Philippine News

Three Filipinos are confirmed wounded after a suspected Russian missile hit a civilian vessel in the Black Sea, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday. Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo Jose de Vega, in a text message, said the three are now “out of danger” and are being treated at …

The Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) will run after the recruiters of a 20-year-old Filipina who was recruited as a househelp but who ended up as a “sex worker” and was arrested and jailed in Malaysia. “Definitely po kailangan managot ng mga recruiter na ito (Definitely these recruiters should be …

Footage of a Chinese Coast Guard ship using a water cannon against a Filipino resupply vessel is shown during a press conference at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila on August 7, 2023. (Ezra Acayan / Pool / AFP)  BEIJING, China — China demanded Friday that Manila stop infringing …

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed three new officials to various offices, Malacañang said on Thursday. In a Facebook post by the Presidential Communications Office, former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) executive director Angelito De Dios was named the new commissioner of the Presidential Commission on Good Governance (PCGG). The …

VICE President Sara Duterte has given up her office’s request for a P500-million confidential fund (CF) to end the divisiveness it has generated. Duterte on Thursday attended the Senate plenary debate for the proposed 2024 budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP). The House of Representatives had slashed …

THE Philippines has decided to scrap a $4.9-billion funding deal with China for three rail projects. Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista said the sudden withdrawal came after Beijing failed to respond to funding requests on the projects. The cancellation comes amid rising tensions in the South China Sea between the Philippines …

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte attends the State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the House of Representatives in Quezon City on July 24, 2023. (AFP / Jam Sta Rosa)  MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte has dropped her request for P650 million-worth of confidential funds in the proposed …

Presidential adviser on creative communications Paul Soriano is no longer connected with the Department of Tourism (DOT), so said Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara. Angara, Senate Committee on Finance, disclosed this during the Senate’s deliberations on the proposed P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024, when the proposed budget of the Office …

File photos of former President Rodrigo Duterte from PNGAA, Wikimedia Commons, Philstar.com. (Graphics by Philstar.com / Anjilica Andaya) MANILA, Philippines — Different social media accounts, including known pro-Duterte internet personalities, have been amplifying survey findings that position former president Rodrigo Duterte as the top senatorial candidate in the 2025 polls. …

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda attends the 21st anniversary celebration of The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) with the theme “A Drug-Free Life for Every Juan” at the PDEA national headquarters in Quezon City on July 03, 2023. (STAR / Jesse Bustos)  MANILA, Philippines — Philippine National …