September 15, 2024
Not many people might share this view but corruption might possibly have become an art form in some government agencies and institutions that it would take an expert of that genre to bring to light its suffocating pervasiveness in society. Take for instance the Bureau of Immigration (BI) which lately has been in the spotlight […]
September 7, 2024
The House Committee on Appropriations has decided to defer action on the proposed 2025 budget for the Office of the Vice President (OVP) opting instead to continue deliberations on the matter. This came about after the Vice President herself Sara Duterte declined to answer queries from the lawmakers stating among others during her opening speech […]
August 31, 2024
The issue involving the allocation of confidential funds and its purported unwise use was hurled against former Dep-Ed Secretary and Vice President Sara Duterte even as other controversies hounding the Dutertes’ seemed to have gained traction overtime. In fact the Commission on Audit (COA) in a report during the plenary debates at the House of […]
August 24, 2024
“Alice” Guo Hua Ping the embattled and suspended mayor of Bamban, Tarlac seems to have done a Houdini like disappearing act evading and avoiding arrest by the authorities for her failure to appear before the Senate in the conduct of its investigation on POGO hubs alleged to be operated by crime syndicates. In a report, […]
August 17, 2024
The Philippine National Police (PNP) was ordered the other day by its chief General Rommel Francisco Marbil to conduct a comprehensive review of the war on drugs conducted by the previous administration of former president Rodrigo Duterte. According to General Marbil it is his intention to determine and evaluate the effectiveness of the anti-drug campaign […]
August 10, 2024
The ongoing House of Representatives probe on the Philippine Online Gaming Operators (POGO) controversy apparently got a shot in the arm when the legislative inquiry was consolidated with other concerns being investigated by other committees in the Lower House of Congress. The move was to consolidate the four different House committees investigating POGOs, the extrajudicial […]
August 3, 2024
China recently issued a warning that the Philippines is risking ‘greater insecurity for itself’ after the United States through Secretary of State Antony Blinken committed to provide 500 million dollars as financial assistance to help modernize the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) as well as the Philippine Coast Guard. The Beijing Foreign Ministry then […]
July 28, 2024
When President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. delivered his State of the Nation Address last Monday the most applauded, and which earned a standing ovation in his speech, is his unequivocal declaration and order to finally put a stop to the operation of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operation (POGO) hubs in the country. Some sectors and even […]
July 21, 2024
A Japanese word used to describe a close friend, best friend or a confidant. The word is also used to describe an intimate and long-term friendship relationship, where there is a strong emotional bond between two people. At a time when tensions and conflicts are at an all-time high all over the globe – the […]
July 13, 2024
As technologies become more advance one cannot help but be surprised at the speed in development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones as they are called. Suppliers and vendors of commercial drones have sprouted like mushrooms in part taking advantage of the interest by the public of the capabilities of these UAVs, and even […]