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Anatoly Antonov has urged the US "not to open Pandora's Box" and follow Russia’s suit "by taking all necessary steps to ensure global stability and predictability" Source: US deploying missiles in Philippines to endanger global security â Russian envoy

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Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo and Japanese Ambassador Endo Kazuya led the signing and exchange of diplomatic notes for the official development assistance (ODA) loan yesterday for the Third Phase of the Maritime Safety Capability Improvement Project (MSCIP). Philippine Coast Guard / Facebook page MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is set to acquire five new patrol boats from Japan for P23.85 billion. Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo and Japanese Ambassador Endo Kazuya led the signing and exchange of diplomatic notes for the official development assistance (ODA) loan yesterday for the Third Phase of the Maritime Safety Capability Improvement Project (MSCIP). “This occasion signifies not only the...

napanod ko na po .. Ano kaya mangyayari if mapatunayan na chinese si alice guo .. ano mangyayari .. andaming butas sa sagot nya sa hearing .. Ano mangyayari sa issue na toh .. papaalisin ba sya sa pinas .. o parang hearing hearing lang tapos mawawala na lang yung issue .. Anlaki na pala nung pag aari halos lahat ng chinese citizen sa tarlac .. anlalaki ng building , mga nag ma may ari mga chinese ..

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BAMBAN, Tarlac -- Corazon Sablan still recalls a then-teenage Alice Guo buying goods from her store in Concepcion, Tarlac. Sablan said she has been seeing the Guo family even before Alice became the mayor of nearby Bamban town. Source: https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/15/for-acquaintances-mayor-alice-guo-a-good-person-long-time-resident-2131

Helicopter carrying Iran president Ebrahim Raisi in crash - reports

The Philippines said Wednesday it had deported 165 Chinese citizens it accused of working in an online scam centre based in the north of the country. The group were flown to Shanghai on Tuesday and forever barred from returning to the Philippines, the immigration bureau said in a statement. The deportees were among hundreds of employees, Filipino and foreign, rounded up by an anti-crime government task force in a raid of an office compound in the northern municipality of Bamban on March 14. The 165 were involved in “scamming activities” and did not have proper travel documents, making them “undesirable aliens”, the immigration statement said. After the raid, the authorities said some of the workers were forced into it and “were...

CLASSMATES of Vice Adm. Alberto Carlos at the Philippine Military Academy (PMA), who went on leave last week as chief of the AFP Western Command (Wescom) amid talks of a supposed “new model” arrangement with China, threw support to the Navy officer. Source: PMA classmates air support for Wescom chief on leave

Pearl Of The Orient, Republic City Of Ubec and City Of Love. IT'S A TRIPLE TIE. Kala ko ba bumaba ang crime rate sabi ng Panggulo ng Pilipinas.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is selling rice at P29 per kilo in five Kadiwa stores in Metro Manila, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) announced Sunday. Source: Kadiwa stores in NCR sell rice at P29/kilo

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY—Vice Adm. Alberto Carlos, who supposedly confirmed that a “new model” arrangement to ease tension between the Philippines and China during the resupply of the troops at Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, has been removed as chief of the military’s Western Command (Wescom). Source: It’s official: Carlos out as chief of Wescom

MANILA, Philippines — Senators moved to cite for contempt and consequently ordered the detention of former Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agent Jonathan Morales for reportedly “continuously lying” before the chamber. Source: Senators cite ex-PDEA agent Morales for contempt, order his detention

There is a strong possibility that ABS-CBN’s franchise may be reinstated this year, according to insights gathered from discussions with various prominent media figures. Ongoing efforts are reportedly being made to secure the network’s franchise, with the upcoming national elections being seen as a significant factor that could contribute to the potential revival of the broadcasting giant’s license. Sources point to statements made by ABS-CBN executives during the corporate celebrations held in December 2023. ABS-CBN President Carlo Katigbak expressed confidence in the network’s future, boldly stating that the upcoming year would be the best since 2020. While the specific details of ABS-CBN’s comeback strategy have not been...

