Just like his eternal struggle in choosing between politcs and boxing, Senator Manny Pacquiao can’t make up his mind whether to restore the Commission on Human Rights’ (CHR) proposed P678 million budget for next year or keep it at P1,000 as approved by the House of Representatives.
Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II is running to a dead end, Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday said in reaction to the Cabinet official’s threat to file an ethics as well as civil and criminal complaints against her.
Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III said Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Chair Chito Gascon should have foreseen the House’s move to slash its 2018 budget from P678 million to P1,000.
Senator Kiko Pangilinan on Wednesday warned that the minority group in the upper chamber would reject the proposed P3.7 trillion national budget for 2018 if the P678 million allocation for the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is not restored.
PBA party-list Rep. Jericho “Koko” Nograles has discovered the alleged corruption of Sulu State College president Abdurasa Arasid after the latter requested his office to issue a Certificate of Appearance for the plenary debates on the school’s proposed 2018 budget on September 6.
Ateneo de Manila University’s cheerleaders once again used their voices and moves to protest against extrajudicial killings (EJKs) and the P1,000 budget given by the House of Representatives to the Commission on Human Rights.
Saudi authorities have arrested at least 20 people, including prominent clerics Salman al-Awdah and Awad al-Qarni, in an apparent crackdown on dissent, activists and family members have said.
North Korea vowed Wednesday to accelerate its weapons programmes in response to “evil” sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council following its latest and most powerful nuclear test.
Senator Grace Poe has pressed for an “independent audit” of the China-made trains which remained unusable due to incompatibility with existing facilities.
Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday vowed to advance the interest of millions of Filipino mobile prepaid subscribers as she pressed for longer validity periods for prepaid loads.
