Protesters urge UK govt to spare condemned alpaca
Campaigners converged on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s central London office on Monday, urging him to save a condemned alpaca called Geronimo.
Campaigners converged on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s central London office on Monday, urging him to save a condemned alpaca called Geronimo.
A Bangladeshi scientist who helped develop a cheap oral vaccine against cholera, a Pakistani microfinance pioneer and a Filipino fisherman were among Tuesday’s winners of Asia’s equivalent to the Nobel Prize.
Eight personalities have hinted at a possible run for the country’s highest office in the 2022 elections. So far, only one made a categorical statement confirming his bid for presidency. Others merely expressed their willingness or “openness” to succeed President Rodrigo Duterte, whose six-year term will finally end in 10 months.
Senator Bong Go unmasked the unabashed hypocrisy of some senators who questioned his continued fealty to President Rodrigo Duterte behind his back.
Senator Bong Go on Tuesday (August 31) urged Senator Dick Gordon to inhibit from Senate hearings involving the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) due to his ties with the Philippine Red Cross.
“Huwag kang magmalinis! Eh ikaw mismo, tumatawag at nagrerekomenda.”
President Rodrigo Duterte has vouched for his former economic adviser, Michael Yang, after the businessman was linked to a controversial company which bagged nearly P8.7 billion in contracts from the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Service.
Senator Bong Go is fed up being bullied by Senator Dick Gordon with his overbearing ways in the Senate attitude.
Binuweltahan ni Senador Christopher Bong Go si Blue Ribbon Committee Chairman Senador Richard Gordon sa muling pagdawit kay dating PS-DBM OIC Usec. Lloyd Christopher Lao sa overpriced na pagbili ng PPEs at medical supplies.
Pinuna rin ni Go ang ginagawang proseso sa pagdinig ni Gordon na siya ang nagtatanong, siya rin ang sumasagot at agad na nagsasagawa ng konklusyon dahil hindi na pagbibigyan ng pagkakataon na makapagpaliwanag dahil kapag hindi aniya gusto ang sagot agad na pinapahiya ang resources person sa imbestigasyon.
President Rodrigo Duterte has extended the ban on travelers from India and nine other countries until September 5.