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BicycleHorse · Jun 22, 2024

MANILA, Philippines – Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo and 13 others are facing a criminal complaint over their alleged ties to îllégâl Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) Zun Yuan Technology Incorporated. Led by the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC), authorities filed a qualified trafficking complaint against Guo and the other individuals before the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila on Friday, June 21. Qualified trafficking is non-bailable and usually carries the penalty of life imprisonment. The others named in the complaints are as follows: Zhang Ruijin Baoying Lin Rachelle Joan Malonzo Carreon Huang Zhiyang Thelma Barrogo Laranan Rowena Gonzales Evangelista Rita Yturralde Merlie Joy Manalo Castro Yu...

Hertrudes · Jun 21, 2024

MANILA, Philippines — As lawmakers and various groups suggested that President Marcos pick a real educator to head the Department of Education (DepEd), the Chief Executive went on with his usual activities yesterday, handing over P158 million to local governments in the Caraga region hit by El Niño. The giving of assistance was held during Marcaos’ visit to Tandag City in Surigao del Sur and Butuan City in Agusan del Norte. While the President did not mention anything about resigned education secretary Vice President Sara Duterte during the two sorties, he reiterated the government’s commitment to pursue quality education in one of his speeches. “You can be sure that we will continue to push for education and health care here in...

ZummerSoltice · Jun 20, 2024

On June 17 at 8:46 PM, US Ambassador to the Philippines Marykay Carlson tweeted the US condemnation of China pertaining to the incident in Ayungin Shoal between the Philippines versus China. The Carlson tweet was made 14 MINUTES after the DND Secretary of the Philippines Gibo Teodoro released his own statement. And the Carlson and Teodoro statements were posted ONE DAY EARLIER than the official statement of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the party directly involved in the incident, which was posted June 18 at 11:15 PM. Makes me wonder how quick America was able to assure us of support even though the details of the incident were still not publicly clear, and way ahead of Malacañang, which still has no official say on the...

BicycleHorse · Jun 19, 2024

MANILA, Philippines — The Caloocan City Regional Trial Court has convicted four police officers over the death of a father and his son at the height of the government’s “drug war” in 2016. The lower court said Police Master Sergeant Virgilio Q. Servantes, and Police Corporals Arnel De Guzman, Johnston M. Alacre, and Argemio Saguros Jr. are guilty of homicide for the death of Luis Bonficaio and his son Gabriel. The police officers were sentenced to up to 10 years imprisonment, and ordered to jointly pay the victims’ heirs a total of P400,000 for actual, civil indemnity, moral, and temperate damages. READ: Caloocan cop found guilty for ‘drug war’ deaths of two teens Based on official records, the Caloocan policemen stormed the house...

BicycleHorse · Jun 16, 2024

INQUIRER file photo DAVAO CITY, Davao del Sur / MANILA, Philippines — About a hundred policemen stormed the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) Compound in Barangay Buhangin in this city to arrest Pastor Apollo Quiboloy and his companions early Monday morning. Read more: 100 cops storm Quiboloy’s home to arrest him but he’s not found Ito lang yan just what Die Hard DDS motto: Kung walang ginawang masama bakit ka matatago?

BicycleHorse · Jun 16, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Ukraine to withdraw from four eastern regions partially occupied by his forces as a condition of peace talks, a demand Kyiv dismissed as “manipulative” on the eve of a conference on the war to which Moscow hasn’t been invited. Putin said Ukrainian forces should pull out from the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of the country in return for a cease-fire by Russian troops. He also said Ukraine must give up its bid to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, in a televised speech before Foreign Ministry officials on Friday. Read more: Bloomberg - Are you a robot? The fact that Russia initiated this war and gained nothing for 2 years, and now they demand to control these 4...

Hertrudes · Jun 18, 2024

MANILA, Philippines – A Filipino seafarer was killed when Yemeni Houthi rebels attacked bulk carrier MV Tutor in the southern Red Sea on June 12, the White House confirmed. “A few days ago, the Houthis attacked the Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned and operated bulk cargo carrier merchant vessel Tutor, killing a crew member who hailed from the Philippines,” US White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby said in a news briefing on Monday, June 17. He noted that the vessel “had just completed a port call in Russia and was bound for Egypt” and had “nothing to do with the conflict in Gaza.” “The Houthis killed an innocent crew member from the Philippines and critically wounded a Sri Lankan sailor who were guilty of no...

Saturn · Jun 6, 2024

MANILA, Philippines — At least three out of four Filipinos believe that China poses the "greatest" threat to the Philippines, according to a survey conducted by independent pollster OCTA Research. A distant second among countries perceived by Filipinos to have the greatest threat to the Philippines was Russia, at 9%, followed by North Korea, Pakistan, Japan and Saudi Arabia, with responses ranging from 2% to 1%. 5% believed that there were no countries that could be a threat to the Philippines. China remains 'greatest' threat to PH — survey

Sudo · Jun 18, 2024

Vladimir Putin promised to build trade and security systems with North Korea that are not controlled by the West and pledged his unwavering support. Continue reading...

