President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law declaring August 30 of every year as “National Press Freedom Day.”
Under Republic Act (RA) 11699 inked on April 13, August 30 of every year is declared National Press Freedom Day in honor of Marcelo H. del Pilar, the father of Philippine Journalism.
President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law declaring August 30 of every year as “National Press Freedom Day.”
Under Republic Act (RA) 11699 inked on April 13, August 30 of every year is declared National Press Freedom Day in honor of Marcelo H. del Pilar, the father of Philippine Journalism.
The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Sunday condemned the multiple flagging of social media giant Facebook (Meta) of its official posts and shared stories of government media agencies.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said it has seized some PHP1.63-billion worth of illegal substances from 12,858 police operations starting January 1, 2022 to March 31, 2022.
In its First Quarter (Q1) 2022 assessment report released by the PNP Directorate for Operations on Tuesday night, the PNP said some 15,946 suspects were arrested while 31 died in police operations.
As part of its overall response to Typhoon Odette, the United States government, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing an additional PHP17.5 million (USD350,000) to support ecosystem and community recovery.
