COMELEC to no longer require registration of private social media accounts for campaigning
“The guidelines are clearly overreaching and will have a chilling effect on citizens’ constitutional right to free expression,” Tinio stated.
Unregulated power rate hikes: What are friends for?
It may not be a coincidence that the country’s most powerful energy officials are all associated with the country’s biggest power generator, Aboitiz Equity Ventures, which accounts for 22.5% of the national grid. Nor that Pres. Marcos Jr and Aboitiz Equity Ventures Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sabin Aboitiz are close friends as are, apparently, even their children.
The Host: A movie that defies categories
Although some would refer to The Host as a horror and monster movie, there is actually no horror element that truly scares in the film. But tackling themes of social significance such as foreign intervention and government neglect, audiences will realize the real horror in the movie: the virus was never found and the South Korean crisis was due to misinformation.
Sa agaw-kredito ni Bong Go sa TRO sa pondo ng PhilHealth
Ang taumbayan ang nangulit at kumilos, kung kaya’t tagumpay ng taumbayan ang TRO na inilabas ng SC para itigil ang paglipat ng natitira at 4th tranche na Philhealth funds. Hindi ito dahil sa ‘sulit na pangungulit.’ Isa si Bong Go sa nag-apruba ng unprogrammed appropriations kaya nilipat ang perang ₱89.9 B ng PhilHealth.
NDFP to UN: Hold accountable those truly responsible for child rights violations in PH
“The principles laid out in our Program of Action and Declaration on the Rights and Welfare of Children align with, and often exceed, the standards set by international humanitarian law,” NDFP’s Coni Ledesma said.
Malawakang patayan sa panahon ni Duterte
“Ang nanlaban narrative, iyong gayong modus, ay nanggaling mismo sa mga pulis. At ang bottomline nito ay mismo ang dating Presidente Duterte ang siyang nagdulot ng ganitong libu-libong patayan sa ilalim ng kanyang administrasyon. Simply put, state policy ang patayan sa ilalim ng kanyang administrasyon.”
‘Snowpiercer’ is Bong Joon-ho’s optimistic paean to a unique revolt
Bong Joon-ho’s 2013 film Snowpiercer has clarity of vision and a straightforward statement on the complexity of class conflict.
Release arrested peace consultants to move talks forward, group urges GRP
A group of peace advocates called on the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. government to release all National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultants as a trust building measure in ongoing efforts to revive formal peace negotiations.
Duterte admits his crimes
Only Duterte sycophants and their trucked-in glassy-eyed fanatics would find virtue in the crass oratory of their god. Duterte’s Murder Inc. is a criminal formation and his order for cops to deliberately goad unarmed drug suspects to find is the height of tomfoolery to justify Duterte’s “nanlaban” shtick.
5 ways Philippine dynasties are able to stay in power
In the current 19th Congress, 142 district representatives are reelectionists belonging to political dynasties, PCIJ’s own count shows. At least 67 others are seeking higher positions or switching with family members.