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MANILA, Philippines — The Court of Appeals (CA) has reversed the acquittal of former police lieutenant colonel Rafael Dumlao as the mastermind of the kidnap-slay of South Korean businessman Jee Ick-joo in 2016.
MANILA, Philippines — The Pangilinan-led companies Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC), Philippine Long Distance Telecommunication Co. (PLDT) and Smart Communications Inc. have partnered with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Ateneo Human Rights Center (AHRC) to advance child rights advocacy.
It was among the most gruesome and notorious cases of police abuse in the bloody crackdown launched by the Duterte administration on the illegal drug scourge. On Oct. 18, 2016, barely four months into the new administration, South Korean businessman Jee Ick-joo was snatched from his home in Angeles, Pampanga and taken in his own vehicle to Camp Crame, headquarters of the Philippine National Police, where he was strangled to death inside the SUV.
“Unity is our ideology,” declared President Bongbong Marcos in the recent signing of a coalition agreement between his Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) and the National Unity Party (NUP). This declaration of political alliance (re-)building comes in the wake of the apparent break up of the UniTeam coalition that catapulted him and Vice President Sara Duterte to record victory. On the eve of the President’s third State of the Nation Address (SONA), the populist’s daughter appoints herself as the government’s “designated survivor.” So, whatever happened to unity?
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is ready to talk with Vietnam to seek measures for a mutually beneficial solution after Hanoi filed a claim with the United Nations for an extended continental shelf (ECS) in the South China Sea, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday.
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Bong Go is questioning the legality of the Department of Finance (DOF)’s order to have the P89.9 billion in excess funds of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. moved to the national treasury to finance this year’s unprogrammed appropriations.
Throughout his first two years in Malacañang, President Marcos Jr. has stayed silent on the issue of continuing the GRP-NDFP peace talks, which his predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, had resumed in 2016 and then backed away from in 2019.
MANILA, Philippines — For the first time, police will use anti-drone guns in securing the House of Representatives in Quezon City where President Marcos will deliver his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday.