“The 24 senatorial limit was based on a Philippine population of 20 million or so. Now we are more than 104 million people,” Pimentel said. “The increase in the number of senators and of the members of the HouseRead more
Subic-BlogOn 19 February, President Rodrigo Duterte, in a speech to a Filipino-Chinese business grouping, suggested that Philippine troops should be sent to China for counterterrorism training, as a way of balancing against the Armed Forces of the Philippines' choiceRead more
Subic-BlogListed conglomerate Ayala Corporation has acquired a controlling stake in Silicon Valley-based firm Merlin Solar Technologies for an undisclosed amount, according to a disclosure on the Philippine Stock Exchange. The transaction, which was done through Ayala's wholly owned subsidiaryRead more
Subic-BlogWatching the anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution, many cannot help but feel sad that the small crowds showing up for the “People Werpa” reflect how little people now think of the event. The truth is thatRead more
Subic-BlogThose who are learned and experts, we need to hear them speak so that they can advise us properly,' Aquino told lawmakers. The controversy over the drug stretches back to late last year, when the Philippines suspended the vaccinationRead more
Subic-BlogMANILA, Philippines – Ayala Corporation (AC), through its manufacturing arm AC Industrial Technology Holdings Incorporated (AC Industrials), took a controlling stake in a United States-based solar solutions firm. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) on Monday,Read more
Subic-BlogTHAT'S THE SPIRIT As the crowd whoops it up in arguably the least attended celebration of the 1986 bloodless revolt on Sunday at the People Power Monument, former President Fidel V. Ramos bends his knees before the cameras butRead more
Subic-Blog“Not only did former United States Ambassador Philip Goldberg leave the Philippines with a legacy of fractured relations between the two countries, … If the dropping of anchor on Manila Bay by the USS Carl Vinson an indication ofRead more
Subic-Blog“Democracy, freedom, and human rights are meaningless words to those who take for granted what our heroes died to gain for us,” said lawyer Andrea Lizares Si, Tindig Pilipinas-Negros Occidental convenor. “That is why we cannot afford to forgetRead more
Subic-BlogThe nightmares are relentless. But six months after their horrors began, the Rohingya Muslims who fled army attacks in Myanmar for refuge in Bangladesh feel one immense consolation. “Nobody is coming to kill us, that's for sure,” said MohammedRead more
Subic-BlogFILE – In this Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018, file photo, protesters picket the Senate at the start of the probe in the death of an overseas worker in Kuwait, Pasay city south of Manila, Philippines. The Philippine president saysRead more
Subic-Blog21, 2018, file photo, protesters picket the Senate at the start of the probe in the death of an overseas worker in Kuwait, Pasay city south of Manila, Philippines. The Philippine president says a ban on the deployment ofRead more
Subic-BlogParticipants display placards as they participate in a procession against plans to reimpose death penalty and intensify drug war during "Walk for Life" in Luneta park, Metro Manila, Philippines February 24, 2018. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco. The Social Weather Station's (SWS)Read more
Subic-BlogThe summon comes days after a report by the CIA and other US intelligence agencies suggested Duterte was a threat to democracy in Asia and compared … The Philippine presidential office denied the reports and Medialdea told Kim thatRead more
Subic-BlogMANILA • The Philippine government has summoned the US Ambassador over an American intelligence report that listed President Rodrigo Duterte and his deadly war on drugs as a "regional threat", officials said yesterday. US envoy Sung Kim met MrRead more
Subic-BlogThe American envoy met with a top aide of President Rodrigo Duterte to explain that a new U.S. intelligence report criticizing the Philippine leader's “autocratic tendencies” was based on widely available information, Washington's embassy in Manila said Friday. AfterRead more
Subic-BlogMANILA, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 23rd Feb, 2018 ):The Philippines has summoned US Ambassador to the Philippines to the presidential palace to shed light on the recently released US intelligence report that tags President Rodrigo Duterte asRead more
Subic-BlogMANILA (XINHUA) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he would not allow Philippine troops to participate in any armed conflicts involving the United States. In a speech in Iloilo province on Thursday (Feb 22), Duterte said that heRead more
Subic-Blog“In the case of the Philippine President Duterte he has actually called on people to go out and kill those they suspect to be drug dealers,” Huang said. The report also criticized U.S. President Donald Trump in connectionRead more
Subic-BlogThe Philippine president has banned a reporter from attending briefings at the presidential palace compound because her online news organisation's licence to … Mr Duterte repeated an earlier accusation without offering evidence that Rappler might be funded by theRead more
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