By Ivy Tejano DAVAO CITY – In a latest bulletin from the Hague, the ICC issued a call to the public to submit additional names and information of victims of alleged extra-judicial killings relating to the case of former President Rodrigo Duterte. The move is an apparent indication that there is not enough evidence to…
AP Photo/Basilio Sepe The renewed call to impose the death penalty on corrupt public officials is less a sign of resolve than a measure of how deeply betrayed the Filipino people feel. House Bill No. 11211 did not arise from a functioning justice system—it emerged from the anger of a nation that has watched corruption…
In a country where illness is already a sentence to poverty, the deliberate weakening of PhilHealth is nothing short of state-sponsored cruelty. While ordinary Filipinos line up in overcrowded public hospitals, beg for guarantees, borrow money for dialysis, chemotherapy, or emergency surgery, the government quietly starves the very institution meant to protect them. The numbers…
The first Spanish Goat kid in the Mindanao Small Ruminants Nucleus Farm (MSRNF) in Makilala, North Cotabato which weighed 3.15 kilos at birth has gained 300 grams after just two days. The big brown buck kid, the first of three kids of the Pure Spanish Goats, named “Big Boy,” has become a symbol of the…
Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go’s Team joined the feeding activity held at Tagaloguin-Adona Polymedic & Diagnostic Center, Inc. (TAPDCI) in Ozamiz City, Misamis occidental, underscoring the value of simple and compassionate acts of service that directly benefit ordinary Filipinos. The feeding initiative, which was organized by TAPDCI, led by its Medical Director, Dr. Amy Adona, aimed…
Already each presidential and vice presidential wannabees had surfaced packaging themselves as the saviors of our benighted country. Sen. Risa Hontiveros early on had the endorsement of putschist Antonio Trillanes who peddles her as one who can prevent another Duterte from becoming president. He went all the way in declaring Davao City as the most…
Photo courtesy: Toby Tiangco facebook page Sinabi ni Navotas lone district Representative Toby Tiangco na may command responsibility si dating House Speaker Martin Romualdez kaugnay ng mga di-umano’y insertion sa flood control projects ng Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), na iniuugnay kay dating Ako-Bicol Party-list Representative Zaldy Co. Binigyang-diin ni Tiangco na wala…
By Ivy Tejano DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo Duterte has no immediate plans to return to the Philippines as long as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. remains in office, according to Davao City First District Rep. Paolo Duterte. Speaking to Duterte supporters outside the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Rep. Duterte said the family…
By Ivy Tejano DAVAO CITY – Former Mati City mayor Michelle Nakpil Rabat has expressed her support for Vice President Sara Duterte, citing shared roots in Mindanao and what she described as the strong track record of Duterte-led programs. “I’ll go for Vice President Sara Duterte. I am from Mindanao, and we come from the…
By Ivy Tejano DAVAO CITY – A proposal to amend Davao City’s existing Dog Ordinance is now underway, with plans to expand its scope to cover the welfare of all animals, according to Committee on Agriculture, Aquaculture, Food, and Animals chairperson Councilor Ralph Abella. Speaking at the Pulong-Pulong sa Dabawenyos media forum on Monday afternoon,…
