As residents around Mount Mayon, an active volcano expected to erupt within days, flee their homes, tourists are flocking to the area to watch the mountain’s spectacular lava discharge. Most visitors are domestic tourists, said Dorothy Colle, head of the tourism office in Albay province, about 500 kilometers south of Manila.…
19 January 2018 A group actively pushing for the anti-dynasty law slammed the adoption of Resolution no. 9 by Congress that convenes itself into a Constituent Assembly. ANGKOP, a civil society group and one of the conveners of the anti-dynasty movement took a swipe at the 17th Congress for ‘railroading’…
Fr. Shay Cullen 18 January 2018 Journalists, writers, reporters, commentators will just have to curb their passion for speaking and exposing the truth if they want to continue to live. Too many end up a corpse in a cold dark morgue, silence their only companion. That is just the way…
Media agency highly critical of President Rodrigo Duterte’s government has license revoked Joe Torres, UCANews Manila Philippines January 17, 2018 The Philippines’ securities regulatory body has revoked the license of an online news agency highly critical of President Rodrigo Duterte’s government, especially the deadly war on drugs. Media and human…
Task Force Mapalad News Release – January 18, 2018 Negros peasants urge Duterte to void Danding deal, install them in 5,000-hectare hacienda About a thousand Negros Occidental peasants are calling on President Rodrigo Duterte to end Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco Jr.’s greed and deception that enabled the businessman to still control…
The Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) invites the public to a Policy Action Conference on Federalism to be held at the Conference Area of UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (CIDS), Ground Floor, UP Balay ng Alumni, UP Diliman, Quezon City, on February 7, 2018. Registration starts…
Statement by the Movement Against Tyranny January 15, 2017 As Congress resumes it’s session today, it is poised to fast-track Pres. Rodrigo Duterte’s supposed agenda for a shift to a federal system of government through Charter change. At this point, the Movement Against Tyranny is ringing the alarm bells…
Teenagers are better behaved and less hedonistic nowadays But they are also lonelier and more isolated The Economist | Jan. 10, 2018 | Los Angeles At the gates of Santa Monica College, in Los Angeles, a young man with a skateboard is hanging out near a group of people who are…
Philippine government and the country’s bishops need to remember they serve the same flock Melo Acuna, Manila | Philippines January 15, 2018 The Philippines’ Catholic Bishops’ Conference, established 73 years ago, has raised the ire of some people in government over statements and exhortations that were classified controversial, and at times…
80,000 copies go on sale to mark centenary of Virgin Mary’s appearance before three children in Portugal January 15, 2018 The Philippine Postal Corporation has released special commemorative stamps to mark the 100th anniversary of the reported apparition of the Virgin Mary in Fatima, Portugal. Four stamps of the “Our…
