Pacquiao ‘good choice’ as PDP-Laban standard bearer for 2022 – Koko

Christia Marie Ramos - Reporter / @CMRamosINQ 06/17/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Manny Pacquiao will be a “good choice” as the presidential bet of the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) party,  Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said Thursday. “I think he will be…

PDP-Laban execs to factions: ‘Cease, desist from pursuing divisive quasi-secret plan’

Christia Marie Ramos - Reporter / @CMRamosINQ 05/31/2021

MANILA, Philippines — An official of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) criticized two other officials of the party, saying they should “cease and desist from pursuing and implementing their baseless, divisive, and unauthorized quasi-secret plan.”…

Divine intervention: Duterte waiting for ‘a message from God’ on 2022 vice presidential run

Christia Marie Ramos - Reporter / @CMRamosINQ 05/31/2021

MANILA, Philippines — “A message from God” will serve as a cue for President Rodrigo Duterte to join the vice presidential race in the 2022 national elections, his spokesman said Monday. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said Duterte…

Tourism frontliners now included in A1 vaccine priority group — DOT

Christia Marie Ramos - Reporter / @CMRamosINQ 05/28/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Tourism frontline workers are now included in the government’s to priority list for vaccination, alongside health care workers and medical frontliners. The Department of Tourism (DOT) said in a statement Friday that the Inter-Agency Task…

DepEd told to expedite the release of teachers’ internet allowance

Christia Marie Ramos - Reporter / @CMRamosINQ 05/21/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Sonny Angara on Friday asked the Department of Education (DepEd) to speed up the procurement and release of connectivity load for public school teachers as he flagged the agency’s supposedly low disbursement rate of funds…

Roque may speak on int’l law, but Locsin says it isn’t foreign policy

Christia Marie Ramos - Reporter / @CMRamosINQ 05/14/2021

  MANILA, Philippines — While Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. was fine with Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque speaking on matters of international law, Manila’s top diplomat reminded that remarks made by the Palace official do not reflect…

Banking on fame as boxer, Pacquiao asks US to expedite delivery of Moderna jabs to PH

Christia Marie Ramos - Reporter / @CMRamosINQ 05/03/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Manny Pacquiao has asked the United States, through a letter to President Joe Biden, to expedite the delivery of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines to the Philippines, saying that he is banking on his popularity…

Locsin tells ‘friend’ China: ‘Get the f*ck out’ of PH waters

Christia Marie Ramos - Reporter / @CMRamosINQ 05/03/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. did not mince his words in telling China to “get the f*ck out” of Philippine waters as Chinese vessels continue to linger in the West Philippine Sea. “China,…

Two senators: Defund NTF-Elcac, realign P19B budget to aid pandemic-hit citizens

Christia Marie Ramos - Reporter / @CMRamosINQ 04/22/2021

MANILA, Philippines — At least two senators are seeing the need to withdraw funding for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac) and reallocate its current P19-billion budget to fund assistance to people…

Community pantries fill gaps amid ‘absent’ gov’t — Ex-VP Binay

Christia Marie Ramos - Reporter / @CMRamosINQ 04/18/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Community pantries started popping up in different neighborhoods due to the desire of Filipinos to look after one another amid an “absent” government, former Vice President Jejomar Binay said. “The message behind the rise…

‘Someone screamed to distract my mom’s attacker,’ says daughter of Fil-Am hate crime victim

Christia Marie Ramos - Reporter / @CMRamosINQ 04/02/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The daughter of the 65-year-old Filipino-American recently attacked in New York bared that someone had actually stepped in to distract her mother’s attacker. In a recent post on a fundraising site, victim Vilma Kari’s…

‘Fight me instead, coward!:’ Pacquiao dares attackers of Asian-Americans

Christia Marie Ramos - Reporter / @CMRamosINQ 04/01/2021

MANILA, Philippines — “Ako labanan mo, duwag! (Fight me instead, you coward!) ” Boxing champ-turned-politician Senator Manny Pacquiao on Thursday issued this challenge to attackers of Filipinos and other Asian-Americans in the United States amid rising anti-Asian…

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