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MANILA, Philippines — Controversial police Col. Jovie Espenido yesterday confirmed that there was a reward and quota system under formerpresident Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, which emboldened some police officers to abuse the system.
MANILA, Philippines – Bong Quinto waxed hot in the fourth quarter to save the Meralco Bolts from a furious rally by the Terrafirma Dyip, 107-91, in the PBA Governors’ Cup Wednesday at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila.
MANILA, Philippines — Employers and workers’ groups are calling on the government to increase the budget of the Commission on Human Rights to make sure it is able to monitor labor-related human rights violations.
MANILA, Philippines — A year after the P125 million in confidential funds spent by the Office of the Vice President in just 11 days sparked controversy, the Commission on Audit (COA) has confirmed irregularities in most of the expenditures, and wants the OVP to return over P73 million in disallowed funds.
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) is prepared to follow leads on extrajudicial killings (EJKs) if provided with the "right evidence," Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said on Wednesday.
InsiderPH [link] reported that the PSE and the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a derivatives trading market. The agreement will allow the two parties to create a framework for how to proceed not only with the development of the actual infrastructure of the derivatives market but also with the regulations and best practices around its operation and governance. According to InsiderPH, the PSExTWSE deal is “part of [PSE President Ramon Monzon’s] initiative to launch derivatives on PSE by early 2026 if regulatory hurdles–primarily the issue of how to fairly tax derivatives–are satisfactorily addressed.”> What are derivatives? As the name suggests, they’re things that you can buy that derive their value from some other underlying asset.
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MANILA, Philippines – The Cignal HD Spikers heaved a sigh of relief after surviving a record-breaking performance from Russian import Marina Tushova of Capital1 in their quarterfinals match that lasted two and a half hours at the FilOil EcoOil Centre in San Juan on Saturday night.