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MANILA, Philippines โ As questions emerge over the situation of former presidential spokesman Atty. Harry Roque in the Netherlands after his asylum application was reportedly denied, one legal concept sits at the center of whether he can be deported back to the Philippines: non-refoulement. Itโs a principle that sounds technical,Continue Reading
MANILA, Philippines โ The Department of Health (DOH) is calling for a nationwide total ban on vape products, warning that the devicesโoften marketed as safer, trendier, and even โnicotine-freeโ alternatives to cigarettesโpose serious and long-term health risks. In a statement, the DOH slammed vape advertising campaigns that portray the productsContinue Reading
The Philippines is losing its farmland at a pace and scale that now threatens the countryโs long-term food security. New figures from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) show a steep decline in the land devoted to food production, underscoring a decades-old policy failure: the absence of a coherent national landContinue Reading
MANILA โ Once a fixture behind the Malacaรฑang podium, former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque now in the Netherlands, fighting to stay in Europe as Philippine authorities push for his deportation. The man who once defended controversial policies under the Duterte administration is now the subject of an Interpol Red NoticeContinue Reading
The Department of Agricultureโs plan to launch FMR Watch, an online platform for monitoring farm-to-market road (FMR) projects, signals a familiar move in the governmentโs attempt to clean up agencies long plagued by corruption. Like the transparency tools rolled out earlier by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH),Continue Reading
MANILA, Philippines โ The Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC), the countryโs largest network of evangelical denominations, publicly endorsed the โTrillion Peso Assembly Against Corruptionโ on November 30, calling for deeper investigations into alleged large-scale corruption and urging President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to prioritize long-pending reforms. In a statement signedContinue Reading
Manila, Philippines โ Former presidential spokesperson Harry Roqueโs attempt to frame his situation as one of political persecution โ and therefore protected under international refugee law โ has been quickly rejected by the Department of Justice (DOJ). But the pushback reveals more than a legal dispute: it reflects how theContinue Reading