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. condemned Beijing’s directive to detain foreigners suspected of entering disputed areas in the South China Sea, calling it “completely unacceptable to the Philippines.” Source: Beijing’s detention rule in South China Sea ‘unacceptable’ — Marcos

"The Marcos administration wants to constantly escalate maritime tensions to create an external enemy to alleviate the political pressure on it due to high inflation, unemployment and drug problems," China warns Philippine vessels for illegally entering waters in South China Sea yung 20 peso na bigas? totoo yun, kita nyo tumaas ng 20pesos ang isang kilo ng bigas, dati ~40 vs ~60 na ngayon taasan din lahat ng bilihin sa palenke, prutas, gulay, karne, grocery drugs? ask mo sila, alam nila saan makakabili nyan, baka may discount pa, bumaba na presyuhan, mga tambay malapit samin tumitira habang nagbabasketball

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. told the military to serve the country and remain loyal as the government continues to thwart brewing destabilization plots against the current administration. Source: Marcos to military: Be loyal amid destabilization threats

MANILA, Philippines — A Canadian tagged as the prime suspect in smuggling 1.4 tons of shabu worth P9.68 billion seized in Alitagtag, Batangas last month was arrested in Tagaytay on Thursday night. Thomas Gordon O’Quinn was apprehended by intelligence operatives of the National Capital Region Police Office, Calabarzon police and Bureau of Immigration at a spa in Barangay Maitim II. O’Quinn, also known as James Toby Martin, was arrested based on a red notice alert from the International Criminal Police Organization for conspiracy to possess, export and distribute îllégâl drugs into the US. Authorities said the suspect was found in possession of undetermined quantities of shabu, cocaine and Ecstasy tablets aside from 14 identification...

Members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the United States Marine Corps conduct a live-fire exercise against an imaginary enemy target facing the West Philippine Sea at the Laoag Sand Dunes on May 6, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File MANILA — Sen. Robinhood Padilla wants his panel to conduct a hearing on the Balikatan Exercises between the Philippines and the United States to better inform Filipinos about its benefits. Padilla, who chairs the Committee on Public Information and Mass Media, filed Senate Resolution 1026 that seeks a hearing on the matter by the panel to inform the public of the success of Balikatan 2024. "It is important that every Filipino would understand the Balikatan Exercise, the need for it, the...

Commission on Elections Chairperson George Erwin Garcia (Noy Morcoso/ Inquirer.net file photo) MANILA, Philippines — The substitution of candidates after the last day of filing of certificates of candidacies (COC) will no longer be allowed if the substitution is due to the candidate’s wí†hdráwal, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Wednesday. Garcia said the Commission En Banc approved his proposal to ban substitution after the last day of filing COCs on grounds of wí†hdráwal from candidacy. “Unanimous po, pumayag ang ating Commission En Banc sa naging proposal ng inyong lingkod na wala nang substitution after ng last day ng filing ng candidacy, which is October 8, kung ang ground ay wí†hdráwal ng...

INQUIRER file photo LUCENA CITY — Police arrested two alleged drug pushers early Sunday (April 14) and seized more than P648,000 worth of shabu (crystal meth) in separate buy-bust operations in Quezon. Colonel Ledon Monte, Quezon police chief, reported that anti-îllégâl drugs operatives nabbed at 2:17 a.m. a certain “Inok,” 29, after he sold P1,000 worth of shabu to a police agent in Barangay (village) Isabang. Authorities confiscated from the suspect, reportedly a newbie in the îllégâl drug trade, three plastic sachets containing 26 grams of meth worth P176,800, per the estimate of the Dangerous Drugs Board. It is worth P530,400 in the street market at the prevailing price of P20,400 per gram, the report said. The police also...

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Risa Hontiveros gladly received news on the divorce bill’s progress at the House of Representatives. Source: Hontiveros welcomes divorce bill’s progress at House: ‘Sana all!’

