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Shocking road crashes, less than a week apart, have again raised questions about the country’s driving standards, the oftentimes problematic behavior of people behind the wheel, and how the government can address these recurring concerns. One solution that the government is set to implement soon is a total revamp of the driver’s licensing system, which aims to ensure that only qualified persons will be able to secure a driver’s license.

Efforts to exact accountability from the Duterte administration for abuses of human rights particularly in connection with its bloody war on drugs are getting stronger push this year from international bodies, according to the Philippine Human Rights Information Center (PhilRights).

Panelo's claim contradicts Duterte's statements in previous speeches and interviews.

Two Philippine senators disagreed on the adoption of the Senate resolution asking President Rodrigo Duterte to rethink the scrapping of VFA with the US.

Late last year, ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda told a group of human rights advocates from the Philippines in The Hague for a conference: “I am going to Manila next year.”

The Child Safety in Motor Vehicle Act (RA 11229), which takes effect in February next year, aims to prevent more child fatalities from road crashes. During the one-year transitory period, the LTO will also be implementing a nationwide training program to build the capacity of its men in enforcing the law’s provisions and procedures.

Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo contradicted newly appointed AFP Chief Felimon Santos Jr. on the push for the approval of VFAs with other countries.

Hinuli ng MMDA ang mga driver ng habal-habal na nagte-terminal sa matataong lugar sa Pasig at Mandaluyong.

Drinking water does not prevent coronavirus infection, the World Health Organization said.

Saturday last week on February 8, 2020 to be exact, Ballet Philippines Foundation president Kathleen L. Liechtenstein issued a memo announcing the appointment of Russian danseur Mikhail Martynyuk as the new artistic director of Ballet Philippines for the 51st and 52nd seasons for the years 2020 to 2022.

The Office of Solicitor General's assertion that ABS-CBN breached the constitutional prohibition on foreign ownership by issuing PDRs to foreigners needs context.

A consortium of individuals and media institutions forwarding democracy in the era of disinformation condemned the quo warranto petition filed by Solicitor General Jose Calida before the Supreme Court (SC) against media giant ABS-CBN, saying it is “vindictiveness that feeds on the country’s weak justice system.”

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has dropped six criminal charges against former Sen. Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV but pursued the case of conspiracy to commit sedition with 10 other persons in connection with the publication of “Ang Totoong Narcolist” video blogs by a certain “Bikoy” in early 2019.

What exactly is the new coronavirus?

Broadcast network ABS-CBN asserted on Monday that it did not violate its franchise provisions as it decried the quo warranto petition filed by Solicitor General Jose Calida before the Supreme Court (SC) as an “effort to shut down” its television and radio operations.

The Philippines has been producing commercial oil as early as 1979.

Kung pagbabatayan ang datos ng Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group, mapapansing mas mataas ang bilang ng motorcycle road crashes tuwing tag-ulan kumpara tuwing tag-init mula Enero hanggang Oktubre 2019.

Roque wrongly claimed that the country does not benefit at all from its VFA with the US, and that Filipino soldiers are fighting the world's "longest-running insurgency."

The VFA is a bilateral agreement between the Philippines and the US that outlines the terms and conditions on the entry and visit of US armed forces in the country.

The number of drug-related killings in Caloocan is lower (373 deaths, based on a study by Ateneo School of Government) compared with the number of fatalities in Quezon City (400) and Manila (463) as of June 2018 (Ateneo School of Government 2018, 16). Yet, Caloocan is consistently touted as the ‘ground zero’ of Tokhang killings.

Friday night amidst scare of the corona virus, Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor -- first performed in 1835 in Naples, Italy -- had a triumphant return at the Cultural Center of the Philippines where it was last seen in Pilipino version in 1976.

Veteran journalist, journalism educator and VERA Files co-founder Yvonne Chua is a recipient of the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman’s 2020 Gawad Tsanselor para sa Natatanging Guro.

The WHO, Philippine Red Cross and DOH said there is only one way to wear surgical masks.

President Duterte threatened to terminate the VFA with the US after former police chief Sen. Bato Dela Rosa confirmed that his US visa had been cancelled.