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…
JIM GOMEZ Fri, February 24, 2023, AP MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines’ chances of retaining special trading incentives, including slashed tariffs for a wide array of products, would be boosted if it decides to free a long-detained opposition leader and rejoin the International Criminal Court, a group of European parliamentarians said Friday. The European…
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…
Who do you suppose will end up paying for the enormous sums of money spent on the six-year social media campaign of Marcos Jr.? And for the transactional politics that convinced so many governors, mayors, and the like, to support him? Unlike our D and E voters, who were ill-informed but sincerely motivated and should not be blamed (e.g. Filipinos are “bobo”), these politicians were motivated by greed and self-preservation. Do you think Marcos Jr. will not want a return on his ill-gotten investments?
The Filam.net (A Magazine for Filipino Americans in New York) By Wanna Ver, Atmi Pertiwi, Leonardo Taddei, Jody Fish, Adolfo Canales Wanna Ver spent her early childhood in a lavish Forbes Park mansion flanked by foreign diplomats’ homes. As the youngest daughter of General Fabian Ver, Ferdinand Marcos’ most trusted ally and loyal military officer…
By Interaksyon, based on a report by PCIJ – May 2, 2022 Wanna Ver, daughter of General Fabian Ver, is apologizing to victims of Martial Law for the crimes his father helped commit during his time in the Philippine military. Wanna said this in a report the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism released on Monday,…
by: Lea Luciano, Myka Jaymalin Introduction This year marks the 36th Anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution, a historical uprising of the masses who ousted the late Ferdinand Marcos’ longstanding dictatorship and restored democracy to the Filipino people. On February 25, 1986, days after Marcos’ controversial win during the 1986 Snap Election, millions of…