Three Filipinos are still in strife-torn Gaza City, the center of the hostilities between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas, while the fourth batch of repatriates from Israel is expected to arrive by the end of October, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Thursday, Oct. 26. Smoke billows …
Read More »Paolo Duterte comes to father’s defense, insists Rody never retaliated vs critics
This photo shows Rep. Paolo Duterte (Davao City, 1st District)/Philippine News Agency MANILA, Philippines — Rep. Paolo Duterte (Davao City) on Thursday insisted that his statements alleging Rep. France Castro (ACT Teachers) overreacted to the televised death threats hurled against her by his father was his way of defending his …
Read More »PBBM transfers DAP to NEDA
MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has transferred the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) from the Office of the President (OP) to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). Executive Order No. 45, inked by Marcos on Wednesday, placed DAP under NEDA’s control and supervision as part of his …
Read More »DepEd asks RTU to submit incident report of what led to student death
This photo shows the campus of Rizal Technological University. (Rizal Technological University website) MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education is currently investigating a public high school’s handling of a student cheating incident to determine if its personnel had violated any laws in carrying out the school’s rules against academic …
Read More »More gun ban checkpoints sought amid election-related violence
CHECKPOINT. Quezon City Police District personnel operate at a checkpoint along Luzon Avenue in Quezon City on Aug. 28, 2023 for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections. Increased police visibility, checkpoints and gun bans are to be carried out until Nov. 29. (PNA file photo by Joey O. Razon) MANILA – A party-list …
Read More »3 BuCor officials facing bribery raps surrender
(File photo) MANILA – The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) on Thursday said three of its officials have surrendered to authorities after the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court Branch 204 issued warrants for their arrest in connection with direct bribery charges. In a statement, the BuCor identified the officials as BuCor Armory …
Read More »November 3 holiday ‘fake news’ — Bersamin
This file photo shows a picture of a crowd in Manila North Cemetery. (The STAR/Edd Gumban) MANILA, Philippines — November 3 is not a holiday or a non-working day, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said on Thursday. Bersamin debunked circulating information saying that Malacañang suspended work on the day after All …
Read More »Garin, 4 others charged over Dengvaxia
CRIMINAL complaints were filed by the Office of the Ombudsman against former Health secretary and now Iloilo 1st District Rep. Janette Garin and three others for alleged illegal use of public funds. Garin, former Health undersecretary Kenneth Hartigan-Go, former Department of Health (DoH) director Maria Joyce Ducusin and former Philippine …
Read More »Israel launches brief overnight raid into Gaza ahead of expected wider incursion
Israeli troops and tanks launched a brief ground raid into northern Gaza overnight into Thursday, the military said, striking several militant targets in order to “prepare the battlefield” ahead of a widely expected ground invasion after more than two weeks of devastating air raids. Soldiers struck fighters, militant infrastructure and …
Read More »MPs defeat Pierre Poilievre-backed anti-vaccine mandate bill
MPs overwhelmingly voted to kill a bill Wednesday pushed by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre that would have banned Ottawa from again imposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates on federal workers and the travelling public. By a vote of 114-205, MPs agreed to drop the private member’s bill, C-278, that Poilievre first introduced …
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