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Former president Rodrigo Duterte (Photo / Roemari Lismonero)  MANILA, Philippines — Former president Rodrigo Duterte does not remember authorizing the transfer of P47.6 billion to the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) for the purchase of COVID-19 protective equipment, as claimed by former health secretary Francisco …

Handout photo from the Armed Forces of the Philippines shows Chinese ships chasing after food supplies airdropped for Filipino soldiers stationed on the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal on May 19. (STAR / File)  MANILA, Philippines — The resupply mission of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) …

Marielle Venida (2nd from left)  Auckland-based sprinter Marielle Venida battled through a back muscle injury to secure third place in her heat in the senior women’s 100-meter sprint semifinals on Wednesday at the 2024 Oceania Championships in Suva, Fiji. Venida clocked in at 11.88 seconds, trailing behind top heat qualifiers …

This handout photo taken on May 19, 2024 and received on June 4, 2024 from the Armed Forces of the Philippines shows recovered supplies which were airdropped to a Filipino outpost, on a boat near Second Second Thomas Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea. The Philippine military …

In this Facebook post on May 30, 2024 shows Mayor Alice Guo meeting the winners and participants of the Bamban Battle of the Bands Poster Making Contest. (Facebook / Mayor Alice Leal Guo)  MANILA, Philippines —  Controversial Mayor Alice Guo of Bamban, Tarlac has a net worth of P177.5 million, with …

SARIAYA, Quezon – The suspected leader of a drug syndicate was arrested in a buy-bust operation on Tuesday, June 4, in Barangay Santo Cristo here. A SUSPECTED drug pusher was arrested by the police in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Santo Cristo, Sariaya, Quezon on June 4. (Photo by via …

DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 15 has ordered former Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) chairperson Maria Belen Sunga-Acosta and her lawyer to clarify their statements online and provide reasons that will prevent them from being held in contempt of court. The show cause order signed …

TEST RESULTS. Japanese carmaker Toyota admits to having forged its vehicle crash and pedestrian tests. It has joined other manufacturers that have admitted to tampering with test results. (Anadolu photo) ISTANBUL – Japanese carmaker Toyota admitted to having tampered with its vehicle tests, specifically crash and pedestrian tests. Government officials are currently …

RETAIL prices of rice could go down by almost P7 a kilo in the next few months following the government’s approval of lower import tariffs, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Wednesday. “The potential price reduction will be between P6 [and] P7 per kilo in rice,” Agriculture Assistant Secretary …

INFLATION edged up in May as power, housing and utility costs grew at a faster pace, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday. At 3.9 percent, the result was marginally higher than April’s 3.8 percent. It was lower than the 4.0-percent median in a Manila Times poll of economists, …