BicycleHorse · Jun 11, 2024

This photo shows former President Rodrigo Duterte and Davao del Norte 1st District Representative Pantaleon Alvarez. Graphic design by Philstar.com / Anjilica Andaya This report forms part of Philstar.com's coverage of influence operations, which involve the spread of false information and propaganda that can mislead, cause confusion and prevent informed understanding and discourse. Read our explainer on influence operations. The call to secede Mindanao triggered not just a flurry of controversy among Filipinos. It also fed a coordinated campaign by Chinese social media users to spread rumors of a supposed civil war in the Philippines caused by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s “provocations.” MANILA, Philippines — Several anonymous...

PHC-G26 · Jun 13, 2024

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday signed into law a measure that, among others, sets a two-year amnesty on interests, surcharges, and penalties for unpaid real property tax. The Real Property Valuation and Assessment Reform Act (RPVARA) aims to standardize the valuation of real property in the country. “At the heart of this new law, we have adopted a strategy that will instill and encourage long-term and consistent tax compliance by providing a two-year amnesty on interests and penalties for taxpayers with unpaid real property tax,” said Marcos. The President signed the measure in Malacañan Palace in the presence of several lawmakers and Cabinet secretaries READ: Senate OKs Real Property Valuation and...

PHC-G26 · Jun 14, 2024

Former president Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday threatened that he will take legal action against the policemen who stormed the properties of religious leader Apollo Quiboloy in Davao City. Duterte said the raids conducted by the Philippine National Police - Special Action Force and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group were an “overkill in any language” and “cannot go unpunished.” Last march, the former president was named the administrator of the properties of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) founded by Quiboloy. Duterte said the police did not present any search warrants in all the properties owned by the KOJC). “I have ordered not only the preparation of affidavits of all members aggrieved and traumatized by the said...

PHC-G26 · Jun 14, 2024

The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) on Thursday confirmed that the Chinese military uniforms found in the raided Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) compound in Porac, Pampanga are authentic but already old. PAOCC spokesperson Winston John Casio said this translates to two possibilities: either veteran Chinese military personnel are working or are owners of the POGO hub, or the uniforms were part of someone’s militaria collection. “We’ve talked to military experts from within the intelligence community. Apparently, they agree na ito nga ay mga [these are] authentic na military People’s Liberation Army (PLA) uniforms. But then again, dated na po ito, meaning to say, mga lumang uniporme [these are old or...

PHC-G26 · Jun 14, 2024

MABALACAT CITY — The newly installed Pampanga police director on Thursday vowed to go after îllégâl Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos) that might be clandestinely operating in the province. Police Col. Jay Dimaandal said his very first order to all 21 city and municipal police chiefs in Pampanga was to inspect all compounds and buildings in their respective areas of responsibility. “There might be fenced compounds or buildings that might be hosting or being used as Pogo hubs,” he said. Dimaandal said the inspection would be done in coordination with the local government units (LGUs). He invoked the power of “police visitation” and the right of LGUs to inspect all commercial establishments in their jurisdictions. He made the...

ZummerSoltice · Jun 12, 2024

Hunter Biden was convicted Tuesday of all three felony charges related to the purchase of a revolver in 2018 when, prosecutors argued, the president's son lied on a mandatory gun-purchase form by saying he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs. President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, is convicted of all 3 felonies in federal gun trial

ZummerSoltice · Jun 14, 2024

#FromTheArchives: This is Epimaco Amancio of Dalaguete town. On August 10, 2010, a bus carrying 37 passengers, mostly students, almost fell onto a cliff in Brgy. Obo, Dalaguete town in southern Cebu. Good thing the pine tree planted by Epimaco Amancio saved the lives of the passengers of the bus. Amancio flashed a wide grin to the camera after he found out his tree was the savior. Without this tree, the bus loaded with college students of Don Bosco Technological Center would have plunged into the ravine which is 500 feet deep. The driver lost control of the bus after the water from the radiator tank splashed to his thighs and burning it. A photo of a grinning Amancio, photographed by CDN’s late photo editor, Tonee Despojo, recently...

PHC-G26 · Jun 14, 2024

Story by TED CORDERO,GMA Integrated News After a round of rollbacks, motorists should expect the prices of petroleum products to go up big-time in the coming week. “We will be expecting an increase in the domestic pump prices of petroleum products by Tuesday next week due to the developments in the international oil market,” Department of Energy-Oil Industry Management Bureau Director III Rodela Romero said on Friday, citing oil trading in the past four days. The estimated per liter adjustments in pump prices for next week are as follows: Gasoline - P0.60 to P0.85 Diesel - P1.45 to P1.70 Kerosene - P1.85 to P1.90 “Among the relevant news that contributed to the trajectory increase of oil prices are the upbeat global demand...

