The only thing the Philippines can do in case of an environmental, health and agricultural devastation in the face of North Korean threats to fire nuclear missiles at the United States and Pyongyang’s neighbors is draft a risk management strategy, according to Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago.
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) recent warning that money laundering and other illegal finance-related activities could undermine a country’s financial system has made it urgent for Congress to pass the second round of amendments to the Anti-Money Money Laundering Act (AMLA).
China is “literally testing the waters” to see how far it can go in provoking America’s tolerance with the plan to board foreign ships as an act of asserting its claim over virtually the entire South China Sea.
Once signed into law, the Kasambahay will solidify Philippines’ adherence to a global agreement that sets labor standards for domestic workers.
A senator and a congressman are set to file on Monday a joint resolution calling for the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement between the Philippines and the United States.
We’ve heard of colorum jeepneys and buses, but colorum airplanes?
Filipinos could chew their knuckles to the bone as they await the outcomes of the elections in the US and China but whoever wins in either contest would have no great bearing on the countries’ foreign policy vis-à-vis the Philippines.
Senate Majority Leader Tito Sotto on Thursday said suggestions to lift China’s one-child policy because of its adverse effects to Chinese society should serve as a warning to proponents of the reproductive health (RH) bill.
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile may have compromised state secrets when he read on the Senate floor the notes supposedly written by Philippine Ambassador to China Sonia Brady after a heated confrontation with Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV last week.
Senators agreed Tuesday night to cite in contempt two witnesses in their investigation of the alleged rice smuggling at Subic Freeport.
Filipino diplomats who can’t be bothered to learn even a smidgen of the language of their host countries have no place being in the foreign service, a senator has said.
Senators have asked two government agencies to ensure that the absentee-voting rights of overseas Filipinos next year would be efficiently promoted, after noting the disappointing voter turnout at various consulates and embassies in 2010. Quoting Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario, Senate finance committee chairman Franklin Drilon said that of the 589,000 Filipinos who registered [...]
