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MANILA, Philippines — Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros is not setting high expectations for the second State of the Nation Address of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday, saying the incumbent administration might have been “too chill” during…
MANILA, Philippines — Authorities have discovered an abandoned shipment of boxes of kimchi from China which were used to conceal nearly P1 million worth of smuggled white onions. In a report released only on Thursday, the Bureau…
MANILA, Philippines — Senators on Monday vented out their frustration over the controversial use of foreign stock footage in the Department of Tourism’s (DOT) video for the launch of its new P49-million “Love the Philippines” tourism campaign.…
MANILA, Philippines — Controversial lawyer Larry Gadon’s first project as the newly-appointed Presidential Adviser for Poverty Alleviation is a nutrition program called “BBM: Batang Busog, Malusog.” Aside from relaying the message that a well-fed child is a…
MANILA, Philippines — No Filipino in Russia has asked to be repatriated after the recent power struggle between the military and a mutinous paramilitary group, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported on Monday. DFA Undersecretary Eduardo de…
MANILA, Philippines — Tropical storm Chedeng (International name: Guchol) has picked up strength while heading west-northwestward over the Philippine Sea on Wednesday afternoon, said the state weather bureau. Chedeng’s maximum sustained winds rose from 75 to 85…
MANILA, Philippines — The long line of visa applicants at the United States Embassy in Manila on Thursday morning captured only a fraction of the many Filipinos who will roll the dice for a chance to set…
MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives has accepted the Senate’s version of the controversial Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) bill. A bicameral conference committee hearing was held on Wednesday to reconcile conflicting provisions between the chambers’ versions…
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate approved on Monday, May 29, 2023, a bill pushing back the deadline to avail of estate tax amnesty by another two years. All 24 senators voted in favor of Senate Bill 2219,…
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate approved on Monday a bill pushing back the deadline to avail of estate tax amnesty by another two years. All 24 senators voted in favor of Senate Bill 2219, or the proposal…
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has certified as urgent the Senate bill seeking to establish the controversial Maharlika Investment Fund. In a letter to Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri dated May 22, Marcos tagged as…
MANILA, Philippines — “Please stand by me and for me in this most critical phase of my journey towards freedom and vindication.” Detained former senator Leila de Lima made the appeal on the eve of the promulgation…
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