TWO top officials on Tuesday, July 25, qualified their support for the abolition of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), as President Rodrigo R. Duterte had threatened in his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday.
PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte on Monday said his camp hired Internet trolls during the campaign period to help him win the race to Malacañang last year and to defend him from critics on social media.
By Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral
Reporter
PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte on Monday said the liberation of the besieged southern city of Marawi is being “delayed” by his order to the military to refrain from attacking a mosque where pro-Islamic State (IS) militants are hiding with 300 civilian hostages.
THREE DAYS after Congress voted to extend marital law over Mindanao, the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday unanimously dismissed the two consolidated petitions asking the high court to compel the Congress to deliberate on President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s martial law declaration.
THE Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) of the United Kingdom posted a travel advisory on its Web site on Tuesday urging travelers to refrain from visiting western and central Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago “because of terrorist activity.”
THE House Committee on Metro Manila Development held a hearing on Tuesday, July 25, on transport network companies (TNCs), to consider proposals for their continued operation, one of them being the granting of congressional franchises.
PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte on Monday threatened to bomb schools of lumad or indigenous peoples (IP) for allegedly teaching students to embrace communism and fight the government.
THE SUPREME Court (SC) has upheld an earlier decision limiting to one the number of representative from Congress that will sit in the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC).
THE DEPARTMENT of Justice (DoJ) has junked the kidnapping complaints against 30 of the 44 arrested foreign nationals believed to be part of a group targeting casino high rollers.
THE SENATE passed on third and final reading yesterday a bill that would require motorcycles and scooters to have license plates that are bigger and color-coded by region for easier identification.
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
Reporter
HAVING it solid early in the season-ending Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors’ Cup, the NLEX Road Warriors are looking to sustain their fine form as they take on the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the curtain-raiser today at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
THE NLEX Road Warriors may have won their first two games in the PBA Governors’ Cup and their fourth overall dating back last conference, but the team is patiently waiting to face the big dogs in the tournament to see how far they can go.
