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(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate and Kabayan Partylist Rep. Ron Salo have raised serious concern over the FDA advisory that appeared to cast doubts about the efficacy of the China-made vaccine. “The FDA has already given the EUAs to Pfizer Biontech and Astrazenica way ahead. But, it seems Duque, Galvez, et. al. again dropped the ball by not working immediately on the indemnification fund required by the manufacturers, a requirement ...

By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News Published February 23, 2021 6:09pm Police Regional Office XI chief Police Brigadier General Filmore Escobal on Tuesday defended the inclusion of Davao City in the barangay development program of the anti-insurgency council with an allocation of P1.6 billion. In a press conference, Escobal said the inclusion of Davao City in the BDP is due to the presence of armed rebel groups in the Davao Region that are supposedly threatening the city. “Itong funding na ...

By JOVILAND RITA, GMA News Published February 21, 2021 2:09pm National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. once again defended the inclusion of Davao City in the Barangay Development Program (BDP) of the anti-insurgency council with an allocation of P1.6 billion. In making his point for Davao Citys inclusion in the BDP, Esperon cited  economic activities, size of landmass, rural areas, and the presence of armed rebel groups in Davao Region that is supposedly threatening the city. �...

More lawmakers back probe on Lumad center raid Edu Punay © STAR/Geremy Pintolo, file More lawmakers back probe on Lumad center raid MANILA, Philippines — More congressmen are supporting the move to conduct a House inquiry into the recent police operation at an educational center in Cebu where 21 Lumad students were dragged away by lawmen. Deputy Speaker Benny Abante, Quezon City 6th district Rep. Kit Belmonte, Marikina Rep. Stella Quimbo and Surigao del Norte Rep. Ace Barb...

Published February 18, 2021, 2:02 PM The wealthiest member of the House of Representatives has set up a P500,000 fund to finance the legal action for the release of 15 children from Lumad communities in Mindanao who are currently being held allegedly against their own and their respective parents’ will by the Philippine National Police. (JUAN CARLOS VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) Deputy Speaker and 1PACMAN Partylist Rep. Michael “Mikee” L. Romero, a staunch advocate of children’s rights and we...

Published February 18, 2021, 9:06 PM While health officials take steps to get the Philippines a good share of life-saving vaccines against the dreaded novel coronavirus disease (COViD-19),  the country’s agricultural experts are similarly pursuing  moves to access vaccines being developed against the African Swine Flu (ASF). Department of Agriculture Secretary William Dar (Department of Agriculture – Philippines / FACEBOOK / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) During a joint committee hearing in...

By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News Published February 16, 2021 5:42pm Updated February 16, 2021 10:08pm Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa on Tuesday raised the question whether the statements of Army Lieutenant General Antonio Parlade directed at the opponents of the anti-terror law were meant to cause harm. At the resumption of oral arguments on the petitions challenging the law’s constitutionality, Caguioa brought up Parlade’s Facebook post in which the military...

Published February 15, 2021, 5:21 PM Various groups and netizens have called for the release of volunteer Lumad school teacher Chad Errol Booc following the operation conducted by the Police Regional Office 7 (PRO-7) inside the Talamban campus of the University of San Carlos Cebu City on Monday, Feb. 15. (Photo from Chad Booc’s Facebook) A total of 25 individuals, including teachers, Lumad students, and Lumad elders, were illegally arrested in the operation conducted by the PRO-7 and the Dep...

Bayan Muna Representative Ferdinand Gaite on Sunday called out the allocation of the anti-insurgency task force’s budget for Davao City, expressing doubts the area is infiltrated by armed communist  rebels.

Zarate wants immediate passage of bill regulating bank fees amid impending hike Published February 11, 2021 11:24am Bayan Muna party-list Representative Carlos Isagani Zarate on Thursday urged the House leadership to fast-track the passage of House Bill 4019, which aims to regulate the fees and charges being imposed by banks. Zarates call came after the announcement that inter-bank automated teller machine (ATM) fees are set to increase starting April. According to Zarate, a review on di...