Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago warned on Sunday that injuries sustained by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Taiwanese attackers could be considered “an act of aggression” that could serve as basis for the fold-up of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) in Taipei.
Outgoing Sen. Edgardo J. Angara was conferred the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun by Emperor Akihito in Tokyo on Thursday, making him the third Filipino to be given what is said to be the highest distinction given by the Japanese government to an individual.
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago on Sunday warned that Malaysia might be violating certain freedoms of Filipino journalists covering the Sabah crisis with its continued refusal to allow them access to persons they want to interview.
An anticorruption crusader on Thursday cited a World Bank financial study that quantified the “devastating effect” of illicit financial flows through corruption at $1.3 trillion a year.
President Aquino on Thursday rallied lawmakers from 80 countries attending a global conference against corruption to step up efforts to eliminate this modern-day evil.
Realizing the irony, some senators on Monday called for a ceasefire on the bitter exchange of words over their chamber’s realigned funds as the Philippines prepares to host a global anticorruption conference that begins Tuesday.
The issue, sir, is intellectual dishonesty, and no longer the reproductive health (RH) bill.
Three senators on Monday filed separate resolutions calling for an investigation of the supposed dumping of toxic waste from a US Navy ship off the coast of Zambales province by a vessel owned by a Singapore-based multinational firm that allegedly did not have the required registration and permits to do so.
The Philippines should consider terminating its Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States because US military forces are the actual sources of hazardous waste being dumped in local waters, Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago suggested Sunday.
Senate President Protempore Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada on Monday arrived from Dubai with 20 distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in tow.
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile described the Tripoli Agreement that resulted from a “secret” meeting between First Lady Imelda Marcos and Libyan President Moammer Gadhafi in November 1976 as an “unmitigated and unpardonable sellout” of Philippine sovereignty to the rebel Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF).
Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV outlined his role as President Aquino’s back-channel negotiator with China on the second day of his verbal tussle with Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile.
