Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has confirmed that he had a one-on-one meeting with Senator Marco Rubio of the United States during his recent trip to the country. In a statement released early Friday morning, Trillanes said that he and Rubio talked about enhancing Philippine-United States
The Commission on Appointments (CA) has voted to reject the ad interim appointment of Health Secretary Paulyn Jean Ubial this Tuesday afternoon, October 8. Ubial is the fifth member of President Rodrigo Duterte’s cabinet that the CA rejected this year, following Perfecto Yasay (Department of
The Committee on Health of the House of Representatives has voted unanimously in support of a bill seeking to legalize the use of marijuana (scientific name: cannabis sativa) for medical purposes in the Philippines. The bill will now be scheduled for plenary debates. Authored by
Earlier today, The Filipino Scribe joined the thousands of protesters who trooped to the Commission on Human Rights headquarters in Quezon City as part of the so-called “National Day of Protests.” On the day the country is commemorating the 45th anniversary of the late dictator
With a vote of 119 to 32, the House of Representatives has decided to give the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) a budget of P1000 for 2018. The commission had originally sought P649.484 million to fund its operations next year. Speaking to the media,
Fourteen-year-old Reynaldo De Guzman’s lifeless body was found floating naked on a creek in Gapan, Nueva Ecija Wednesday afternoon (September 6). His face and head was tightly wrapped in packaging tape and black rag. He reportedly sustained thirty stab wounds. It is not clear how De Guzman was able to
Two days after thousands joined the funeral march for their slain son, the parents of Kian Delos Santos was able to meet President Rodrigo Duterte at the Malacañang Palace Monday afternoon (August 28). It can be recalled that Kian, a 17-year old Grade 11 student,
The Filipino Scribe expresses its outrage about the killing of 17-year-old Kian Loyd Delos Santos during an anti-drugs operation in Barangay 160, Caloocan City late Wednesday night (August 16). A Grade 11 senior high school student, Kian Loyd’s dream was to become a policeman. Ironically,
The government-run Philippine News Agency (PNA) is under fire once again after it used the logo of Dole Food Company in an article about the holiday pay rules implemented by the Department of Labor and Employment or DOLE. The author of the article is Joseph Paligutan.
The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) under Secretary Martin Andanar released last Wednesday, August 9, its interim guidelines for granting accreditations to social media practitioners in covering events involving President Rodrigo Duterte. According to Department Order #15-2017, “any Filipino citizen who is at least eighteen years