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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said Thursday that he wants to create a new ministry to address the country's low birthrate — the world's lowest, with the country facing a looming demographic crisis.
MANILA, Philippines — Human rights organizations called on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to end the practice of red-tagging and abolish the government task force notorious for vilifying activists and critics as fighters or supporters of the country’s communist insurgency.
Se. Grace Poe evoked memories of the "Hello, Garci?" scandal on the alleged phone conversation between a presidential candidate and then Elections Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano to manipulate the May 2004 presidential election results.
(UPDATE) SEVEN out of 10 Filipinos favor military action and diplomacy in resolving the West Philippine Sea (WPS) issue, an OCTA Research survey said.
GENEVA, Switzerland – Tobacco use is declining in 150 countries, 56 of which are on track to achieve the global target of reducing tobacco use by 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) Results Report 2023 said. The report also said that an additional 29 countries developed multi-sectoral national action plans on antimicrobial resistance during the biennium 2022-2023, bringing the total to 178 countries.
THE country's gross international reserves (GIR) slipped in April as the government paid off some of its debt and used foreign currencies for some spending items, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported on Wednesday.
SEN. Grace Poe sought electoral reforms to prevent a repeat of the «Hello Garci» scandal that she said «robbed» her father, the late movie icon and National Artist Fernando Poe Jr., of the 2004 presidency.
