Former Philippine President Duterte takes ‘full legal, moral responsibility’ for drug war
Mr. Duterte made this admission when he faced for the first time on Monday, Oct. 28, the Senate blue ribbon subcommittee’s probe into his war on drugs.
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Miss Grand International imposes ‘lifetime ban’ on Myanmar national director
The ban on Htoo Ant Lwin was cited as due to “lack of sportsmanship and business credibility.”
Stop romanticising resilience: Philippine Daily Inquirer
The word, resilience, has started to sound like a backhanded compliment because being resilient for many simply implies that it is the only way for them to survive difficult…
Ex-Philippine President Duterte on drug war: I did what I had to do to protect the people
Mr Duterte’s attendance before the Senate blue ribbon subcommittee on Monday, Oct. 28, marks his first appearance in a congressional inquiry into his administration’s bloody…
Testing America’s political stability
If the United States can hold peaceful, orderly elections on November 5 and inaugurate a new president without prolonged legal or political battles, it will mark a major success…
Philippines to lead next year’s World Health Assembly
The Department of Health called the nomination “historic,” as it is the first time that the Philippines will be the president of WHA since the WHO was founded in 1948.
Storm Trami’s death toll at 90 in Philippines; storm Kong-rey enters east of Luzon
A total of 158 areas have so far been declared under a state of calamity.
Why education should be an election issue
Those who seek to truly serve the country should focus on improving schools, where their efforts can impact not just many students but also countless future generations. Several…
Chinese nabbed in Metro Manila for trafficking Vietnamese women to offshore gaming hubs
The women, all in their 20s, were being “exploited for prostitution” by the suspect who had offshore gaming dealers or workers as clients, according to intelligence reports.
Philippines drops out of top 10 list of countries with ‘zero-dose’ kids
The marked improvement in the country’s vaccination rate was traced to the success of the government’s public school-based immunisation program which targeted 4.8 million…