Anti-terror bill awaiting final review – Roque

Jul 2, 2020 | Nation

Malacañang on Thursday said the controversial anti-terrorism bill was on its final stage of review at the Office of Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea. In a virtual presser, Palace spokesman Harry Roque said a memorandum recommending to President Rodrigo Duterte a...

Provision to protect artists, creatives in anti-terrorism bill sought

Jun 23, 2020 | Media

Pwersa ng Bayaning Atleta party-list Rep. Jericho Nograles on Monday requested the inclusion in the anti-terrorism bill of a provision protecting the free expression of artists. Nograles wrote to Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) chief Salvador Medialdea, expressing...

UP anti-terrorism bill protesters on Independence Day disperse voluntarily

Jun 12, 2020 | Nation

Protesters who converged at the University of the Philippines’ (UP) campus in Diliman, Quezon City to denounce the controversial anti-terrorism bill amidst arrest threats from authorities on possible violation of quarantine protocols, peacefully and voluntarily...

Veto anti-terrorism bill, DLSU political science dep’t urges Duterte

Jun 9, 2020 | Top Stories

By John Ezekiel J. Hirro Faculty members of the Political Science Department of De La Salle University (DLSU) on Tuesday urged President Rodrigo Duterte to veto the proposed Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, saying the bill provides an ambiguous definition of terrorism that...

Cavite’s Jonvic Remulla on anti-terror bill: ‘Let us focus on bigger problems’

Jun 7, 2020 | Regions

With the proposed Anti-Terrorism Bill expected to reach President Rodrigo Duterte’s desk on Tuesday, Cavite Gov. Jonvic Remulla on Sunday said the government should focus on “bigger problems” and hear citizens’ pleas, instead of ruling with an...