Senator Francis Tolentino Chinese ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian should be immediately expelled from our country and declared “persona non grata,” if proven guilty in the alleged wiretapping of the Chinese Embassy on officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), according to Senator Francis Tolentino. Tolentino said …
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Comelec chairperson George Erwin Garcia (PNA file photo by Yancy Lim) MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will no longer allow substitution of candidates beyond the deadline of the filing period of certificate of candidacy (COC) for those running in the May 2025 midterm elections. In an interview Wednesday, Comelec chairperson …
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One hundred sixty-five workers from Zun Yuan Techn0logy Inc. have been deported to Pudong District in Shanghai, China on May 14, 2024./Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission MANILA, Philippines — A total of 165 out of 167 Chinese nationals, employed by a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) situated in Bamban, Tarlac, were deported on Tuesday, …
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Members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Australian Army stand in formation at the start of the Kasangga exercise at Camp Melchor de la Cruz in Gamu, Isabela on Monday./Photo courtesy of the Philippine Army. BAGUIO CITY — The Philippines-Australia Army to Army exercises dubbed “Kasangga” 01-2024 started …
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(File photo by DPWH Region III) MANILA – The National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Board, which is chaired by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., has approved the PHP30.56-billion project to rebuild and reconstruct calamity-hit school facilities outside Metro Manila. The Department of Education’s (DepEd) Infrastructure for Safer and Resilient Schools (ISRS) …
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Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio The Philippine government should sue China anew, this time for damages due to the destruction of Escoda Shoal and Rozul Reef, retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said on Tuesday. “The next arbitration case that we are recommending is for the following …
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BRP Teresa Magbanua (Photo courtesy of PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will buy five 97-meter multi-role response vessels (MRRVs) from Japan to beef up its maritime domain awareness capabilities. Rear Adm. Armando Balilo, PCG spokesperson, said the Philippines and Japan will conduct a note signing for the acquisition of …
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An intense, days-long campaign by Russia — including both ground assaults and airstrikes — has stepped up pressure on a border region in northeastern Ukraine that Kyiv cannot afford to ignore, given that it is home to the country’s second-largest city of Kharkiv. Ukraine’s 2nd-largest city has endured despite repeated …
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The grilling of the star witness in Donald Trump’s criminal trial has commenced. At the New York Supreme Court, the former U.S. president’s lawyers cast his ally-turned-nemesis Michael Cohen as an impulsive, biased and ill-tempered narrator. Star witness undergoes withering cross-examination. Donald Trump’s legal team set out to demolish the …
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Companies like OpenAI and Google are trying to dominate the quickly emerging market for AI systems where people can ask questions of a computer — and get answers in the style of a human. But experts warn this could mean users must be more careful to verify the accuracy of …
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