PBBM plays down House reorg move

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday shrugged off insinuations that there is more to the movement at the House of Representatives other than being “just a run of the mill” reorganization. “I think we should be careful to not read too much into it,” he said in an interview two …

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BI ordered to ‘intercept’ Teves upon his return

Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers assigned at the country’s international airports were ordered to monitor and “intercept” suspended Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr., who is facing murder charges, should he arrive in the Philippines. However, BI commissioner Norman Tansingco clarified that arresting Filipino nationals is not within the scope …

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EO to give LGUs more autonomy set before yearend

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said he will issue a new executive order by the end of the year to ensure the “good” implementation of the Mandanas-Garcia decision of the Supreme Court that expands the share of local governments in tax collection while devolving functions of certain social services within their …

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G7 urges China to press Russia to end war in Ukraine

Leaders of the world’s top democratic industrialized nations cleared the decks for the arrival of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who touched down in Japan on Saturday, CBC’s Murray Brewster reports from Hiroshima.  Trudeau raised issue of foreign interference with other leaders, senior Canadian official says. Leaders of the world’s top …

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Coco Martin remembers Susan Roces on her first death anniversary

Coco Martin was among those present at the commemoration of the first death anniversary of the late actress Susan Roces Saturday, May 20. The “FPJ’s Batang Quiapo” star arrived at the Manila North Cemetery with rumored girlfriend Julia Montes. As seen on videos now circulating on social media, Susan’s daughter, Senator Grace Poe, as …

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