(The Frontier Post) BANGKOK (AP): A top State Department official met Thursday with Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Manila, part of an ongoing diplomatic outreach in the Asia-Pacific region by Washington to try and blunt growing Chinese influence. Deputy… Continue Reading
(Journal Online) MANILA – For the first time ever, Red Bull Dance Your Style, the brand’s take on a global 1-on-1 street dance competition with a unique battle format featuring the latest hits and timeless classics that challenge a dancer’s… Continue Reading
(Radio Free Asia) Filipino fishermen whose boat sank in 2019 after a Chinese trawler rammed into it in disputed South China Sea waters have received six million Philippine pesos (U.S $113,421) in compensation, the Department of Justice said Wednesday. However,… Continue Reading
(Daily Tribune) Agnes VST Devanadera, the incumbent chairperson of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), has a lot of gall to make unsolicited recommendations to the incoming administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. about the energy concerns of the country.… Continue Reading
(CNN Philippines) Metro Manila — The Office of the Ombudsman has indicted at least 40 individuals, mostly immigration officers, involved in the “pastillas” bribery scam. Among those charged for violating of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act was former Immigration… Continue Reading
(CNN Philippines) Metro Manila — Officials of the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) led by its Director General Jeremiah Belgica on Monday filed a counter affidavit and motion for reconsideration over the preventive suspension ordered by the Office of the Ombudsman… Continue Reading
(Manila Bulletin) The pageant is lovelier the second time around for Filipino-French Gwendolyne Bolivar Fourniol of Negros Occidental. This after the 21-year-old beauty was crowned Miss World Philippines 2022 during a competition held at the SM Mall of Asia Arena… Continue Reading
(Interaksyon) Calls to protect health care workers subjected to violence in the Philippines were made in a correspondence published in an international journal. The correspondence titled “Violence against health-care workers in the Philippines” was published in The Lancet, a peer-reviewed… Continue Reading
