Future of 2 Negros provinces up for discussion in federalism road show
THE FUTURE of Negros Island, which is composed of two provinces that belong to two separate regions, is up for discussion during the first of a series of federalism road shows that was launched Sunday, June 17, in Dumaguete City.
Dragonboat fest
The 1st Cebu City Dragonboat Festival at the South Road Properties opened Sunday, June 17, and will culminate Monday, June 18.
Nat’l government mum on purchase of ARMM property in Zamboanga
MALACAÑANG AND the Defense department have been elusive about the brewing tension over a 72-hectare property within Zamboanga City that is under the ownership of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
CityMall Northtown gets council committee endorsement
THE PLANNED CityMall in the high-end subdivision Northtown in Davao City has been endorsed for second reading by the City Council committee on housing, rural and urban development.
BBL forum set in Cotabato City today
A FORUM on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) is set on Monday, June 18, at the Notre Dame University gym in Cotabato City.
Nation at a Glance — (06/18/18)
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Talks with Reds cancelled, Sison disappointed
PEACE TALKS with communist rebels scheduled on June 28 have been put off, the government announced on Thursday.
Most of Carpio’s suggestions on China ‘not feasible’ — Cayetano
FOREIGN AFFAIRS Secretary Alan Peter S. Cayetano on Thursday said most of the suggestions made by Acting Chief Justice Antonio T. Carpio and other personalities on how the Philippines should respond to China’ actions in South China Sea — especially on the incident in Scarborough shoal — were not feasible, while some were already being done by the government.
Study: Higher dengue risk in kids who got Sanofi vaccine
AN ANALYSIS of data on Sanofi’s dengue vaccine, which has been given to more than 800,000 school children in the Philippines, confirms it increases the risk of hospitalization and severe dengue in those who had never previously been infected with the mosquito-borne virus.
ConCom introduces election-campaign fund where companies, citizens can contribute
THE Consultative Committee to Review the 1987 Constitution (ConCom) said that they have new proposal for the Federal constitution wherein a “democracy fund” in the federal constitution to ensure equality in campaign funding and discourage corruption.
House minority solons want provisions on flag, anthem out of BBL bill
HOUSE Minority leaders on Thursday set conditions on approving the final Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) to be reconciled by the Bicameral Conference Committee in July.
Nationwide Round-Up
PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. Duterte’s recent remarks against the Catholic church has put the religious institution on a “defensive mode,” according to Father Jerome R. Secillano of the Catholic Bishops’s Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).