Prime Foods Acquires Filipino Instant Coffee Brand [Esquire, May 13, 2024] Mega Prime Foods, a subsidiary of the company behind Mega Sardines, now owns Jimm's Coffee Mix. https://www.esquiremag.ph/money/industry/mega-prime-foods-acquires-jimms-coffee-mix-a7943-20240513#:~:text=Mega%20Prime%20Foods%2C%20Inc.%20%28MPFI%29%20has%20made%20its,the%20coffee%20brand%E2%80%94from%20manufacturing%20to%20the%20products%20itself. BCDA to start disposition of Market! Market! in 2025 [GMA News Online, May 13, 2024] The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) is planning to redevelop the Market!Market! area into a mixed-use property in the next two years with the disposition of the asset starting in 2025, as the agency seeks maximum...

Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo’s lips are sealed amid questions on her citizenship and ties to mainland China. Source: ‘Ayaw na po ng lawyer ko:’ Alice Guo no longer responding to questions on citizenship

Pumalo noong April 28 sa Zambalez ang Heat Index na 53° C, grabe! Buti pa si Lola nakaisip ng paraan, CCTO nakita ko lang somewhere Ang tawag ko dyan Hell_melt.

Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. called on the Department of Foreign Affairs yesterday to investigate how unnamed people in the Chinese embassy in Manila allegedly recorded a supposed phone conversation between a Chinese diplomat and a top Armed Forces official discussing a so-called new model agreement on rotation and resupply missions to Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea last January.

Meron na pala copy ng buong transcript Source: Reddit

(INQUIRER file photo / MARIANNE BERMUDEZ) MANILA, Philippines — The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) on Wednesday told the Philippine Amusement Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) to step up its regulatory powers and monitoring of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs). PAOCC Spokesperson Winston Casio said this after the agency shut down an îllégâl hospital in Pasay City, allegedly catering to POGO workers. “Really the bottom-line is the Philippine Amusement Gaming Corporation must step-up in its regulatory powers – they have to go beyond mere inspection,” said Casio at the Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon public briefing. Casio said that POGOs should not be allowed to operate on a provisional licenses. The Bureau of...

Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV files libel and cyber libel cases before the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office against “pro-Duterte” personalities and social media account holders due to “persistent online attacks and the dissemination of false accusations.” (Photo courtesy of the Office of former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV) MANILA, Philippines — Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV filed libel and cyberlibel cases on Tuesday against “pro-Duterte” personalities and social media account holders due to “persistent online attacks and the dissemination of false accusations.” The separate complaints for libel and cyber libel were filed before the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office against former Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque...

While you were sleeping umutang po ang gobyerno ng mahigit ₱114 billion sa mga dayuhang mamumuhunan. Dolyar po ang inutang nila. In today’s exchange rate of USD1 = ₱57.37 it’s a little over ₱114 billion. If the Peso depreciates further to ₱58 to 1USD it shoots up to ₱116 billion. That’s ₱2 billion more debt without us doing anything. This is the problem with Dollar denominated debt in a very strong USD environment. Well, what can we do at mga walang kwentang hampaslupa lang tayo. Good morning pala dun sa inutangan ko. Extend po ako hanggang katapusan. 🙏🏻

China has expressed "grave concern" over the US' deployment of a medium-range missile system in the Asia Pacific, saying it worsens tensions in the region and increases the risk of misjudgment and miscalculation. Source: China: US missile system in PH worsens tensions in Asia Pacific

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Wednesday that it is still verifying if any law was broken regarding the candidacy of Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo. Guo’s citizenship came into question after she failed to provide details about her birth and schooling when she was grilled during a Senate hearing by Senator Risa Hontiveros. “Patuloy naman po namin tinititingnan kung mayroon mang nalabag sa batas. Hinihintay din po naming kung mayrong magsampa ng kasong election offense at makaka-asa po kayo, kung mayroon magfi-file ng verified complaint, ito naman ay agad na diringin ng Comelec at susulong ang ating tinatawag na preliminary investigation,” said Comelec Spokesperson John Rex Laudianco at the Bagong...