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Analyst: China ships down to 19 from 32 during water-cannon incident at Ayungin A former US Air Force colonel and a security analyst said he is tracking 19 Chinese militia ships swarming the waters off Mischief Reef and Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. Raymond Powell, director of SeaLight …

PLENTY IN STOCK. Workers unload sacks of rice from a truck at a rice dealer along Dagupan St. in Tondo, Manila on Friday. Norman Cruz President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday said that the government is keeping an eye on the country’s rice supply to stabilize its price as he …

A MAJORITY of Filipinos consider China as the “greatest threat” to the Philippines, and backed President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s approach of not yielding to Asia's superpower amid its provocative actions in the disputed South China Sea, according to the latest survey conducted by PUBLiCUS Asia. In the Pahayag 2023 First …

DOJ: P7m cash, bullets, SIM cards found in safes of Pasay hub POGO LOOT. In these screen grabs from a TV report, raiding teams from the Department of Justice prepare a vault for opening after DOJ officials raided a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operation (POGO) hub in Pasay City on Thursday. …

POWWOW ON TEVES. Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez (center left) listens to the concerns of the Makabayan Block members at the plenary session of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, moments before the chamber voted overwhelmingly to expel Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo Teves, Jr. for disorderly behavior and …

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said bilateral relations with Japan have now expanded to cover issues concerning security and defense, including ensuring freedom of navigation in the South China Sea amid overlapping claims with Beijing and other neighboring countries. “In the past, it could be said that the largest part of …

A consumer watchdog called on AirAsia Philippines to honor its promise to its passengers to refund tickets for canceled flights during the Covid-19 pandemic. United Filipino Consumers and Commuters (UFCC) president Rodolfo Javellana Jr. said in a statement issued on Wednesday that AirAsia's failure to refund the tickets of their …

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed former Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin as special envoy to Beijing, days after the Chinese embassy in Manila called on the Philippines to meet it halfway over maritime disputes in the West Philippine Sea. “[Ambassador Locsin’s appointment] is to boost bilateral relations between the …

The House of Representatives voted 265-0 with three abstentions on Wednesday to expel Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr., who is facing a string of charges in relation to the assassination of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo. Rep. Felimon Espares of COOP-NATCCO, chair of the House committee on …

FORMER senator Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino has been selected as a member of the 2023 Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program, which is Yale University's signature global leadership program. FORMER senator Benigno Paolo ‘Bam’ Aquino 4th. TMT FILE PHOTO The only Filipino in the group, Aquino will join 15 other …