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Three voters fill out their ballots during the 2019 elections. (File photo/Luis Liwanag)

Voters to decide country’s fate through the ballots

By Tita C. Valderama | May 09, 2022 6:56 AM

From 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. today, May 9, nearly 66 million Filipino voters will decide where the country is headed, at least in the next six years under a new administration. They will be electing candidates for a total of 18, 180 positions across the archipelago, including the successor to President Rodrigo Duterte. (READ: The […]

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ASEAN 2017 bid rules skewed to favor one company?

Jan 02, 2017 9:00 PM

By CHARMAINE C. DEOGRACIAS and ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS (Conclusion) WHEN the government bidded out the P2.8 billion events management contract for the 50th anniversary of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations to be held in the Philippines this year, it tailor-made the criteria so that a favored company would bag the deal, […]

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DBM shortcuts bid process for P2.8 billion ASEAN hosting deal

Jan 02, 2017 12:30 AM

By CHARMAINE C. DEOGRACIAS and ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS First of two parts THE Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Service (DBM-PS) has allegedly violated the government procurement law when it bidded out the gargantuan P2.8 billion events management contract for the hosting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations conferences this year, a company […]

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Marcos burial: A day of celebration and outrage

Nov 20, 2016 11:04 AM

Text by MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL AND AVIGAIL OLARTE Video by LUCILLE SODIPE CLAD in white shirts and red bandanas bearing the famous peace sign, loyalists of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos clutched the shut gates of the Libingan ng mga Bayani on Nov. 18, the day of the burial. They wanted to be let in […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos’ sins not yet proven in court?

Nov 09, 2016 11:25 PM

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said he won’t take his word back on allowing the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos to be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Amid protests and calls for him to reconsider, the president said the sins of Marcos have yet to be proven. He made the statement as he left for his […]

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On Peter’s baller is “Know Your Status,” an HIV-related campaign that advocates getting oneself regularly checked. These are one of the many ballers he distributes during his advocacy work with the Quezon City Health Department.

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Alternative learning gives children in conflict with the law a second chance

Nov 08, 2016 1:00 AM

By JINKY CABILDO and MATTHEW REYSIO-CRUZ (Last of two parts) PETER repeated Grade 5 thrice at a public elementary school in Quezon City before dropping out in 2013. He was then 13 and already a heavy drinker and smoker. (The names of the children have been changed to protect their identity.—Ed.) After he dropped out […]

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The training area of Pasig City's Bahay Aruga, where Marcus was transferred after his two-month stint at Pasig City Jail. The shelter is a pioneer in the use of child-friendly bars, pictured here

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Police imprison, torture children a decade after juvenile justice law

Nov 07, 2016 1:00 AM

By JINKY CABILDO and MATTHEW REYSIO-CRUZ (First of two parts) FIVE grams of “shabu” in his hands and nowhere to run. It was 17-year-old Daniel’s second brush with the law when two police officers and three city watchmen arrested him in Taguig City one early morning in October last year. (The names of the children […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Drug addiction not a medical problem?

Nov 05, 2016 2:55 PM

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte shuns the idea that drug addiction is a medical condition with a cure. For him, drug users are the “living walking dead” whose brains have already shrunk, and who have become useless to society. On Oct. 27, in his arrival speech from Japan, Duterte said: STATEMENT: “Eh sabi nila, (drug addiction is) […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Is President Duterte a Foreign Service graduate?

Oct 29, 2016 1:25 AM

IN his state visit to China, President Rodrigo Duterte said he has “the proper perspective to judge” whether a foreign policy is good or not for the country. He credits this to his profession and education. STATEMENT Asked in a press conference in Beijing on Oct. 19 on how he would enhance the Philippine-China relations, […]

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Comelec probes Duterte’s campaign finance

Oct 26, 2016 12:30 AM

BY MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL THE Commission on Elections Campaign Finance Office (CFO) has started looking into campaign finance records of President Rodrigo Duterte after it found that he had not declared Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos as a campaign donor in his Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE). In a speech on Oct. 4, Duterte announced […]

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