UP-DND pact “has done good” – Atienza

Jan 24, 2021 | Nation

For Deputy Speaker Lito Atienza, the 1989 pact between the University of the Philippines (UP) and the Department of National Defense (DND) “has done good” in the past 30 years. Magmula noong 1989, maganda naman ang naging behavior, actuation at galaw ng...

Duterte admits uncertainty in fight vs terrorism

Aug 31, 2020 | Nation

President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday expressed uncertainty on how he would address terrorism in his two remaining years in office, but asserted that terrorists “will have no future” in the country. “May dalawang taon pa ako, ewan ko kung ano ang...

House vote sends anti-terror bill to Duterte’s desk

Jun 3, 2020 | Top Stories

The House of Representatives passed the controversial “Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020” on third reading Wednesday, 173-31, and with 29 abstentions. With the House entirely adopting the Senate version passed in February, there is no more need for bicameral...

Anti-terror bill to negate free expression, press freedom – NUJP

May 31, 2020 | Nation

The National Union of Journalists in the Philippines (NUJP) has expressed alarm over Philippine Anti-Terror Bill or Senate Bill 1083, saying it would infringe upon rights such as freedom of the press and of expression. “This is, in effect, is government scaring...

Palace marks 3rd anniversary of Marawi siege, pays tribute to heroes

May 23, 2020 | Regions

Malacañang on Saturday paid tribute to the 168 soldiers who died during the Marawi siege, which broke out this day in 2017. “Today, as we remember Marawi, we pay tribute to the heroism of our fallen men in uniform during the siege of the Islamic City,”...