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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wants the human trafficking scourge in the country eradicated, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said on Friday. This developed as at least six Filipinos who fell victim to a human trafficking scheme in Myanmar have returned to the Philippines, after being tortured and forced to pay up …

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has the power to appoint to his Cabinet candidates who lost in the national and local elections in May last year, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said on Friday. The President on Tuesday confirmed he was planning a reorganization of his Cabinet after the constitutional ban on …

Department of Trade and Industry Assistant Secretary for Industrial Development and Trade Policy Allan Gepty (PNA photo by Robert Oswald Alfiler) MANILA – The Philippines targets to enhance its participation in the electronics and electric global value chain, specifically on wafer technology and research and development, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) …

Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco (Photo courtesy of Bureau of Immigration) MANILA – Bureau of Immigration (BI) chief Norman Tansingco has assured the public that the agency would answer all queries and complaints quickly as he ordered the implementation of the revised manual feedback forms for all its offices nationwide. In a …

ECONOMIC BRIEFING. Speaker Martin Romualdez (second from left) briefs Mission Members from the International Monetary Fund on the ecomomic reforms being implemented by the government. Flanking him are Rep. Stella Quimbo and House Secretary General Reginald Velasco, while the IMF was represented by Mission Chief Jay Peiris; Resident Representative Ragnar …

The prevalence of hypertension among Filipino adults aged 20 years old and above has significantly declined from 2018 to 2019, a study by the  Department of Science and Technology–Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) showed. (Unsplash) DOST-FNRI said that this is despite the increase in the prevalence of hypertension among …

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Educators belonging to a Mindanao-based group have denounced the alleged illegal sale of laptops, which were reportedly procured by the Department of Education (DepEd) in retail stores and on Facebook. Apart from violating the public trust, the Media Educators of Mindanao (MEM) also stressed that …

The country’s oil firms will likely raise pump prices by as much as P1.40 per liter on Tuesday to reflect the movement of prices in the world market, an industry source said Friday. The source said the indicative movement on fuel prices next week was computed based on the first …

Jailed Philippine human rights campaigner Leila de Lima was acquitted Friday on one of two remaining drug trafficking charges filed against her under the Rodrigo Duterte administration, court officials said, putting her a step closer to freedom. De Lima, a former senator and justice minister, has been detained since February …

Several groups praised a Muntinlupa court’s decision acquitting former senator Leila de Lima in a drug case. On May 12, the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 204 dismissed a drug case filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2017 against De Lima and Ronnie Dayan.  Former senator Leila …