School year 2025-2026 opens in PH amid persistent education woes

Dempsey Reyes, Frances Mangosing - @inquirerdotnet 06/16/2025

MANILA, Philippines — It’s a whole new school year but with the same decades-old problems. As students nationwide return to classrooms today, June 16, for the start of school year 2025 to 2026, previous problems that continue…

AFP slams China state newspaper for twisting WPS narratives

Frances Mangosing - @inquirerdotnet 06/02/2025

MANILA, Philippines — Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. on Saturday slammed “malicious narratives” by Chinese state newspaper China Daily on the sidelines of the…

China’s ‘monster’ ship returns to West Philippine Sea

Frances Mangosing - @inquirerdotnet 01/13/2025

MANILA, Philippines — China’s largest coast guard vessel, nicknamed “The Monster,” returned to the West Philippine Sea over the weekend, according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). The PCG accused Beijing of trying to “normalize” such deployments…

Russian ‘attack submarine’ spotted in PH waters near Mindoro

Frances Mangosing - @inquirerdotnet 12/02/2024

MANILA, Philippines — A Russian attack submarine, identified as the Ufa, surfaced in the West Philippine Sea last week, according to multiple security sources. The Kilo II-class diesel-electric submarine was first spotted on November 28, about 148…

PH warned by China: Prepare to ‘bear consequences’ in South China Sea

Dona Z. Pazzibugan, Frances Mangosing - @inquirerdotnet 03/25/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines should “be prepared to bear all potential consequences” of its actions in the South China Sea, this was the warning that China gave on Sunday, March 24. This was after the China…

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