Hontiveros pushes total POGO ban
SEN. Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to consider Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) a national security threat and order their complete prohibition in the country.
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SEN. Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to consider Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) a national security threat and order their complete prohibition in the country.
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is eyeing to create a legal department within the Philippine National Police (PNP) to serve as «defense council of any policeman who is charged with whatever complaint, crime.»
SENATE President Francis Escudero on Wednesday expressed his desire that cooler heads prevail over the escalating Philippine-China face-off in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has declared June 17, Monday, a regular holiday throughout the country in observance of Eid'l Adha or the Muslim Feast of Sacrifice.
TOKYO — Palau's President Surangel Whipps Jr. said on Wednesday his country, one of Taiwan's few diplomatic allies, had suffered a major cyberattack, pointing the finger at China.
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has directed pertinent government and law enforcement agencies to ensure effective and efficient implementation of the action plan to combat online sexual abuse and exploitation of minors in the country.
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday recognized the role of the youth in nation-building as he led the oath-taking of 31 newly elected officers of the Liga ng mga Barangay (LnB) and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) national and island representatives in Malacañang.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. should first address the war on poverty in the Philippines before meddling with other nations' problems like the war in Ukraine, said a leader of a political party on Wednesday.