Bayan Muna welcomes ICC probe on President Duterte
Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Sunday welcomed an investigation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor into ...
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Needed: A spokesperson for the economy
For almost the entire month of August, the conversation had been almost wholly on criminality and corruption. Not that these ...
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Duterte to EU: Be a partner, not accuser
THE Palace on Sunday urged the European Parliament to engage with the Philippine government as partners in nation-building, rather than ...
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UN lists down 9 conditions
THE United Nations special rapporteur on summary executions, Agnes Callamard, has specified several conditions before she visits the Philippines to ...
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Lacking credibility
THE Senate committee on justice last week wrapped up its investigation of the rise in drug-related killings since the Duterte ...
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Pernia: Killings necessary evil
A SENIOR Cabinet official on Tuesday stressed that controversial spate of drug-related killings are a ‘necessary evil’ to achieve peace ...
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Drug-related killings
IN THE past two weeks, two events saddened me—the death of a good family friend, Ernie Maceda, and the retirement ...
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