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MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday told a regional summit hosted by Chinese leader Xi Jinping that the Philippines “abhors” a recent altercation with Chinese ships in the West Philippine Sea and said the rule of law was the only way out of problems.

Bayan Muna senatorial aspirant Nery Colmenares on Monday, Nov. 21 chided the Commission on Elections for rejecting partylist election accreditation to the Nurses United who truly represent the welfare of health workers and other medical frontliners. Ex-Rep. Nery Colmenares Instead, Colmenares sa

The Duterte administration has nothing to rejoice about following the decision of the International Criminal Court to suspend its probe into reported killings of thousands of drug suspects during the bloody war on drugs launched by President Rodrigo Duterte. Bloody drug war House Deputy Minorit

Looking at all these, one can surmise the rise of probable national security risk should a militarily powerful country deemed as enemy by the US opt to make a preemptive attack on the US facilities inside Philippine bases (a prospect which President Duterte has said he dreads). And with American soldiers practically being present year-round, the old social ills entailed by their previous presence, such as the prostituting of women near the bases, are likely to worsen.

THE CAMP of presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo dismissed reports of an alliance with Senator Manny Pacquiao, maintaining that their focus has always been on their own campaign

PETITION TO DISQUALIFY. Members of the League of Parents of the Philippines, Liga Independencia Pilipinas, and Yakap ng Magulang, and parents of minors recruited by militant organizations, gather outside the Commission on Elections main office in Intramuros, Manila on Friday (Nov. 5, 2021). They intensified their call to cancel the registration of party-list groups Kabataan and Gabriela. (PNA photo by Lade Kabagani) MANILA - Multi-sectoral organizations on Friday urged anew the Commission on Ele...

The camp of presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, November 4, dismissed reports of an alliance with Senator Manny Pacquiao, maintaining that their focus has always been on their own campaign. Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Manny Pacquiao (OVP/Malacañang) “The on

House Deputy Minority leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Wednesday, Nov. 3 welcomed the filing of a petition seeking to disqualify former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. from the presidential race in 2022. Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate A fierce critic of the Marcos family,

WITH government owing more than P11 trillion, a party-list group renewed calls for the passage of a measure repealing the automatic appropriations for debt service. Bayan Muna Rep. Ferdinand R. Gaite called on the Palace to seriously study and prioritize House Bill (HB) 4087, or the “Repeal the Automatic Appropriation…

House Deputy Minority leader and Bayan Muna Representative Carlos Zarate has called for the passage of House Bill 5249 or Free Funeral Services for Indigent Families on Sunday, October 31. Zarate lamented that HB 5249 is still pending at the House Appropriations Committee although the House Comm