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Gov’t on ASEAN hosting bid: ‘We rule, our rule’

Jan 05, 2017 6:16 PM

By CHARMAINE DEOGRACIAS and ELLEN TORDESILLAS THE Department of Budget and Management denied violating procurement rules when it bidded out the P2.8 billion contract for the hosting of the 2017 ASEAN conferences in the country, saying it has full discretion in determining the rules for such processes. The DMB-Procurement Service came under fire for […]

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A drug-tainted police officer has a protector in Malacanang?

Dec 02, 2016 7:34 AM

Update: Duterte admits ordering Marcos reinstatement http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/02/16/duterte-admits-ordering-marcos-reinstatement By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS IF Police Supt. Marvin Marcos has long been identified as a protector of drug lords, why is somebody high up in Malacañang protecting him? What does this make of President Duterte’s bloody campaign to eliminate illegal drugs in the country which has claimed […]

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For a more responsible Facebooking

Nov 30, 2016 11:50 AM

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS WE are glad that Facebook has restored the account of journalist Inday Espina-Varona after it was erroneously blocked last Monday morning. What happened to Inday’s FB account shows how things have gotten out- of -control with Facebook, the social media phenomenon with over 1.79 billion users, almost a fourth of […]

Digital halo-halo hackathon, Facebook, inday varona

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Advice to Duterte: check on your hubris

Nov 28, 2016 8:00 PM

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS THE statement of Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales that the plunder and graft case filed by Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV against then presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte is being investigated reassures those who are worried that the issue would be buried with the election of Duterte to the presidency. Many were afraid that […]

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Millennials rise against Marcos and martial law

Nov 27, 2016 12:42 PM

By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL AS the deafening roar of thousands of anti-Marcos supporters reverberated around Luneta Friday night, two young people engaged in a friendly debate on the sidelines. “Are we discounting the truth in numbers that have been published so far?” asked Ochie*, a 20-year-old aeronautics student, whose family had been a victim of […]

black friday protest, marcos burial, millenials

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It’s stomach upset, not jet lag

Nov 25, 2016 10:22 PM

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS SO it was not jet lag that was the reason why President Duterte was absent in the gala dinner heads of state attending the 2017 Leaders Meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation in Lima, Peru last Saturday as he earlier told reporters. It’s stomach upset. In his interview […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Was Malacañang unaware of the Marcos burial?

Nov 25, 2016 12:09 PM

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said he knew nothing about the clandestine burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) on Nov. 18. In a press conference on Nov. 21 in Lima, Peru, Duterte said he never bothered to ask the late president’s family for the details of the burial. STATEMENT […]

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The public’s right to know about the President’s health

Nov 23, 2016 8:30 AM

BY ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS PRESIDENT Duterte’s absence in two traditional events in the 2017 summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation or APEC once again raises the need for Malacañang to inform the public of the health of the 71-year old chief executive. We know it’s a sensitive subject for Duterte but the public’s concern […]

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SEC policy disallowing reverse search a blow to transparency

Nov 21, 2016 4:21 PM

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS FIRST things first: I’d like to thank each and every one who took time to attend the whole day launch and conference of the Media Ownership Monitor Philippines (http://philippines.mom-rsf.org/ ) last Thursday. My special thanks to Press Undersecretary Enrique Tandan who delivered the keynote address in behalf of Press Secretary Martin […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Were there really no movies about the martial law years?

Nov 20, 2016 12:53 AM

STATEMENT: The clandestine burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) Friday angered many, prompting a wave of protests across the country. In response, President Rodrigo Duterte, who in his campaign days promised the interment of the deposed strongman at the LNMB, called for “forgiveness.” Currently in Lima, Peru […]

Duterte, marcos burial, martial law films