Monthly Archives: November 2018
Giving up on the impossible dream?
Street Talk
By GREG B. MACABENTA
“In union there is strength,” has become such a cliche that even otherwise sensible people tend to forget its inherent wisdom.
In the wake of the declaration of martial law by President Ferdinand Marcos, assorted government entities, from the Office of Civil Relations of the Philippine Constabulary to the Department of Public Information to various committees in the legislature saw an opportunity to exercise control over the media and...
George Conway: Principle or loyalty?
PerryScope
By perry diaz
Little did George Conway III, a Filipino-American, know that two years after President Donald Trump won the presidency, he’d find himself in a state of emotional levitation. With a lucrative legal career that he left behind for the opportunity to serve Trump, he’s now faced with a bleak future.
Conway graduated from Harvard College and Yale Law School. He clerked for a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. After that, he ...
Bishop who tends to relatives of drug war victims verbally attacked by Duterte
By William Casis i FilAm Star Correspondent
Opposition Sen. Leila De Lima on November 26, took the cudgels for the bishop who was verbally attacked by President Rodrigo Duterte, even accusing him of stealing Church offerings to bring to his own family.
“Duterte’s attack on Bishop Pablo ‘Ambo’ David is nothing but slanderous,” stressed De Lima.
“It is vintage Duterte. He destroys the reputation of those who oppose him and those who fight for the victims of his rule. A...
Honasan replaces Info and Communication Tech chief; Rio posts how 3rd telco was chosen
By Lara Climaco i FilAm Star Correspondent
Malacañang’s sudden appointment of Sen. Gregorio Honasan as the next secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is puzzling to many, inviting unkind comparisons between the Senator and DICT Acting Sec. Eliseo Rio Jr.
Hailed as the mastermind behind the successful bidding for the New Major Player (NMP) in Philippine telecommunications, a most significant exercise considering its denomination ...
Justice dept. to sue judge who twice denied Trillanes’ arrest
By Daniel Llanto FilAm Star Correspondent
After having been denied twice by the Makati City Regional Trial Court Branch 148 of its bid to arrest Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, the Department of Justice is not about to give up and is working to accuse Judge Andres Soriano of “grave abuse of discretion” to invalidate the court’s decisions.
Justice Sec. Menardo Guevarra said he asked Solicitor Gen. Jose Calida to file a formal petition for certiorari with either the Court of A...
Private Chinese steel mill complex to open in Misamis Oriental
By Lara Climaco i FilAm Star Correspondent
China’s Panhua Group has chosen the Phividec Industrial Estate as the site of its steel complex in the Philippines. A government-owned special economic zone, Phividec is located in Mindanao, specifically in Misamis Oriental province which has Cagayan de Oro as its capital. Panhua has signed up for the lease of 305 hectares at Phividec, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) announced last week.
“The US$3.5 billion investmen...
Out-of-home option for OFWs employed in Mid-east sought to prevent abuses
By Corina Oliquino i FilAm Star Correspondent
MANILA -- ACTS-OFW Party on November 25 urged the government to push for an out-of-home option for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in a bid to stop potential abuse by some employers.
The party’s spokesperson, Francisco Aguilar Jr, says many OFWs, especially those working in the Middle East, are vulnerable to abuse due to their live-in conditions with their employers.
“To counter-act this vulnerability, we have to encoura...
Solons demand details of WPS joint exploration, raising violations in rule of law, sover...
By Macon Araneta i FilAm Star Correspondent
Sen. Chiz Escudero wants the government to reveal to the public details of all the bilateral agreements signed between the Philippines and the People’s Republic of China, particularly the deal on the joint exploration on the oil and gas reserves in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
After this, he said is the only time a comment can be made if this is right or wrong or if the public is amenable
On the first day of Chinese Presi...
‘Many Filipinos lose jobs’ when illegal Chinese workers are let in – Sen. Poe
By Daniel Llanto i FilAm Star Correspondent
A public hearing at the Senate conducted by the Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources established that the 93 Chinese workers arrested in an on-line gaming facility and 34 caught in a construction site both in Pasay City were just the tip of the iceberg of Chinese nationals working without permits in the Philippines.
Committee chairman Sen. Joel Villanueva said the Chinese are stealing jobs from Filipinos, of whom...
2 Solons demand transparency, saying PH, China co-signing of joint oil, gas, natural res...
By Macon Araneta
Senators Antonio Trillanes IV and Francis Pangilinan on November 19, filed Senate Resolution 943, which sought transparency on the oil and gas agreement and any other agreement involving Philippine natural resources that President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed during the latter’s state visit on November 20 to 21.
At least 10 financing deals were signed, including the Manila to Bicol Railway Project and the Mindanao Railway Pro...