Archive - News Year all all 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Report claiming Chel Diokno duped fishermen into signing WPS plea FALSE There are no reports from legitimate news organizations reflecting the Facebook page’s claim. By VERA Files | Jul 26, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING News Globe-trotting tenor Espiritu triumphs over jet lag For his only appearance on a Philippine stage this year, tenor Arthur Espiritu, much in demand in European opera houses, is doing love duets with three sopranos on July 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the Spotlight Power Mac in Circuit Makati. By Elizabeth Lolarga | Jul 26, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Robredo DID NOT belittle Pacquiao’s recent boxing win The vice president herself has debunked the post. By VERA Files | Jul 26, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING News Duterte’s SONA speech on West Philippine Sea made matters worse for PH Riding on an 85 percent approval rating, President Duterte probably thought he could convince Filipinos about the wisdom of his much-criticized policy towards China in the matter of the country’s territorial claim in the South China Sea. He devoted a lot of time on the issue of West Philippine Sea in his State of the Nation address Monday. By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Jul 23, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING News Duterte piqued by corruption, calling it national shame in SONA President Rodrigo Duterte, expressing grave disappointment that corruption and the drug problem continue despite the government’s relentless campaigns to stop them, has asked the public’s help by being more assertive in fighting these crimes. By VERA FILES | Jul 22, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING News Impassioned protests counter Duterte’s SONA Rain didn't stop thousands from lambasting the Duterte government's disregard of human rights in its war against drugs and its docility to China. By Luis Liwanag | Jul 22, 2019 | 1-minute read KEEP READING News Hits and misses of the PH economy three years under Duterte The Philippine economy has been through ups and downs in the first three years of President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration. By JIL DANIELLE CARO | Jul 22, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING News SONA 2018 Promise Tracker President Rodrigo Duterte, now at the midway mark of his six-year term, will deliver his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 22 having made good on many of his promises last year, but also carrying with him some big misses. By VERA FILES | Jul 20, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING News SONA 2018 PROMISE TRACKER: Media President Rodrigo Duterte has not mentioned his promises related to the media since his first State of the Nation Address in 2016. By Reiven Pascasio | Jul 19, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING News SONA 2018 Promise Tracker: Peace agenda President Rodrigo Duterte fulfilled the crux of his peace agenda, as promised in his third State of the Nation Address (SONA): the signing of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) to “finally end the decades-old conflict that is rooted in the Bangsamoro’s fight for self-determination and the recognition of their unique identity.” By Elijah Roderos | Jul 19, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING News SONA 2018 Promise Tracker: Armed Forces Halfway into his term, President Rodrigo Duterte’s relationship with the military remains strong as ever, with the commander-in-chief promising to take responsibility for consequences in the execution of their missions such as that on the war on drugs and insurgency. By Ivel John M. Santos | Jul 19, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING News SONA 2018 Promise Tracker: Drugs and crime To eradicate illegal drugs in three to six months and to lower criminality was a campaign promise, and became the centerpiece of President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration. Entering the second half of his presidency, he has repeatedly promised this in all of his three State of the Nation Addresses. It is a promise still in progress. By Elijah Roderos | Jul 19, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 105 106 107 108 109 … 250 Older posts