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President Marcos Jr. (middle) poses for a photo during his visit to the headquarters of 5th Infantry Division in Gamu, Isabela on June 10, 2024. (Photo by Armed Forces of the Philippines)  President Marcos Jr. has directed military personnel in Northern Luzon to prepare for external threats, expressing that current …

Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (File photo)  As the country commemorates the 126th Independence Day on Wednesday, June 12, the Department of National Defense (DND) urged Filipinos to be united against “new threats” to the country’s sovereignty. Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. expressed gratitude to the heroes …

Photo By Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Flickr)  Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto will be flying to the Philippines for the third time purportedly to strengthen diplomatic relations between the two countries, particularly in education, water technology, agriculture, culture, and sports. Szijjarto will be in Manila on …

Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers  A House leader on Monday warned POGO-politics will doom the country amid a growing clamor for the government to totally ban Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations and declare the industry a national security threat. “These POGOs are fronts to Chinese-led criminal syndicates, money-laundering, espionage, …

INDEPENDENCE DAY. Philippine flags adorn the old Antique capitol building in celebration of the 126th Independence Day on Wednesday (June 12, 2024). Errol Santillan, consultant of the Antique provincial government in tourism, history and culture, said in an interview on Tuesday (June 11) that valiant Antiqueño soldiers had played a vital …

BIRTH REGISTRATION. Japanese Ambassador Endo Kazuya (right) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Philippines Head of National Office Maria Ermina Valdeavilla-Gallardo shake hands after the signing of a USD5.5 million grant in a ceremony in Pasay on Tuesday (June 10, 2024). The grant will be used to promote the …

Chinese personnel onboard two RHIBs rush to take a food package airdropped by personnel of the AFP onboard two smaller rubber boats during a resupply mission in Ayungin Shoal on May 19, 2024. (Photo by AFP)  A total of 146 Chinese vessels have been monitored in the West Philippine Sea …

SAYING it will not affect strong and happy families, the chief of the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) declared on Monday her support to legalize absolute divorce in the Philippines as this would be the answer for “thousands or even millions of Filipinos who are suffering from dysfunctional or broken families.” …

EXPELLED Negros Oriental congressman Arnolfo Teves, facing murder charges in the Philippines, has been released from preventive detention in Becora Prison in the capital city of Dili in East Timor, his lawyer Ferdinand Topacio said Monday. “The request for extradition by the Philippine Government was made out of time and …

THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has trimmed its 2024 Philippine growth forecast, but the expansion will still be an improvement from last year with consumption, investments, and exports expected to rise. The outlook was revised to 6.0 percent, down from 6.2 percent previously, but is still within the government’s downwardly …