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It seemed like a simple question: "Is Itu Aba a rock or an island?"

This was not the first time that Dela Rosa questioned the ICC's involvement in the victims' pursuit of justice.

Marcos instructed education officials raise the country's PISA performance and improve teacher support for basic education.

Marcos made 15 foreign trips to 11 countries during his second year in office and received an increased travel fund of P1.4 billion in the 2024 national budget.

All agriculture-related pledges from Marcos' 2023 SONA are in progress, while two from his first SONA in 2022 remain unfulfilled.

Veering away from former president Rodrigo Duterte's bloody war on drugs, representatives and experts from various sectors are urging the government to treat the drug problem as a "public health" issue to be dealt with a human rights-based approach.

Efren Morillo, the lone survivor of a 2016 “Oplan Tokhang,” continues to fight for justice against the unlawful and violent police operation.

Henry Bensurto, Jr. is the man who worked tirelessly for the Philippines' victory over China in the West Philippine Sea dispute.

Protesters made their messages clear as they waved Philippine flags during a gathering to mark the 8th anniversary of the Philippines' arbitral award.

Unlike the claim of China and former president Rodrigo Duterte, the 2016 arbitral ruling on the South China Sea is not “just a piece of paper.”

Retired associate justice Antonio Carpio renewed his call for the Philippines to “pile up more arbitral awards” against China to negate its “baseless and expansive” claim of almost the entire South China Sea.

The Philippines outmaneuvered China on the West Philippine Sea dispute at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague by refusing to play the Asian superpower’s game.

Retired chief justice Hilario Davide asserts that absolute divorce violates select provisions of the 1987 Constitution, but former associate justice Conchita Carpio-Morales argues that conditions of the supreme law should consider realities of domestic abuses and family problems.

The biggest impact of the ruling, Bensurto reminded, is that "we were able to prove China wrong" at a sound and legal tribunal.

After nearly seven years of incarceration, former senator Leila De Lima rues, “While I know that I am a strong person, I never realized that I could still turn out to be stronger.”

Former senator Leila De Lima describes her ouster as chairperson of the chamber’s committee on justice and human rights in 2016 as shameless.

In a recent lecture, historian Ambeth Ocampo challenged his audience to look at Emilio Aguinaldo -- “the hero we love to hate,”-- in a different light as he discussed the Philippine flag, the national anthem, and a narra table

The music news of the week is that Filipino-Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski as the 9th and the youngest music director designate of the Hong Kong Philharmonic (HK Phil).

American obligation to defend the Philippines in the South China Sea is a nothing-burger. The question for Filipinos is whether they would risk upgrading this obligation under a renegotiated MDT given the certainty of a conflict between U.S. and China for dominance in the region. The question for Americans is whether they would be willing to foot the bill with their lives on tiny rocks thousands of miles across the Pacific.

Just a few days after their sendoff concert in Manila last June 27, the Manila Symphony Junior Orchestra (MSJO) under the baton of Jeffrey Solares was awarded the gold prize plus the Grand Prix in the 13th Bratislava International Youth Music in Slovakia July 4.

De Lima said running for public office would be “so daunting” and not on her checklist at the moment.

Former senator Leila De Lima said that threats from former president Rodrigo Duterte will not dissuade her from filing charges against him.

Former senator Leila De Lima said she does not owe President Bongbong Marcos anything for simply doing what is right and respecting the justice system.

Sinabi ni Leila de Lima na gagawin niya ang lahat para panagutin si dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa lahat ng mga kasalanan nito sa kanya at sa mga napatay sa madugong war on drugs.