Social Weather Stations (SWS) president Mahar Mangahas cast doubt on a survey that his own firm did in 1986 where respondents agreed that then-ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos was brave.
Senator Manny Pacquiao has raised the need to review the country’s energy policies as he criticized the decision of previous governments to privatize utilities including the power sector.
Senator Manny Pacquiao’s camp said the presidential candidate is “getting more traction” in his bid for the presidency as he went around four key cities in the vote-rich Laguna province.
Cagayan de Oro Archbishop Jose Cabantan warned the public against groups claiming to be under his archdiocese and asking for money.
Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Jaime Morente warned the public against scammers posing as relatives and friends of BI officials.
Presidential contender Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso is seeking the endorsement of the ruling political party of President Duterte.
BAGUIO CITY—Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong shared many anecdotes about his former boss, Partido Reporma presidential candidate Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, but revealed his most striking stories Friday when he recounted his experiences under the former chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) as the commander of its elite Special Action Force (SAF).
EVEN AT A YOUNG AGE, RUFFY BIAZON knew what genuine public service meant. The youngest child of former Senator and former Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Rodolfo Biazon and Monserrat Bunoan, Ruffy saw how his father served the country, first in the AFP as a decorated soldier, then later in the Philippine Congress as a three-term senator and two-term representative.
EARLY 2020 THEN FAST FORWARD TO TODAY. The pandemic has plagued the Philippines for more than a year already. Ever since then, it has left a trail of death, fear, uncertainty, and worse, corruption wherever its tremors rippled, forcing people to stay home as much as they could. Many feel like the time stopped ticking, lives ceased to exist, and memories skipped while we stayed here trapped in draconian community lockdowns and travel restrictions. Travel and tourism, along with many others, have been globally restructured by the COVID-19 pandemic.
THE ONGOING CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK HAS CREATED A DEVASTATING impact on over 180 countries across the globe. What started in Wuhan, China in December 2019 as pneumonia of unknown cause became a pandemic in just three months. The severity of the number of cases crippled in no time has raised alarming concerns worldwide.
