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MANILA, Philippines — Japan’s foreign affairs and defense chiefs are scheduled to visit Manila next month for a high-level meeting with their Philippine counterparts, when a key defense pact could be signed, at a time of escalating concerns over China’s actions in the disputed South China Sea.
CATANDUANES Gov. Joseph Cua and five other provincial government officials have failed to persuade the Commission on Audit to lift the Notice of Disallowance (ND) issued against the P14.8 million expenditure on intelligence and confidential activities in 2012 and 2013.
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — A Georgian parliament committee on Monday of the “foreign agents” legislation that has sparked massive protests for weeks.
PREPARATIONS to ensure the peaceful and orderly conduct of the 2025 midterm elections have begun, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Wednesday.
COTABATO CITY —The political party of the Moro National Liberation Front on Monday asked for an accreditation from the Commission on Elections to participate in the first-ever 2025 parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
MANILA, Philippines — Acting Foreign Affairs Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro highlighted the primacy of diplomacy in resolving the issue with China, as Philippine officials are set to meet their Chinese counterparts for the next round of the Bilateral Consultative Mechanism on the South China Sea.
Filsyn [FYN suspended] [link] wiped out its P1.86 billion deficit (as of Dec. 31, 2021) by way of an equity restructuring that was approved by the SEC. The restructuring will take P1.86 billion in additional paid-in capital and use that to eliminate the company’s accumulated deficit of P1.86 billion. The company will be left with P335 million in additional paid-in capital that, according to the disclosure, “cannot be applied for future losses that may be incurred by Filsyn without prior approval of the SEC.” FYN has been suspended since 2002 for reporting failures and applied with the SEC for approval of this transaction back in 2021.
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. stood firm on his position Sunday that the Philippines would not trigger any violent confrontation to resolve territorial disputes in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).