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Supreme Court junks plea for free mass testing

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 16 11:57 AM

In yet another outright dismissal, the Supreme Court has rejected the plea of a group of health advocates urging the Philippine government to conduct free mass testing for the coronavirus. Read more »

SC urged to compel gov't to conduct free COVID-19 mass testing

Mike Navallo and Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 03 03:50 PM

 Eleven petitioners led by former Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo asked the Supreme Court on Friday to compel the Philippine government to conduct free coronavirus mass testing as the country continues to battle the pandemic.   Read more »

Former social welfare chief seeks COVID-19 mass testing for social workers

Kristine Sabillo , ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 08 05:33 PM

MANILA — Former Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo on Friday said the government should consider mass testing of social workers for COVID-19, citing their outside exposure on the job. Read more »

50 years later, First Quarter Storm survivors recall those first three months of the 70s

Barbara Mae Naredo Dacanay
Updated as of Feb 28 06:55 PM

Recalling the poetry, politics, terror and torments of their time, these once enlightened student-activists never fail to look back on those days of chaos.  Read more »

Gina Lopez's one regret? Rejection as DENR chief, says ex-Cabinet official

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 20 12:20 PM

MANILA - Philanthropist Gina Lopez had felt she could have done more for the environment had she retained her government post, former social welfare secretary Judy Taguiwalo said Tuesday. Read more »

Gina Lopez 'flew, soared' for the environment, says ex-cabinet colleague

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 20 10:32 AM

The late Gina Lopez is a "maverick" who protected the environment and the underprivileged, a former Cabinet colleague said Tuesday, as supporters mourned her passing. Read more »

Duterte says relieved Congress rejected leftist leaders' Cabinet appointments

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 26 08:33 PM

CALAMBA CITY - President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he was relieved that the Commission on Appointments chose to reject the appointments of leftist leaders he named to his Cabinet following the breakdown of peace negotiations with communist rebels.   Read more »

Human rights abuses noong martial law, meron nga ba?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 21 03:42 PM

Umani ng puna ang mga pahayag ni dating Senador Juan Ponce Enrile tungkol sa human rights abuses noong panahon ng martial law.  Read more »

He said what? Martial law victims debunk Enrile's claims of 'no arrests'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 21 08:32 PM

Personalities who survived martial rule debunked former defense minister Juan Ponce Enrile's claims that no critic was arrested during the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos' regime. Read more »

Enrile distorting martial law history: ex-DSWD chief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 22 03:14 PM

Judy Taguiwalo, who was jailed during martial law, on Friday said former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile is among those attempting to distort the history of the regime. Read more »

Ika-101 kaarawan ni Marcos, ginunita, sinalubong ng protesta

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 28 02:40 PM

Ginunita sa Ilocos Norte ang ika-101 kaarawan ni dating Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos.  Read more »

Taguiwalo, activists slam Duterte on Marcos' birth anniversary

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 01:48 PM

Former Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo and dozens of activists on Tuesday slammed the alleged specter of martial law under President Rodrigo Duterte in a protest marking the 101st birth anniversary of the strongman Ferdinand Marcos.    Read more »

Mga banat ni Duterte sa kababaihan, posibleng 'labag' sa batas: propesor

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 26 01:56 AM

Nag-post ng mga retrato at video ang netizens bilang pagkondena sa misogyny o sexism matapos sabihin ng Pangulo na ayaw niyang magtalaga ng babae para sa isang mataas na posisyon. Read more »

FIRED, RESIGNED, REJECTED: Cabinet members who have come and gone

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 09 10:33 PM

Nearly 2 years into his presidency, President Rodrigo Duterte has had to replace nearly a dozen of his original Cabinet appointees.    Read more »