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Quad committee’s upcoming hearings will be a ‘blockbuster’
The quad committee—made up of the panels chaired by Sta. Rosa Rep. Dan Fernandez, Surigao del Norte (2nd District) Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, Manila (6th District) Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr., and Abang Lingkod Party-list Rep. Joseph Paduano—holds a hearing in Bacolor, Pampanga. —SCREENGRAB FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VIDEO
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August 27, 2024October 9, 2024News

Quad committee’s upcoming hearings will be a ‘blockbuster’

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More witnesses want to testify and some quarters have tried to stop others from appearing at the joint public inquiry into the possible links among illegal Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos), illegal drugs, and extrajudicial killings (EJKs) during then President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs.  These are among the challenges facing the powerful quad committee...

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Widows lost at work in the shop, from Monday to Saturday, enjoying a daily allowance of P300 and a monthly rice subsidy. —PHOTOS BY TJ BURGONIO
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May 11, 2023July 26, 2025Faith, Life

In Payatas, the Church helps widows and orphans pick up the pieces

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The women are all business inside a tailoring shop a stone’s throw from Ina ng Lupang Pangako church in Payatas, Quezon City.  They work on fabrics and sewing machines to produce bags of all shapes and sizes—totes, “ecobags,” shoe bags, envelope bags, lunch bags, laundry bags. For six days of work a week, they take...