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MANILA, Philippines — The Inter-Agency Committee on Foreign Students (IACFS) will meet on Monday to discuss the increase in Chinese nationals studying in the Philippines, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Sunday.
MANILA, Philippines — Revisions are being made in the current recruitment policies of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) as part of efforts to encourage more fresh graduates or young professionals to enlist, according to Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr.
MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) must evolve fast and “try to focus on actual soldiering” because of threats to a “free and open” Asia-Pacific region, Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. said on Friday.
MANILA: The Philippines said on Saturday it has deployed ships to a disputed area in the South China Sea, where it accused China of building "an artificial island" in an escalating maritime row. The coast guard sent a ship "to monitor the supposed illegal activities of China, creating 'an artificial island'," the office of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said in a statement, adding two other vessels were in rotational deployment in the area.
MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) welcomed the recent decision of the Supreme Court (SC) declaring red-tagging, vilification, labelling and guilt by association as threatening to one’s right to life, liberty, or security.
UNITED NATIONS, United States — The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Friday to grant the Palestinians additional rights in the global body and backed their drive for full membership, which is blocked by the United States.
MANILA: The Philippines' national security adviser called on Friday for Chinese diplomats to be expelled over an alleged leak of a phone conversation with a Filipino admiral in a significant escalation of a bitter row over the South China Sea.China's embassy in Manila had orchestrated "repeated acts of engaging and dissemination of disinformation, misinformation and malinformation", with the objective of sowing discord, division and disunity, Eduardo Ano said in a statement.
THE Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said on Friday that a Filipino crew of the seized ship MSC Aries was released by Iranian authorities.