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Lakas-CMD President and House Speaker Martin Romualdez (3rd from right) shakes hand with his Partido Federal Pilipinas (PFP) counterpart Reynaldo Tamayo, Jr. after signing the document formalizing their alliance on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at the Manila Polo Club in Makati City. (Courtesy: Office of House Speaker Martin Romualdez)  The …

Inmates from the Correctional Institution for Women visit their husbands or relatives at the New Bilibid Prison during the Christmas holidays, in Muntinlupa on December 24, 2022. (AFP / Kevin Tristan Espiritu)  MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Commission of Human Rights (CHR) said on Wednesday …

Finance Secretary Ralph Recto  Finance Secretary and ex-officio Governance Commission for Government-Owned or -Controlled Corporations (GCG) member Ralph Recto supported the immediate release of the long overdue retirement pay benefits of the Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) employees. “My heart goes out to the IBC employees who have long waited for …

THE possibility that China will abandon hope of peacefully reuniting with Taiwan is still “more dangerous” to regional and global peace than the continued escalation of tensions in the South China Sea, the head of a US-based maritime transparency project said Monday. The view of retired US Air Force Col. …

THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) took part in the Balikatan joint military exercises for the first time Monday, with two ships joining live-fire coastal defense training in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte. The annual Balikatan exercise involving 16,000 soldiers from the United States and the Philippines began April 22 and wraps …

The U.S. paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns that Israel was approaching a decision on launching a full-scale assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah against the wishes of the U.S., a senior administration official said Tuesday.  Biden wants Israel to do more to …

The three men charged in the alleged conspiracy to murder Hardeep Singh Nijjar — Karan Brar, Kamalpreet Singh and Karanpreet Singh — are all believed to be connected to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, according to sources involved in the Nijjar investigation.  Canadian police say the Bishnoi gang is one of …

Porn star Stormy Daniels described her 2006 encounter with former U.S. president Donald Trump in unflattering terms at his criminal trial on Tuesday, testifying she tried not to think about the sex while it took place and feared it would become public.  Former U.S. president did not react as he …

Minister of Addictions and Mental Health Ya’ara Saks said Tuesday the federal government has approved the B.C. government’s request to recriminalize the use of illicit drugs in public spaces.  B.C. Premier David Eby asked for an adjustment to the province’s decriminalization program late last month. Minister of Addictions and Mental …

Pierre Poilievre promises to “stop the crime” and “restore freedom” — to enforce law and order and free citizens from the burden of an overbearing government. But can those principles be squared with some of his recent pronouncements?  No federal Parliament has ever used the clause to shield a law …