by Rien Loterte | Jan 8, 2019 | Economy
The country’s economic managers may be wrong again in their prediction of oil prices for 2019, former House Deputy Speaker Erin Tañada said on Wednesday. Tañada emphasized that the same government officials who had mistakenly predicted monthly inflation rates said...
by Rien Loterte | Jan 8, 2019 | Declarations
Former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. should return P124 million of his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) as ordered by the Sandiganbayan, according to former deputy speaker Lorenzo “Erin” Tañada. In a statement yesterday, Tañada expressed disbelief over...
by Rien Loterte | Jan 8, 2019 | Education
Teach students technology not ROTC. We need to prepare our students for the employment challenges of a digital global economy. Instead of pursuing militarization and imposing the ROTC program, we should focus on giving our youth the relevant skills and competency they...
by Rien Loterte | Jan 8, 2019 | Declarations
“No bad deed will be forever hidden in darkness.” This was former Deputy Speaker Erin Tañada’s comment on the guilty verdict on the three policemen who killed 17-year old Delos Santos in an anti-illegal drug operation in August 2017. “It is a warning shot against...
by Rien Loterte | Jan 8, 2019 | Economy
Five members of the opposition coalition said the Duterte administration should focus on easing the prices of basic commodities and the burden of poor, suffering Filipinos instead of Charter change or arguing over pork barrel issues. Lawyers Florin Hilbay and Chel...
