Vice President Jejomar Binay and Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario on Friday expressed the Philippine government’s gratitude to Saudi King Abdullah for donating the P24.9-million balance for the “blood money” needed for the release of Filipino death convict Rodelio “Dondon” Lanuza.
What do Filipino students have to say about the West Philippine Sea row?
China’s newest Public Enemy No. 1 is no longer exiled human rights activist Chen Guancheng but Loida Nicolas-Lewis, the New York-based national chair of the US Pinoys for Good Governance (USP4GG).
A group of Filipinos based in the United States, who led a worldwide day of protest against China in May, is spearheading a continuous boycott of Chinese products.
Balikbayan (returning Filipino) philanthropist, civil leader and lawyer Loida Nicolas-Lewis has called on the government to “show courage” by hitting back at China for “bullying” small countries like the Philippines and violating the country’s territorial sovereignty.
Filipino-American businesswoman and philanthropist Loida Nicolas Lewis was awarded the Trailblazer of Democracy Award by The Eleanor’s Legacy organization on October 24, 2011 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.
Filipino-Americans are set to picket the consular offices of China in five US cities at noon on July 8 to protest that country’s construction of an oil rig in the Spratlys scheduled this month. The demonstrations were called by US Pinoys for Good Governance (USP4GG), a national organization headed by Loida Nicolas-Lewis and Rodel Rodis [...]
