Ifugao Rep. Teddy Baguilat, head of Partido Liberal’s national organizing and membership committee, said over 500 new party members took their oath Friday night in the three cities of Manila, Cebu, and Naga. “These are all card-bearing, committed, non-politician Liberals,” said Baguilat, who led the oath-taking in Naga. “Many of them applied through the party’s […]
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Partido Liberal on Friday, January 19, celebrated its 72nd founding anniversary with a gathering of members and supporters in the cities of Quezon, Cebu, and Naga, and the launch of its online recruitment platform. Hundreds of new non-politician members also took their oath in simultaneous ceremonies. In Quezon City, among them is a woman-doctor who […]
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Diokno slamming door on teachers’ pay raise is insensitive, heartless — Partido Liberal senators
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The statement of Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno that a salary increase for public school teachers was not a priority at this time was insensitive, if not heartless, Partido Liberal senators said Thursday. “It’s not certainly the way to treat our public school teachers, who have been seeking government’s help for higher salaries and additional benefits so […]
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Partido Liberal senators on Thursday slammed Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for questioning the credibility of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), whom he charged of being unfair in his election protest against Vice President Leni Robredo. “Hindi maganda na kwestyunin mo ang kredibilidad ng PET kung hindi pabor sa iyo ang mga desisyon,” said Partido Liberal president […]
Jose Rizal was a “millennial” of his time. He was 25 when he published Noli Me Tangere, a novel that described the ills for the cancerous colonial Philippine society toward the end of the 19th century. He was 30 when he published El Filibusterismo, the follow-up to his first novel that prescribed societal cures. Even […]
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Partido Liberal senators lamented that justice lost today with the appointment of former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon as deputy administrator of the Office of Civil Defense. Senators Francis Pangilinan, Bam Aquino, and Franklin Drilon maintained that President Duterte should appoint persons with unblemished reputation and not those involved in past anomalies, if he’s really serious […]
Ang Pasko ay isang pagkakataon para makasama ang mga mahal sa buhay: panahon para magsama-sama at magkumustahan ang mga mag-anak na matagal nang hindi nakakapiling; panahon para magdiwang kasama ang pamilya at malalapit na kaibigan, at makapagtagay para sa taon-taon pang samahan. Hindi mawawala sa tahanang Pinoy ang tradisyunal na Noche Buena, kahit gaano pa […]
For 2018, Congress passed a P3.767-trillion budget. In a democracy, that budget is of, for, and by the people. Galing sa tao, para sa tao, at pinamamahalaan para sa tao. Ibig sabihin galing sa buwis ng tao, para sa mga proyektong pakikinabangan ng tao, at itatalaga ng mga kinatawan ng tao, ng mga congressman. That’s […]
We join the whole world in celebrating International Human Rights Day. Today reminds us that there’s so much work to be done to make this a more meaningful celebration. Sa pagdiriwang natin nito, mahalagang matiyak na namamayani pa rin ang karapatang pantao ng bawat Pilipino, sa panahon ngayon na tila ito’y naisasantabi na. Naririyan na […]
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Liberal senators urged the government to conduct a fair and impartial investigation into the failed dengue vaccine program. “We support calls for investigation of this issue as thousands of children’s lives are at stake here. We must ensure that the investigation will not be selective and will cover all periods of implementation of the program,” […]