International Women’s Day: Philippines hailed for narrowed gender gap, but . . .

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 23:17:46 +0000

International Women’s Day: Philippines hailed for narrowed gender gap, but . . .

As the world marked International Women’s Day on Friday, a United Nations official commended the Philippines for narrowing the gap between women and men when it comes to rights and opportunities, but also noted that more efforts were needed to reduce childbirth-related deaths as well as incidents of sexual and physical violence among women and girls.

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Palace hits UN exec’s remark on drug war: You think you know better?

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 07:05:05 +0000

Malacañang on Thursday dismissed the remarks of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet that the drug war in the Philippines “should not be considered a model by any country.”

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Lacson questions, slams wiretapped narco list data

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 05:05:47 +0000

MANILA, Philippines  – Is the administration admitting to be complicit in the commission of a crime by foreign governments?Senator Panfilo Lacson raised  this  question on Wednesday, following  a Palace official’s disclosure that the information on political personalities in the so-called narco list came from wiretapped communications  provided   by foreign governments.

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Duterte OKs all-out family planning program implementation

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 11:02:02 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the full and intensified implementation of the country’s National Program on Family Planning, Malacañang said on Tuesday.

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Narco-politicians list to guide voters in May polls – Palace

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2019 11:36:00 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang is supporting the proposed release of the narco-politicians’ list ahead of the May 2019 midterm elections.

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Colmenares dares Panelo to debate on PH loan agreements with China

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2019 06:59:41 +0000

Senatorial bet Neri Colmenares on Saturday challenged Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo to debate over issues concerning

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Palace: Colmenares ‘politicizing’ China loan agreement, seeks media mileage

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2019 04:08:41 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Saturday slammed senatorial candidate Neri Colmenares for allegedly seeking media mileage by politicizing

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