“The Chinese version meant that the rubber boat went out of its way to collect garbage in the seas which is unlikely. China’s usual megaphone is again drumbeating the supposed “illegality” of grounding the BRP Sierra Madre at the Ayungin Shoal, the boat which is currently the source of a …
Read More »Duterte can’t recall COVID-19 fund transfer to PS-DBM
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 …
Read More »Resupply mission in West Philippine Sea to continue – BFAR
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) …
Read More »Sprinter Venida overcomes injury to reach finals at Oceania Championship
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 …
Read More »Philippines says Chinese boats seized supplies airdropped to Filipino outpost
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 …
Read More »Guo declares P367 million assets, P189 million liabilities
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 …
Read More »Drug syndicate leader arrested in Quezon
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 …
Read More »Davao City court orders former MinDA Chair Acosta, lawyer to explain online statements
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 …
Read More »Japanese carmaker Toyota admits to forging vehicle test results
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 …
Read More »Rice price drop seen ‘between P6-P7/kilo’
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 …
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