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“I'm glad court suits are piling up for Cristy Fermin,” a high school principal-now US-based cousin sent me once. Always abreast with current showbiz news, my cousin is obviously aware of the successive cyber libel cases which the veteran radio anchor-online host is facing these days. In March, Esther Lahbati …

“The story of Mayor Guo is just one example, but it highlights several key vulnerabilities in the Philippines’ AML framework. If the latest rose-colored prognosis by Moodys Investors Service is to be believed, the Philippines appears poised to exit the “gray list” of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a …

Today marks the 59th observance of Flag Day that began after President Diosdado Macapagal issued Proclamation No. 360 on March 6, 1965, noting that “our flag was first raised and received its baptism of fire and victory in the battle of Alapan, Imus, Cavite, on May 28, 1898.” It was …

SALUTE THE FLAG. Workers from the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) hoist Philippine flags at the National Flag Shrine at Imus Heritage Park in Alapan, Imus, Cavite in preparation for the Flag Day celebration today. In Baguio City (inset photo), Mayor Benjamin Magalong leads the salute to the …

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.  President Marcos is expected to sign a memorandum of agreement (MOU) on tourism cooperation and discuss several agreements with Brunei Darussalam as he left Manila on Tuesday for his back-to-back foreign trips. In his departure speech, the President highlighted tourism as a vital economic driver for …

DAVAO-SAMAL BRIDGE. Preparations for the engineering works of the Samal Island-Davao City Connector (SIDC) bridge are ongoing as of May 13, 2024. A temporary bridge intended for equipment and crane trucks is also being constructed. (PNA photo by Robinson Niñal Jr.) DAVAO CITY – The PHP23-billion Samal Island-Davao City Connector (SIDC) project …

This photo shows the facade of the Supreme Court in Padre Faura St. in Manila. (Philstar.com / Erwin Cagadas)  MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has granted the request of the Department of Justice to transfer the child and sexual abuse cases of fugitive doomsday preacher Apollo Quiboloy. In …

Stricter screening at ports of entry ordered The Department of Health – Bureau of Quarantine is now on a “heightened alert” for the new COVID-19 “FLiRT” variants. In a memorandum, Director Ferdinand Salcedo directed all BOQ stations and other concerned agencies to “conduct thorough screening at points of entry for …

Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on May 20, 2024. (STAR / Jesse Bustos)  MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Francis Escudero has categorically denied that the investigation on the so-called Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) leaks, linking President Marcos to illegal drug use, triggered the ouster of Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri …

(PNA photo by Yancy Lim) MANILA – The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday ordered the preventive suspension of a judge and a court official implicated in a bribery scandal last week. In a resolution, the SC En Banc initiated administrative proceedings against Judge Alberto Cansino and Officer-in-Charge/Acting Branch Clerk (OIC-BCC) of …