FACES OF THE NEWS: Aug. 18, 2019

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 21:45:20 +0000

FACES OF THE NEWS: Aug. 18, 2019

Persida Rueda-Acosta   It seems anti-Dengvaxia crusader and Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) chief Persida Rueda-Acosta is facing a mutiny. In an anonymous manifesto, several ranking lawyers from the PAO’s central office exposed Acosta’s alleged entrenched and systemic corruption. The lawyers, who said they had knowledge of the goings on in Acosta’s office, said she had […]

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Bato wants teachers urging students to join rallies fired

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 12:05:27 +0000

Bato wants teachers urging students to join rallies fired

MANILA, Philippines — Teachers who cancel their classes and encourage students to join protest rallies instead should be fired, Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa said Wednesday. “They should be removed. Parents enter their students there to become professionals, not to fight the government,” Dela Rosa, speaking in Filipino told reporters in an interview when asked […]

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Bato to groups tagged in disappearance of minors: Appear in Senate probe  

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 08:03:36 +0000

Bato to groups tagged in disappearance of minors: Appear in Senate probe  

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa wants leftists groups tagged as behind the disappearance of some student-activists to appear in the Senate and explain themselves in the next hearing. “Sana for the second time around ng hearing, makakarating rin yung tauhan ng  maka-kaliwa, ano?” Dela Rosa said in an interview over radio station […]

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PNP eyes review of memos between state universities, military

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 09:14:39 +0000

The covenants forged between the DND and state schools must be reviewed to maximize police presence inside campuses, the PNP said Thursday.

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Sotto: Death penalty has ‘good chance’ of passing Senate

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 23:26:18 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte’s push for the reimposition of the death penalty “stands a good chance” in the Senate if it would only cover big-time narcotics trading, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Tuesday.

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Duterte: I’ll take full responsibility if Go, Dela Rosa misbehave

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 16:11:47 +0000

Duterte: I’ll take full responsibility if Go, Dela Rosa misbehave

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he would take full responsibility if two of his closest allies in the Senate — Christopher “Bong” Go and Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa — would misbehave.

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Año to mayors: Cancel Kapa’s business permits

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 21:03:34 +0000

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Monday ordered all city and town mayors to cancel business permits issued to Kapa Community Ministry International Inc. to prevent the organization from “duping” the public.

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