Following another waiver of his appearance at the second status conference held on Tuesday, ICC Trial Chamber III Presiding Judge Joanna Korner directed Duterte to personally appear on the said court date, unless medical issues prevent his attendance.
“Before the war, rice production cost per hectare was at P60,000. It has since risen to P95,000 on the average,” Unyon ng Manggagawa sa Agrikultura national president Ariel Casilao told Kodao.
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers cautions against labeling the incident as “isolated,” saying the problem is deeper than admitted and is in fact systemic. The group cited official reports that overcrowded Philippine classrooms, numbering to an average of 60 students, contribute to a diminished sense of safety among learners.
“Imagine all the energy we need, falling from the sky every single day. Free. Independent from whatever one person, company, or country decides to provide for us or not,” renewable energy advocates said.
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has denied that convicted kidnapper Jovito Palparan had been transferred out of the national penitentiary facility, but could not present believable proof he remains in prison, groups pointed out.
“Everyone knows this is about the Senate leadership change more than any legislative measure…Any leadership change should not be an occassion to get off the hook senators who face corruption charges,” Makabayan said.
Erlinda Cadapan and Concepcion Empeño filed a manifestation before the High Court after on Monday after hearing reports the retired general had been transferred to the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) in Baguio City.
“Bantay Impeachment is our response,” Fr. Victor Sadaya, School Director of Claret School of Quezon City, said on Saturday as he led the launching of a citizen-led watchdog campaign for maintaining sustained public pressure for a fair and transparent impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte.
Templa said games and plays must be encouraged as an assessment and therapy tool. “Playing allows children to be just themselves, a natural vehicle and venue or mechanism to be free. They talk naturally and conveniently when they play with others or even in solitary,” she said.
“There’s no genuine independence as long as US bases and troops are allowed in the country, and the US military continues to use our land and water territories as training and staging grounds for its acts of aggression and intervention against other countries,” BAYAN said.
