by mediatimes | Mar 3, 2020 | Media Times 2019
GCTA FIASCO: Good conduct scandal by Luis Adrian Hidalgo IT WAS NOT common knowledge that amendments to Republic Act (RA) 10592 have expanded the coverage of the good conduct time allowance (GCTA) law. Not too many were aware that a well-meaning law reduces the...
by mediatimes | Mar 1, 2020 | Media Times 2019
CHINA PIVOT: The hollow ring of Duterte's "independence" by Jeraldine Pascual PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte’s pivot to China seems to be going well, if judged by the signed agreements and the impressive gains and values these hold. China’s economic commitments boosts the...
by mediatimes | Feb 29, 2020 | Media Times 2019
DUTERTE'S PROTRACTED “WAR ON DRUGS” Robredo’s brief shining moment by Jeraldine Pascual HE SIMPLY could not control the drugs, he said. And no one asked why he had ordered the killing of “idiots.” Behind a bulletproof glass panel, President Rodrigo Duterte told...
by mediatimes | Feb 29, 2020 | Media Times 2019
What now BARMM? by Albert Lawrence Idia IT HAS been a long and difficult journey, but in a historic moment, Mindanaons ratified the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) on January 21, 2019. The creation of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) would...
