Commission on Elections headquarters at Palacio del Gobernador in Intramuros, Manila (PNA file photo) MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) and South Korean firm Miru Systems will sign the contact for the Full Automation System with Transparency Audit/Count (FASTrAC) project on Monday morning. The poll body announced Saturday that the signing …
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Duterte named Quiboloy group property administrator
Screengrab shows Apollo Quiboloy, leader of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, praying over then presidential hopeful Rodrigo Duterte during a thanksgiving worship service in Lingayen, Pangasinan in March 2016. MANILA, Philippines — Former president Rodrigo Duterte has been named administrator of the vast properties of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ …
Read More »Liberal Party backs Hontiveros: Issue arrest warrant vs Quiboloy now
Photo shows Kingdom of Jesus Christ church founder Apollo Quiboloy. (Pastor Apollo Quiboloy Facebook Page) MANILA, Philippines — An opposition political expressed support for the Senate committee on women, children, family relations and gender equality in advocating for the detention of a controversial religious leader who refused to testify regarding …
Read More »Analyst: China can’t impose trade sanctions on PH
ISSUES THAT MATTER. Political analysts and professors Jay Batongbacal of the University of the Philippines College of Law (left) and Renato de Castro of the De La Salle International Studies Department, are guests at the Saturday News Forum (March 9, 2024) at Dapo Restaurant in Quezon City. They said China would …
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Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez drops the time capsule containing, among others, the plan for the 20-story Philippine Cancer Center in Diliman Quezon City during the groundbreaking ceremony at the construction site Friday. Ver Noveno Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez drops the time capsule containing, among others, the plan for …
Read More »Korean dad’s appeal for help leads to rescue of daughter in Pasay City, foreign suspect arrested
The worse nightmare for a father is to become helpless while his daughter is calling for urgent help. Fortunately, officials of the Korean Embassy in the Philippines and the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) acted on his behalf and resulted in the arrest of a 41-year old Korean who …
Read More »Prepare for conflicts, Xi orders Chinese military
China adopts new laws to ‘resolutely safeguard’ sovereignty Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered the military to prepare for conflicts in the East and South China Seas as the Communist Party-led government is poised to adopt wide-ranging security laws in 2024 to “resolutely safeguard” its sovereignty. Xi, according to a …
Read More »Philippine-US defense treaty doesn’t trigger immediate military action — analyst
This photo taken on March 5, 2024 shows China Coast Guard vessels deploying water cannons at the Philippine military chartered Unaizah May 4 (C) during its supply mission to Second Thomas Shoal in the disputed South China Sea. The Philippines said on March 5 that China Coast Guard vessels caused …
Read More »Gov’t eyes retrieval of slain seafarers’ remains in Houthi attack
M/V True Confidence (Courtesy of United States Central Command / Facebook) The government is striving hard to retrieve the remains of two Filipino seafarers who died aboard cargo vessel “M/V True Confidence” that was struck by an anti-ship ballistic missile launched by Yemen-based Houthi rebels in the Gulf of Aden …
Read More »Trafficking victim posing as Interpol agent stopped at NAIA 3
Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3, Pasay City (PNA photo by Yancy Lim) MANILA – A suspected female trafficking victim who pretended to be an International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) agent was barred from leaving by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 in Pasay …
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