Politics and Current Affairs

Month October 2021

SparkToro tool shows Marcos with 42.6% ‘fake followers’ on Twitter, Moreno with 40.5%

Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s fake follower percentage drops to 42.6% on October 25 since a Facebook user posted a finding of 47.4% last Saturday, October 23

DOJ drug war review: Killer cops had it easy

MANILA, Philippines — On Aug. 21, 2018, policemen killed 17-year-old Nave Perry Alcantara in a drug buy-bust operation in Tuguegarao City, and claimed “self-defense.”

Pharmally, Financer ng Malayang QC?

How do they sleep at night?

Senate panel: Pharmally, gov’t execs in ‘grand conspiracy’

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte is at the center of a “grand conspiracy” to defraud the government of billions of pesos perpetrated at the height of the pandemic by his Chinese friend and former economic adviser Michael Yang, executives… Continue Reading →

Duque, DOH officials skip Senate probe anew due to Duterte order

MANILA, Philippines — Health Secretary Francisco Duque III and other Department of  Health (DOH) officials skipped anew on Tuesday the Senate blue ribbon panel’s investigation into the agency’s use of pandemic funds earlier flagged by state auditors.

Cusi-led PDP-Laban says substitution no mockery of elections

MANILA, Philippines — The PDP-Laban faction headed by Energy chief Alfonso Cusi insisted the substitution of candidates is not a mockery of the electoral process.

Investigation in aid of covering up Pharmally

The “protective custody” provided by the House of Representatives to Pharmally officer Krizle Grace Mago is similar to the “rescue” work done by former housing secretary Mike Defensor for Eugenio “Udong” Mahusay Jr. who was to testify against former first… Continue Reading →

Leni Robredo files candidacy for president

(1st UPDATE) Vice President Leni Robredo is running as an independent candidate but she remains as the chairperson of the Liberal Party

‘Kalipikado ako, Filipino ako’: The story of the guard running for the Senate

Phil delos Reyes shares with Rappler what he went through – from growing up in Bantayan Island to becoming a frustrated security guard – before seeking a post in the Senate

12 Japanese funded ‘Build, Build, Build’ projects

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) released “The Project for Study on Improvement of Bridges through Disaster Mitigating Measures for Large-Scale Earthquakes,” a study it undertook in collaboration with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to prepare a… Continue Reading →

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