Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno backed the arguments presented by Senator Grace Poe regarding the claim that she cannot be considered a natural-born Filipino given that she is a foundling or a person with no known biological parents. During the second round of oral arguments
The Filipino Scribe has been running election-related news and commentary articles several times a week, filed in the special section #BotongPinoy2016. Over the past months, TFS has run stories about all five major presidential candidates. As any website owner will tell you, being able to
The nation will be marking the 30th anniversary of the 1986 People Power Revolution this February 25, Thursday. Unlike in previous years, the day this year has been declared a special non-working holiday for everyone, not just for students. That is in accordance to Proclamation
The minimum fare for jeepneys operating in the National Capital Region as well as Regions III and IV will be reduced to P7.00 beginning today, January 22. The announcement was made by the Land Transportation, Franchising, and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Thursday afternoon. According to LTFRB,
Eight individuals made it to the initial list of presidential candidates that the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) released Thursday afternoon. The draft ballot includes Senator Grace Poe and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, whose respective candidacies are facing still-unsettled legal challenges. The list also includes Vice
The Philippines together with Italy and Serbia had been chosen as hosts of the 2016 Olympic qualifying tournaments scheduled from July 4 to 10. The announcement was made by FIBA (Fédération Internationale de Basketball) late Tuesday night (Manila time) from its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Supreme Court is today scheduled to hear oral arguments on two disqualification cases filed against Senator Grace Poe. It can be recalled that last month, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) en banc affirmed separate rulings made by two of its divisions disqualifying Poe from
A week after he was first reported missing, University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman student Ian Jasper Calalang remains nowhere to be found. Calalang is currently a first year industrial engineering student there. A resident of Cainta, Rizal, Calalang was supposed to enroll for his
The Chinese community in the Philippines and around the world will celebrate their annual Spring Festival, which is usually referred to as the Chinese New Year, this February 8. The day is a special non-working holiday nationwide as mandated by President Benigno Aquino III’s Proclamation 1105. It is the first nationwide special-non working
Vice President Jejomar Binay has pulled ahead of Senator Grace Poe, his chief rival for the presidency, according to the latest pre-election survey conducted by Social Weather Stations from January 8 to 10 and was first published in BusinessWorld. According to the polling firm, 31%