THE Senate blue ribbon committee investigation on Monday primarily focused on the privilege speech of Senator Panfilo Lacson on the alleged corruption at the Bureau of Customs . At the committee's 8th hearing, Lacson identified the alert orders at the BOC as the source of corruption and are being used to extort money.
WHAT do you remember most from President Rodrigo Duterte's first State of the Nation Address a year ago? For me, what stood out was the appeal he made for peace. "If we cannot, as yet, love one another, then in God's name, let us not hate each other too much."
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has been rated "very good" in an opinion poll on his first 90 days in office, which has been defined largely by his deadly war on drugs and vitriol against Western leaders. Only 11 percent of 1,200 Filipinos surveyed by the Social Weather Stations agency said they were dissatisfied with his performance.