Opposition Senate bet blasts Duterte for jokes, remarks degrading women

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2019 05:10:42 +0000

Opposition Senate bet blasts Duterte for jokes, remarks degrading women

A Marawi civic leader has called on President Rodrigo Duterte to “cease and desist” from making remarks that “degrade women and put them in a precarious position” in the wake of the Chief Executive’s confession about touching a maid in his youth.

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10,000 soldiers to help secure Bangsamoro plebiscite

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 08:25:41 +0000

10,000 soldiers to help secure Bangsamoro plebiscite

The military has deployed 10,000 of its forces to help secure the upcoming plebiscite for the Bangsamoro Organic Law.

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Gutoc to SC justices: Undoing Mindanao martial law ‘a vote of conscience’

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2019 06:31:08 +0000

Gutoc to SC justices: Undoing Mindanao martial law ‘a vote of conscience’

A Marawi civic leader has urged Supreme Court magistrates for “a vote of conscience” to invalidate the extension of martial law in Mindanao.

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Tail-end of cold front to bring rains, thunderstorms over Mindanao

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2019 01:30:10 +0000

The tail-end of the cold front will continue to affect portions of Mindanao while the northeast monsoon (amihan) will affect the Luzon and Visayas regions.

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Solons want SC to invalidate third martial law extension in Mindanao

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 09:50:13 +0000

Solons want SC to invalidate third martial law extension in Mindanao

Seven lawmakers have asked the Supreme Court to “void as unconstitutional” the third extension of martial law in Mindanao.

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Duterte confident of people’s support for BOL ahead of plebiscite

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2019 12:12:40 +0000

President Duterte on Thursday expressed optimism that the people of Mindanao will support the BOL in the upcoming plebiscite.

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Palace says travel alerts ‘natural’; asserts Mindanao travel ‘very safe’

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2019 06:55:20 +0000

Malacañang has said “it’s natural” for “any government” to issue travel warnings, insisting the Cotabato City blast was an “isolated case.”

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Palace hands off on petition vs BOL

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 06:48:17 +0000

Malacañang on Tuesday distanced itself from the petition filed before the Supreme Court asking to declare the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) as unconstitutional and unlawful.

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