at least 10 other municipalities. Riot police had to intervene in The Hague, Tilburg, Venlo, Helmond, Breda, Arnhem, Apeldoorn, and Stein, among others. “It is terrible,” Hubert Bruls, chairman of the Security Council and…