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The Philippines and Australia have expressed hopes that AUKUS—a trilateral cooperation among Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, along with other regional alliances, would bolster security in the Indo-Pacific region.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has expressed grave concern over the “escalation of armed conflict” in the Middle East, particularly between Israel and Hamas.
India is giving its highest export allocation of non-basmati white rice to the Philippines.
As Association of Southeast Asian Nations is poised to issue a statement on its stand on the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas militants, the Philippines expressed profound sadness by the bombing of Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza, which killed hundreds of innocent civilians, adding to the growing list of casualties in the Israel-Hamas war.
The Supreme Court (SC) has invalidated a provision in the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9994 or the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2020 formulated by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) which exempts non-profit, stock golf and country clubs from giving 20 percent senior citizens discount.
Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista on Tuesday filed a cyberlibel complaint against Manibela transport group leader Mar Valbuena and a radio broadcaster for linking him to allegations of corruption in the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB).
Millions of civilians – Palestinians and foreigners alike, including some 131 Filipinos – remained trapped in Gaza, desperately waiting for humanitarian corridors to open in the heavily bombarded enclave.
President Marcos is set to attend the first ASEAN-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Oct. 20.
All 131 Filipinos have left northern Gaza where an Israeli ground attack seemed imminent as the Department of Foreign Affairs raised crisis alert level 4 in the Palestinian enclave on Sunday.