TAÑADA: BILATERAL TALKS WITH A SUPERPOWER DO NOT FAVOR THE PHILIPPINES
“Mas malakas leverage ng China kung bilateral ang negotiations. Baka brasuhin tayo. It would be better na may common stand tayo with the other smaller claimants like Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia. A good step in the right direction would be finally getting everyone to sign the code of conduct for the disputed region between ASEAN and China.”
Tañada to DA: Release funds to quake-victims, El Niño-hit carabao-pawning farmers
In Central Mindanao, farmers are forced to sell their farm animals due to El Niño. Their lands are parched and they have nothing to feed their animals. For the farmers to let go of one of their prized possessions – their helpers in the farm – indicates a bleak...
“I have never defended communists as alleged by President Duterte. I am a human rights lawyer.”
“President Duterte courted CPP-NPA for its support when he was campaigning for the presidential post in 2016 and even appointed some leftist personalities when he assumed office. He echoed the leftist stance on national issues, promising the end to ENDO or...
Tañada to Inday Sara: “Thanks for the bleeding heart but coco farmers need the levy fund NOW!”
Former Deputy Speaker and Senatorial Candidate Lorenzo “Erin”Tañada called Mayor Sara Duterte’s attention when she spoke before a group of coconut farmers in Leyte. Concerned with the plunging copra prices, the Mayor sought the help of the Department of Agriculture to...
People’s Survival Fund should benefit farmers
“Hindi na kakayanin ng ating mga magsasaka ang panibagong dagok ng kawalan ng tubig. Pagkatapos nilang malugi dahil sa mataas na presyo ng langis na ginagamit nila sa water pump at patubig, ngayon naman ay wala na talagang tubig na dadaloy sa kanilang mga pananim....
Is the government’s surveillance network giving China a backdoor to the country?
Opposition senatorial candidate Lorenzo ‘Erin’ Tañada urged the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to review the P20 Billion Peso “Safe Philippines” surveillance program, citing numerous red flags including fiscal, privacy, and national security...
Tañada questions focus on lowering age of criminal liability
Senatorial aspirant and former Quezon representative Lorenzo “Erin” Tañada III on Thursday questioned the undue focus on lowering the age of criminal responsibility by Congress. The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on second reading a bill on lowering...
Red-tagging teachers without basis is ‘unfair’
Oposisyon Koalisyon (OK) senatorial candidate and former Deputy Speaker Erin Tañada on Tuesday branded as “unfair” the military’s red-tagging of teachers aligned with the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT). “It is also unfair for teachers, who are revered as models...
Cha-cha ni Gloria at BOL
Nagbigay na nang pahayag ang pinakamalaking samahan ng mga Katoliko laban sa nabubuong Chacha ni Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Sa tantya ng ilan, maaari pang ihabol ni GMA ang pagpasa ng panukalang Chacha bago ang Pebrero. Sa gayon, may panahon pang maihabol ng...