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Senator Nancy Binay on Tuesday, August 29 urged the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking’s (IACAT) to maximize the use of modern technology in its efforts to fight human trafficking. Sen. Nancy Binay (Senate PRIB Photo) IACAT and other related agencies should also consider improving their profiling of travelers so as not …

At a Glance True to his words, House Deputy Speaker and ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo has filed House Bill (HB) No.8898, which seeks to repeal the much-panned Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act. ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) True to his words, House Deputy Speaker and …

FORMER vice president Ma. Leonor “Leni” Robredo was named Global Awardee by The Outstanding Filipino Awards (TOFA) on Monday (Tuesday in Manila). “[Robredo] rose from congresswoman to vice-president then presidential candidate in pursuit of social development,” the description wrote on TOFA’s Facebook page. “She transformed the Office of the Vice …

“All of us can be heroes, one way or another,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Monday as the nation marked National Heroes’ Day. “We unleash the hero in us when we act genuinely for the good of another, impelled by the causes and motives greater, more noble than mere personal …

China’s aggressive behavior in the South China Sea must be challenged and checked, the commander of the US Navy’s Seventh Fleet said on Sunday. “My forces are out here for a reason,” said US Navy Vice Admiral Karl Thomas, as he assured the Philippines of US backing in the face …

The number of Filipinos who died due to the massive wildfires in Maui, Hawaii has risen to four, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Monday. The Philippine Consulate General in Honolulu said Rogelio Mabalot, a 68-year-old resident of Lahaina in Maui, is the fourth Filipino fatality in the widespread …

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the Bureau of Customs (BoC) to do more warehouse raids to address hoarding and illegal importation of rice in the country, Malacañang said Tuesday. SHUTTERED FOR NOW Bureau of Customs personnel temporarily close the Great Harvest Rice Mill during an inspection led by House …

Vice President Sara Duterte spent P125 million in confidential funds in the last 19 days of December 2022, an opposition lawmaker said Monday. House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro cited documents from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the Office of the Vice …

THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is preparing for yet another oil spill response following the sinking of a fishing vessel carrying around 70,000 liters of diesel off Calatagan, Batangas on Sunday. PCG District Southern Tagalog Commander Commodore Geronimo Tuvilla said on Tuesday in an interview that they received a phone …

• Bare classrooms to welcome learners • Last year of ‘congested’ curriculum On the eve of the school year’s opening today, close to 22.7 million public school students have enrolled, still short of the initial target of the Department of Education’s (DepEd’s) target of 28.8 million. The department, however, expects …