Duterte and xi

BEIJING – President Duterte will order a probe on Wednesday’s violent dispersal by Philippine National Police personnel of protesters in front of the US Embassy that saw at least one rallyist run over by a police vehicle. “I will have to investigate. I’ll have to make calls tonight,” he told the press at the Grand Hyatt Hotel here, on Wednesday. “But just to be very sure that … [Read more...] about Duterte orders probe on violent US Embassy dispersal

A CENTURY HENCE | Among the country’s cities, Baguio is the only one designed and built as a hill station by the American colonial government in the early 1900s. It was in the summer capital where the members of the Philippine Commission held their first session in 1904. But Baguio’s 1909 colonial charter was updated and replaced only this year, or some 113 years later. —Photo … [Read more...] about Baguio’s gains, losses in modern charter

MANILA, Philippines -Three people were reported dead and two others were missing from floods in Mindanao due to heavy rains spawned by the tail-end of a cold front, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Monday. Executive Director Benito Ramos identified the three fatalities as Boyet Borres and Clyde  Selgas from Misamis Oriental; and Glen Custodio … [Read more...] about Mindanao floods leave 3 dead, 2 missing – NDRRMC

MANIFESTO  – Members of the 1Sambayan chapter in Negros Occidental sign a manifesto on Friday calling “to restore sanity and order in the way the country is run” through a change of leadership in the 2022 national elections. —PHOTO COURTESY OF ARCHIE ALIPALO BACOLOD CITY—The first provincial chapter of 1Sambayan, a national coalition of forces critical to the Duterte … [Read more...] about 1Sambayan launched in Negros Occidental

Manila policemen with shields block protesters from approaching the US Embassy on Oct. 19, 2016. Dozens were hurt when cops forcibly dispersed the protesters calling for an independent foreign affairs policy for the Philippines. (AP) A police van barreled into a crowd of anti-US protesters on Wednesday, wounding several demonstrators who were calling for an end to American … [Read more...] about Police van rams protesters, disperses rally at US embassy