EARLY this month, the Philippine Coast Guard planted navigational buoys emblazoned with the national flag in the waters around five islands and reefs inside of the country’s exclusive economic zone or EEZ. The Coast Guard said the deployment of the buoys “highlights the Philippines’ unwavering resolve to protect its maritime …
Read More »System is broken says Ontario mom waiting 9 months to bring adopted Nigerian daughter home
Andrea Eaton, 53, decided to adopt just before her 50th birthday. Two years later, Eaton flew to Lagos, Nigeria, to adopt a 17-month old baby who had been living in an orphanage. What had been a life-long dream — to be a mother — has turned into an exercise in …
Read More »PH, US, Japan to hold maritime exercises
BRP Melchora Aquino. PHOTO by MIKE ALQUINTO FOR the first time, the Philippines will hold maritime exercises this week with two of its closest allies — the United States and Japan. The trilateral exercises will be conducted off Mariveles, Bataan from June 1 to 7, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) …
Read More »Solons to hasten Senate Maharlika bill
Albay Rep. Joey Salceda on Sunday said Congress is studying the Senate’s version of the Maharlika Investment Fund, which President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. earlier certified as urgent in a bid to hasten its passage as Congress adjourns sine die this week. “We are talking to stakeholders and experts to see …
Read More »PH Navy to get more ships, aircraft
The Philippine Navy will get more modern ships and aircrafts as part of its modernization program, Rear Admiral Jose Ma. Ambrosio Ezpeleta said. “There are many other new modern ships of the Philippine Navy that will be arriving soon, not only ships but also aircraft,” Ezpeleta said on Monday in …
Read More »1k flee Lanao town with terrorist threat
FLEEING LANAO. This screen grab from an ABS-CBN TV report on Sunday shows some of the 1,236 persons from Marogong, Lanao del Sur evacuating the town to avoid being in the middle of the possible crossfire with government troops and forces of the Daulah Islamiyah, who threatened reprisal for the …
Read More »Arroyo rejects rumor linking First Lady to House coup
Former President and Deputy Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo took exception to rumors dragging First Lady Liza Marcos-Araneta into a reported coup attempt at the House of Representatives. In a statement posted on her Facebook page Sunday, Arroyo sought to put an end to what she described as “pathetic rumors” and urged …
Read More »Imee to relay substandard Iloilo flyover problem to PBBM
ILOILO CITY – Sen. Imee Marcos on Sunday, May 28, assured that she will personally relay to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. the unresolved problems with the P680-million substandard flyover here. PROTESTERS flock to the unused P680-million Ungka Flyover that straddles Pavia, Iloilo and Iloilo City, on Tuesday, May 23. …
Read More »PNP mobilizes 27,000 cops, search and rescue equipment for ‘Betty’
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has mobilized more than 27,000 of its personnel to assist the local government units (LGUs) in responding to the threat of super typhoon “Betty” which is now bringing heavy rains especially in Northern Luzon. PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr. said the police forces were …
Read More »‘EO must fix DICT-NSA pact for IDs’
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. should issue an executive order that would transfer to the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) certain functions of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) to expedite the issuance of national identity card of Filipinos under the 2018 Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) law, the Department of …
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