'President Duterte should stop making thoughtless, reckless, and irresponsible statements at the expense of public health,' says Senator Risa Hontiveros MANILA, Philippines – Critics slammed President

President Duterte has upset the Opposition gameplan once again. It was planning a protest by some Catholic bishops, leftist organizations, human rights activists and Catholic school children whom they

Dear US Legislators, This coming Thursday, July 20 at 10 AM Washington DC time (10 PM in Manila of same day), the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission will hold a hearing on the "human rights consequence

Disclaimer: a screenshot of Drei Toledo's facebook wall today, July 18th 2017 In 1982, Sunvar Realty was leased Creekside/Mile Long, a 2.39 hectares government property in Makati Business District. The

If you're the new president of a country ruled by corrupt and narco-politicians, who protect drug-lords; having human rights groups who are more concern of the lives of drug addicts and criminals; having

Disclaimer: this is a screenshot from Monching Lumantas' facebook wall today, July 14th 2017 regarding President Duterte's visit yesterday to Ormoc City, Philippines. President Duterte was one of the first

Disclaimer: One of my feeds in Facebook today 9th of July 2017. Contrary to how President Duterte is being portrayed by the local and international media, who he is and how he works can't just be dismissed

An ongoing battle. If you guys don't know this, there's nowhere in the world that Facebook is being utilised as a political platform than in the Philippines. This is between President Duterte and the

After one year into the Presidency there is no doubt that ( President) Duterte has already started in breaking the backbone of the oligarch-controlled system of government and has introduced drastic reforms

The Opposition was in panic. It decided to hold an urgent meeting chaired by (Senator) Drilon to decide what to do about its sad situation. Drilon began, "Let's face it. We're in the shithouse. (Vice

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Assistant Secretary Dra. Lorraine Marie Badoy wrote this in her Facebook account yesterday, July 4th, 2017. As one of the most vocal supporters of President

"One year into office, the president has the vast support and trust of the Filipino people. His rating stands at 75 percent. The commander-in-chief enjoys the support of the AFP and PNP. He has the support

People will try to silence you.  Don't let them.  They will say "That's not nice/polite/proper/acceptable." Don't believe them. They will try to scare you into silence. They will try to shame

CNN Philippines by VER MARCELO China today donated the said amount for the relief operations and rehabilitations of Marawi. This is to boost the resources of both the Department of Health (DOH) and Department

Dear Sir/Madam: I am writing to you to personally congratulate Stephen Sackur on the excellent episode of Hard Talk this week, where the special guest was Philippine Senator Antonio Trillanes. It was very

Kudos and thank you very much to Stephen Sackur and the team behind BBC HARDtalk for doing an in-depth research prior to interviewing Mr. Trillanes. On behalf of the millions of Filipinos who are behind

If there is one song that have kept playing in my head this week (and still is for that matter!) is Disturbed' s version of 'Sound of Silence'. It feels like a sacrilege to even hum or sing with it...so

For those who doesn't know me yet, i am an avid supporter of President Duterte. Here is what Senator Trillanes have to say , the world can listen to him too.  He leads the Philippines' opposition,

Disclaimer: this a screenshot from facebook. Posts are going around in facebook asking for help for our soldiers in Marawi. As per their requests, it tops these black socks and undies. It's very humbling

An exemplary man, yet misunderstood MARTIAL LAW was declared in Marawi City in Mindanao last May 23rd. Although, the ISIS Maute group had have many casualties, and so is the Philippine military. Have anyone