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The Department of Finance (DOF) is considering selling the government’s stake in the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) by the end of this year. Finance Undersecretary Catherine L. Fong told Manila Bulletin that the government’s ownership in SLEX is included among the assets slated for privatization in 2024. The government currently holds a …

Harry Roque  The Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office has subpoenaed former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque and vlogger Byron Cristobal a.k.a Banat By through former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s libel and cyber libel complaint filed against the two in May. To determine probable cause, prosecutors have begun conducting preliminary investigations to prove …

PCG Commandant Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan  Philippine Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan is calling on their counterparts from other countries to stop using water cannons. According to Gavan, the use of water cannons against fellow coast guards will not help because it will make the situation even worse. …

The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) said that around two million customers were affected by rotational power interruptions on Saturday following the declaration of a red alert on the Luzon Grid. Joe R. Zaldarriaga, Meralco spokesperson and head of corporate communications, said that customers in parts of Batangas, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, …

Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. attends the  21st International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD) in Singapore on June 1, 2024.. (Photo courtesy of DND)  The Philippines is not the one to blame for the rising tension in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), according to …

Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo in this May 7, 2024. (Facebook / Sen. Risa Hontiveros)  MANILA, Philippines — The alleged Chinese mother of Bamban Mayor Alice Guo can no longer be located in the country, according to Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian. Latest information provided to the Senate by the Bureau of …

A banner signifying the Catholic Church’s stand against the divorce bill hangs outside Quiapo Church in Manila./Edd Gumban  MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Cynthia Villar will not budge from her position against divorce even as her female colleagues in the Senate are pushing for it, according to the senator herself. Among …

LIKE clockwork, opponents of the absolute divorce bill, led by the clergy, have come out in force, raising the same tired arguments against a measure that every other country in the world already has. The bishops, and the politicians who seek their benediction, say a divorce law would weaken the …

North Korea launched more trash-carrying balloons toward the South after a similar campaign earlier in the week, according to South Korea’s military, in what Pyongyang calls retaliation for activists flying anti-North Korean leaflets across the border. Pyongyang says move in response to anti-North leaflets flown across border. North Korea launched …

Many feminists have the impression that the earlier struggles for greater representation of women in Mexican politics have been used by the two leading candidates to advance their campaigns for the presidency without actually committing to real change for women.  Leading candidates seem to have avoided committing to real change …