Teves nabbed in East Timor
MANILA, Philippines — Expelled Negros Oriental congressman Arnolfo Teves Jr. was arrested yesterday afternoon in East Timor.
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DOJ confirms Arnolfo Teves arrested in Timor-Leste
MANILA, Philippines (First published March 21, 2024; 11:40 p.m.) — Law enforcement authorities of East Timor have arrested the expelled lawmaker Arnolfo Teves Jr., the Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed on Thursday evening.
Teves now on Interpol’s ‘red notice’
MANILA, Philippines — Expelled Negros Oriental lawmaker Arnolfo Teves Jr. has been placed on the “red notice” list of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), which means all member countries are requested to apprehend him, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said yesterday.
United Kingdom offers scholarships for ASEAN women in STEM
MANILA, Philippines — The United Kingdom government is offering 11 fully funded scholarship slots for women in Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, who wish to pursue a one-year master's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields.
Democracy index: Philippines ranking goes down again
MANILA, Philippines — Still classified as a “flawed democracy,” the Philippines has scored and ranked lower in the 2023 Democracy Index released by London-based think tank The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on Thursday.
EDITORIAL — 115th in transparency
With the recent controversy involving secret funds for both national and local government agencies, people may question the improvement, slight as it is at just one notch, in the Philippines’ ranking in the 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index.
Marcos welcomes new envoys from Vietnam, Timor-Leste
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday welcomed the new ambassadors to Manila of Vietnam and Timor-Leste and reaffirmed the Philippines' bilateral relations and continued cooperation with the two Southeast Asian nations.
In with the old
The past year can be assessed based on how some key problems were addressed.