MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine government, under attack by rights groups for its poor record in defending and protecting human rights, has been busy these past months propping up its image in the international community.
The Foreign Affairs department in early June declared its “success” in defending the country’s human rights record [...]
MANILA, Philippines - A retired Court of Appeals justice on Thursday admitted that corruption is not new in the judiciary, but said it most of the times starts with lawyers and not with judges and magistrates.
“Yun yung corruptor eh, ‘yung justices corrupted lang (The lawyers are the corruptor, while the judges [...]
MANILA, Philippines — A Filipino priest will open the first Catholic university in Ethiopia in Eastern African, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said Tuesday.
The CBCP website (www.cbcpnews.com) said Dominican priest Virgilio Ojoy will head the Ethiopia Catholic University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Ecusta) in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.
The Supreme Court (SC) dismissed from the judiciary Court of Appeals (CA) Justice Vicente Roxas and suspended CA Justice Jose Sabio for two months for their irregularities and improprieties in connection with the bribery scandal involving the Manila Electric Co. and Government Service Insurance System (Meralco-GSIS) case.
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) warned millers on Tuesday that they could be charged with profiteering if they fail to bring down flour prices in relation to current world market prices.
This came after bakers said on Monday they won’t be able to stop another round of price increases in their products, which they [...]
The Supreme Court is set to tackle in its en banc session Tuesday the findings of the panel tasked to investigate the controversy at the Court of Appeals (CA) on the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) – Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) case.
The military has filed a formal complaint against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) before a joint ceasefire monitoring body for the abduction and killing of a government representative to the ceasefire committee.
Share prices on Tuesday declined as investors stayed on the sidelines on lack of positive leads, analysts said.
MANILA, Philippines - Damages wrought by the armed clashes between soldiers and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Mindanao has climbed further to almost P121.5 million, the National Disaster Coordinating Council said Tuesday.
In its 8 a.m. report, the NDCC said the figure includes P38.53-million damage to infrastructure and P82.95 million in agriculture.
Of the damage [...]
MANILA - At least six civilians, including a pregnant woman and three children, were killed on Monday when Philippine army planes strafed and bombed Muslim rebel positions in the south a week after a peace deal collapsed, officials said.
Army helicopters and planes attacked rebel positions near a marshland after renegade members [...]