Gov’t reactivates bird flu task force amid virus reemergence in Central Luzon

Jul 30, 2020 | Regions

The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has approved the reactivation of the National Avian Influenza Task Force (NAITF) following recommendations of the Department of Agriculture (DA). IATF Resolution No. 60 stated that...

Marcoleta seeks probe into ABS-CBN’s land ownership

Jul 29, 2020 | Nation

House Deputy Speaker Rodante Marcoleta filed a resolution on July 22 seeking to investigate ABS-CBN’s ownership of its Quezon City property. Marcoleta’s Resolution 1058 claimed that the title to the Mother Ignacia Street property could be of “dubious origin,” and...

Duterte lifts suspension of loans, grants from 18 countries that backed UN human rights resolution

Mar 4, 2020 | Top Stories

Photo from the UN Human Rights Council The Duterte government has lifted the suspension of all loans and grants from 18 countries that supported a resolution in the UN Human Rights Council that called for scrutiny of the Philippines’s human rights situation....

Palace shoots down anti-corruption exec’s threat to impeach Robredo

Jul 15, 2019 | Top Stories

Vice President Maria Leonor ‘Leni’ Robredo (From PIA) Malacañang on Monday brushed aside statements by an anti-corruption commissioner that Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo should be impeached for supporting the UN Human Rights Council’s...