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Watch on YouTube: President Bongbong Marcos hindi pabor gumamit ng water cannon laban sa China Coast Guard MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. rejected a proposal to equip Philippine ships patrolling the West Philippine Sea with water cannons in response to China’s aggressive actions against the country’s vessels. Marcos on …

TOP OF THE LINE. The new amphibious combat vehicles of the US Marine Corps are deployed by the USS Harpers Ferry during a live-fire exercise at Oyster Bay, Palawan. USMC photo by Lance Cpl. Peyton Kahle. PH, US, Japan, Aussie firm up alliance The Philippines, United States, Japan and Australia …

President Marcos said he would certify as urgent the bill proposing to amend the five-year-old Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), saying the government should have some form of influence in how rice is being sold in the country. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo)  Marcos said this amid calls to …

US and Philippine Marines fire M198 155mm Howitzer artillery during a live fire exercise against an imaginary “invasion” force as part of the joint US-Philippines annual military Balikatan drills on a strip of sand dunes in Laoag on Luzon island’s northwest coast on May 6, 2024. (AFP / Ted Aljibe)  …

To assist jeepney drivers and operators who have not joined the government’s jeepney modernization program, Senator Grace Poe urged the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board to set up help desks nationwide. She said the affected drivers can sign up for assistance that can be provided by the government. Poe, …

DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac  Newly designated Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac and 25 other presidential appointees will undergo grilling by the congressional Commission on Appointments this month, Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel on Sunday said. “We already have Secretary Cacdac’s appointment papers from Malacañang, together with the …

This photo shows a picture of Apollo Quiboloy. (STAR / File)  MANILA, Philippines — A ranking lawmaker at the House of Representatives has urged the country’s law enforcers to locate and arrest controversial pastor Apollo Quiboloy, who continues to be in hiding pending his two warrants of arrest. In a …

THE Pag-asa Cays in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) are in a “degraded” state with low coral and fish diversity and abundance, according to the findings of marine scientific research carried out by the Philippines. In a media briefing on Saturday, Dr. Jonathan Anticamara from the University of the Philippines …

While not a formal famine declaration, World Food Programme executive director Cindy McCain said that based on the “horror” on the ground, “There is famine, full-blown famine, in the north, and it’s moving its way south.”  Israel closes a border crossing after Hamas rocket attack there wounds 10, reports say. …

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau touted Canada as a “rule-of-law country” in comments on Saturday about arrests made in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader, as he sought to reassure Sikh Canadians that persecution won’t be tolerated.  Comments come day after 3 Indian men charged with murder in Hardeep Singh …