Commission on Human Rights The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has expressed alarm over the attempt on the life of former Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. in an ambush by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Pili, Camarines Sur last June 1. If such an attack can happen against a high-profile
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte will run for president in 2022 but it will have to be a “Duterte and somebody else” tandem that should be formed in order to maintain geographical balance in the national leadership and ensure good public policy. Albay Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda made this statement Thursd
Former Speaker of the House
We join Roman Catholics around the world in praying for the safety of Pope Francis who boarded his plane for Iraq last Friday, indeed a historic but dangerous journey in the midst of the raging global pandemic and the recurrent violence in the war-ravaged country.
The unprecedented papal visit takes place amid the frequent rocket attacks by armed groups on bases housing US troops in the country, including the assault on Al Asad airbase a few days before Pope Francis’ arrival in Baghdad. Last January, a market in the capital Baghdad was rocked by a twin suicide bombing claimed by ISIS, killing more than 30 civilians and wounding more than a hundred.