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In this May 7, 2024 Facebook post shows Mayor Alice Guo of Tarlac, Bamban. Photo inset shows “Guo Hua Ping.” (Facebook / Sen. Risa Hontiveros and Senator Win Gatchalian)  MANILA, Philippines — New documents obtained by Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian indicate that suspended Bamban Mayor Alice Guo first entered the Philippines …

LONE GUARDIAN. This file photo taken on April 23, 2023 shows the grounded Philippine navy ship BRP Sierra Madre, where marines are stationed to assert Manila’s territorial claims at Ayungin Shoal in the Spratly Islands. A crumbling World War II-vintage ship stranded on a submerged reef, the Sierra Madre has …

A China Coast Guard ship (R) sailing past a Philippine fishing boat with volunteers from the civilian-led mission Atin Ito (This Is Ours) Coalition on board, in the disputed South China Sea on May 16, 2024. A Philippine boat convoy bearing supplies for Filipino fishers said they were headed back …

(L-R) UP Executive Vice President Jose Fernando Alcantara, news anchors Roby Alampay (OneNews) and Nina Ricci Alagao (Net25), investigative journalist Malou Mangahas, UP President Angelo Jimenez, columnists Iris Gonzales (Philippine STAR) and Anna Cristina Tuazon (Philippine Daily Inquirer), UP Vice President for Public Affairs Rolando Tolentino, and broadcast journalist Ces …

Photo courtesy of Pampanga PIO.  Pampanga Vice Governor Lilia Pineda ordered all mayors in the province to conduct “house-to-house inspections” to weed out illegal POGO hubs in their areas. Pineda said she gave the order even before the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission announced it discovered small-scale “scam” hubs in Mexico …

This photo taken on April 23, 2023 shows the Philippine coast guard vessel BRP Malapascua (R) maneuvering as a Chinese coast guard ship cuts its path to Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea. AFP was one of several media outlets invited to …

AN expert in infectious diseases and a former vaccine panel member on Monday said it was possible that the US military engaged in a propaganda campaign to undermine the credibility of the Chinese-made Sinovac vaccine during the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr. Rontgene Solante, a former member of the Vaccine Expert Panel, …

Maryland’s governor issued 175,000 pardons for marijuana convictions in one fell swoop on Monday, as a Canadian pot pardon program continues to lag five years after it was introduced.  Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown says the pardons are a matter of racial justice. Maryland’s governor issued 175,000 pardons for marijuana …

Israel has said its tactical pause around the Kerem Shalom border crossing with Gaza is its “creative solution” to get aid into the strip while the crossing in Rafah remains inaccessible, but aid organizations say it still doesn’t meet the demand on the ground.  Mother of 9 says families still …

The annual rate of new home construction was up in May, while home sales were slightly down, according to data released separately on Monday by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and the Canadian Real Estate Association.  Home sales could ramp up in wake of Bank of Canada’s June rate …