If the Philippine government refuses to cooperate with an international inquiry of the bloody “Tokhang” operations during the Duterte administration, then it should undertake an investigation of the alleged role of former president Rodrigo Duterte to show it is not protecting perpetrators of crimes against humanity and other atrocities. The demand for a probe came
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While Marcos is correct that well-milled rice can be bought at P25 per kilo, he stopped short of saying that this is available only at the Kadiwa stores managed by the National Food Authority.
Ipinakita sa pagbabantay sa presyo ng Department of Agriculture noong Marso 16 na ang bigas na ibinebenta sa mga pampublikong pamilihan sa Metro Manila ay umaabot pa rin sa P34-50 kada kilo para sa lokal na commercial rice at P37-50 para sa imported na bigas.
Mas maganda kung may kasamang hustisya sa reconciliation. Pakinggan ang komentaryo ni Christian Esguerra ngayong linggo.
Marcos is the latest and the highest public official who put into question ICC’s jurisdiction to investigate the drug-related killings under the Duterte administration.
May hurisdiksyon ang ICC sa mga krimen na naganap sa Pilipinas sa panahon ng pagiging miyembro nito mula Nob. 1, 2011 hanggang Marso 16, 2019, batay sa Article 127, paragraph 2 ng Rome Statute, ang founding treaty ng ICC.
Sa kanyang arrival statement sa Maynila mula sa Davos, Switzerland noong Enero 21, sinabi ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. na ang Pilipinas ay “nangunguna [sa] economic recovery” hindi lamang sa rehiyon ng Asia-Pacific kundi maging sa mundo. Ito ay hindi totoo.
According to the World Bank, indicators of economic recovery include a rebounding GDP, decreasing unemployment rate and stabilizing inflation rate. The Philippines does not lead the Asia-Pacific region in any of these indicators.
Sergio Osmeña Jr., then the mayor of Cebu, persuaded journalist Nestor Mata to spend the night in the city. “Stay behind, little one,” Serging said. “No, I am returning to cover the president,” replied the newspaperman who was covering the trip of President Ramon Magsaysay for the Philippine Herald.
