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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Hunter Biden’s gun trial have spent hours showing jurors evidence of his drug problem, seeking to reveal through his own words and writing the depth of his addiction to show it was still going on when, they say, he lied on a form to buy a firearm.
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has declared June 17, Wednesday as a regular holiday throughout the country in observance of Islamic Feast of Sacrifice or Edi'l Adha.
Q: So ma'am, kumusta yung executive session? Sino yung mga dumalo at ano yung mga information na maaaring yung i-share sa publiko?
Senate Majority Leader Francis 'Tol' N. Tolentino on Wednesday stressed the importance of passing the Philippine Maritime Zones Act (Senate Bill No. 2492), following the latest altercation between Philippine Navy and Chinese Coast Guard personnel at the Ayungin Shoal.
MANILA, Philippines — A member of the Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has resigned amid the controversy over ghost employees involving officials of the MB, the BSP’s policy-making body.
SENATE deputy minority leader Risa Hontiveros yesterday she was “not surprised” by the disclosure of former health secretary Francisco Duque that former President Duterte ordered the transfer of P47.6 billion on COVID-19 funds from the Department of Health to the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM).
SENATE president pro tempore Jinggoy Estrada yesterday said there is a slim chance the divorce bill will be passed in the Senate.
With rice prices refusing to go down and even likely to further increase in the coming months, President Marcos will soon issue an executive order reducing the tariff on rice imports from 35 percent to just 15 percent until the end of his term in 2028. This comes on the heels of the final approval by the House of Representatives of a bill that seeks to restore the power of the National Food Authority to import rice during emergency situations.