Soldiers to get more subsistence allowance
HOUSE Speaker Martin Romualdez said the subsistence allowance of soldiers would increase by more than double under the 2025 national budget.
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PH news site Rappler allowed to operate
A PHILIPPINE news site co-founded by Nobel laureate Maria Ressa can continue operating after a court overturned a shutdown order, according to the ruling released Friday, the latest legal victory for the media outfit.
Cops send feelers to testify in EJK probe
MANILA, Philippines — Active and retired police officers have sent “feelers” to become witnesses in the Quad Comm inquiry on extrajudicial killings during the Duterte administration, House committee on dangerous drugs chairman Rep. Robert Ace Barbers revealed yesterday.
China vessels spotted anew near Escoda
MANILA, Philippines — Vessels from China, including the world’s largest coast guard ship, were spotted anew near Escoda Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported yesterday.
Appeals Court Orders License Restored to Philippine News Site Rappler
A Philippine court has reversed a ruling against the independent news website Rappler and called for the company’s business license to be restored, the company said on Friday, in a rare victory for the free press in Southeast Asia.
BuCor short of medical, technical personnel
THE Bureau of Correction yesterday said it has only one doctor per 5, 371 inmates, and the problem is set to get worse with the impending retirement of one of its 10 full-time doctors this year.
DOLE allocates P45M to aid oil spill-hit workers
THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has allocated P45 million as emergency employment assistance to workers displaced by the oil spill caused by the sinking of the tanker MT Terranova in Ba-taan.
Police operations now humane, bloodless – Marcos
MANILA, Philippines — Police operations are now as “humane, truthful and bloodless” as possible, President Marcos said yesterday, as he heaped praises on Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Rommel Marbil.