Government

Proposed Philippine National Budget for FY 2023 The proposed national budget for FY 2023 amounts to Php 5.268 trillion which is higher than this year’s budget (Php 5.024 trillion) by 4.9 percent and equivalent to 22.2 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). As the first full-year budget of the Marcos Jr. Administration, this will … Read more

On this day, December 8, in 1941, at 7:55 am in Hawaii (1:55 am in the Philippines), Japan mounted a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, decimating the U.S. fleet in the Pacific. News reached the Philippines at 2:20 am Philippine local time. Immediately after, at 8 am, Japanese aerial bombings commenced on major Philippine cities. … Read more

  Gender-based Online Sexual Harassment   Salient points from RA 11313: Safe Spaces Act’s Implementing Rules and Regulations. Includes acts of sexual harassment that use information and communication technology in terrorizing and intimidating victims. Physical, psychological, and emotional threats, unwanted sexual misogynistic, transphobic, homophobic, and sexist remarks and comments online whether publicly or through direct … Read more

Arrest and Trial of Jose Rizal On this day, December 6, in 1896, the first day of José Rizal’s trial began. He was charged with rebellion, sedition, and conspiracy (“por rebelion, sedicion y asociacion ilicita”) against the Spanish colonial government in the Philippines. His trial would conclude with a death sentence via a firing squad. … Read more