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A FILIPINO was among those honored by the US State Department in its 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report, saying his efforts to combat the scourge of human trafficking were among the reasons why the Philippines was able to maintain its Tier 1 ranking in the report.
THE Chinese Embassy in Manila yesterday said it welcomes the Senate inquiry on the alleged smear campaign initiated by Pentagon against Chinese COVID-19 vaccines at the height of the pandemic even as it also called on the Philippines to condemn such move by the United States.
THE Supreme Court has upheld the decision of the Ombudsman dismissing the graft complaint filed against two Army officials over their alleged failure to protect journalists who were among the 58 individuals killed in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre.
THE widow of a soldier who died in the line of duty on November 8, 1971 had to wait 52 long years to collect the pension benefits due to her late husband’s service spanning more than 10 years.
FOUR days before the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila closes shop, management and the hotel’s labor union remained locked in their ongoing conciliation-mediation talks.
INTERIOR Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. yesterday said the government’s continuing war against illegal drugs has netted P13.67 billion worth of shabu, marijuana, cocaine and ecstasy so far this year.
SPEAKER Martin Romualdez yesterday assured the public that the price of rice is expected to go down in time for President Marcos Jr.’s third State of the Nation (SONA) on July 22 because of the Chief Executive’s issuance of an executive order reducing tariff rates on imported rice.
SEN. Imee Marcos yesterday that will seek re-election in the midterm elections next year as she brushed aside rumors that she will run for mayor in the city of Manila or some other place.