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MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos impressed Irish singer-songwriter Niall Horan so much that he repeatedly praised them during his return to the Philippines after six years.
MANILA, Philippines — Associates of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s economic adviser Michael Yang, who is being investigated by a House committee for drug links, may have all gone into hiding after being found to have faked their identities and used spurious documents to acquire vast landholdings in the country.
MANILA, Philippines — The National Security Council (NSC) yesterday rejected calls for the abolition of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), saying the calls are unfounded.
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Budget and Management has approved over 4,000 contractual positions to support the government’s poverty reduction drive.
MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos and security officials yesterday tackled programs aimed at strengthening the capabilities of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) amid simmering tensions with Beijing.
Will anomalies never end in the Bureau of Immigration? On Nov. 9, 2020 while the COVID pandemic was raging with no vaccine available, Rodrigo Duterte summoned over 40 BI employees to Malacañang to berate them over the so-called pastillas scam. This referred to the anomalous entry of foreigners mostly from China who ended up working in Philippine offshore gaming operator or POGO firms. The cash payments for facilitating the entry were reportedly handed over to BI personnel in rolled-up bundles resembling pastillas or local milk pastry.
This year, as Israel marks 76 years of independence, what would normally be a festive occasion every other year is a somber occasion, clouded by great pain. This year, alongside our great appreciation of our renewed independence in our homeland, we contemplate the profound devastation we experienced as a nation and mourn the loss of over 1,200 new victims of terror that were added overnight on Oct. 7. How can we celebrate our nation’s freedom when 132 of our brothers and sisters are still held in captivity? How do we rejoice in our independence when friends and family have yet to return from the battlefield?
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police is looking into an attempted data breach in the logistics information system of the PNP.