PHC-G26 · Jun 14, 2024

MANILA, Philippines — With their silence on China’s harassment at sea and their “paradoxical” reaction to police operation to arrest alleged *** offender and human trafficker Apollo Quiboloy, some Philippine politicians have only exposed their questionable loyalty to the country. This was according to Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spokesman Jay Tarriela, who posted on X on Independence Day that many politicians were quick to denounce the police operation to arrest Quiboloy, but “never had any comments when the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Coast Guard were subjected to inhumane and barbaric harassment while carrying out a medical evacuation in Ayungin Shoal.” He did not name the politicians. “When the mansion of...

rodey_lyf · Apr 12, 2024

Former Philippine president calls for rational dialogue with China Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte called for rational and friendly dialogue with China on current bilateral issues and E×ρréššed sadness over the disputes in the South China Sea and the policies adopted by the current administration toward China in a recent interview by Global Times. When asked about the message he wanted to convey to the people of both the Philippines and China regarding the current state of China-Philippines relations, Duterte issued a warning. He cautioned that the US is attempting to instigate a war between China and the Philippines, emphasizing that the US would not risk American lives for Filipinos. Duterte E×ρréššed hope that the...

BicycleHorse · Jun 2, 2024

President Marcos and Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonyt? agreed on Friday to uphold international rules-based order in pursuit of peace and security. Photo from the Presidential Communications Office SINGAPORE – Emphasizing his administration’s adherence to rules-based order, President Marcos told Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonyte of the challenges the Philippines has to tackle, with help from other countries but without being subservient to any of them. “I don’t work for Beijing, I don’t work for Washington, I don’t work for Moscow. I work for Manila. I work for the Philippines,” President Marcos said in his brief talks with Šimonyte on the sidelines of the 21st Shangri-La Dialogue here. Šimonyte, for her part...

ZummerSoltice · Jun 7, 2024

Cebu City’s Mics head, Dante “Dax” Arcilla, plans to seek law enforcement help for a cybercrime offense against him and his family. Read the story: Cebu City IT head: I'm working 24 hours a day

91actual · May 26, 2024

America is actively preparing for war with China with war games Story by Will Potter For Dailymail.Com Marines from the US and the Philippines carried out ominous war games Leaders fear China holds a significant advantage in the region READ MORE: China and Russia may be working on a joint invasion of Taiwan The United States military is actively preparing to go to war with China over growing fears of an invasion of Taiwan. Marines from the US and the Philippines have been carrying out ominous war games on small islands a short distance from Taiwan, reports the Wall Street Journal. The exercises include deploying teams of marines from Chinook helicopters, readying unarmed assault rifles, and scoping out terrain that would...

91actual · May 26, 2024

Solon seeks to ban TikTok, ‘foreign adversary-controlled’ apps in PH Provided by Inquirer MANILA, Philippines — A bill proposing a ban on TikTok and other “foreign adversary-controlled” social platforms in the Philippines was filed by a lawmaker in the House of Representatives. According to Manila 6th District Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. in a statement on Saturday, this was to protect Filipinos against malicious campaigns on the said apps. “With the rising tension between China and the Philippines, the government must take positive preemptive action to ensure that we protect our citizens from manipulation and misinformation campaigns using social media – from any foreign adversary country,” Abante said. Abante filed House Bill 10489...

rjackdaw · Jun 9, 2024

next 5 stations soon active ngaung taon.

PHC-Yh3Ld3RamZ · Jun 8, 2024

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plhbg1 · Jun 1, 2024

President Marcos on Monday will sign a measure granting public school teachers an annual allowance of P10,000 starting next year, to offset their expenses in buying their own teaching supplies. Source: Law granting teachers P10,000 for supplies up for Marcos approval

plhbg1 · Jun 6, 2024

The Trump campaign said Friday it nearly doubled its single-day fundraising record after a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty in his criminal hush money trial. Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/31/trump-campaign-donations-record.html

plhbg1 · Jun 7, 2024

CEBU, Philippines — Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has been invited to Russia next month to attend an economic forum there and renew the sisterhood agreement between the Cebu Province and St. Petersburg. Source: Gwen invited to visit Russia

ZummerSoltice · Jun 6, 2024

Let's go, Joe!!! "To help Manila uphold sovereign rights..." by deploying a 3rd non-party and outsider CG in its sovereign waters to confront another country that may escalate the issue further? What if China also asks its allies like Russia and Pakistan to patrol the area to help them uphold their 'sovereign' rights to their claim? What is our end game BBM?

BicycleHorse · Jun 6, 2024

File photo shows a typical office of a licensed Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator or POGO. STAR / File MANILA, Philippines — At least 186 people, 157 of them foreigners, were rounded up in a raid on a Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) hub in Angeles City, Pampanga on Tuesday night. At least 126 of the foreigners are Chinese while the rest are from Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar and South Korea. Twenty-nine Filipinos are among those taken into custody. It is unclear who among the foreigners and Filipinos are suspects and victims. Members of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC), police and Department of Justice conducted the raid, which targeted the Lucky South 99 firm along Fil-Am Friendship Highway. The...

plhbg1 · Jun 1, 2024

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has warned China not to cross a red line in the South China Sea, where a standoff between the countries continues to escalate. Source: Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr warns China against 'acts of war'

ZummerSoltice · Jun 6, 2024

Ayan na. Sino nga ulit ang kalaban ni Mr. Putin na bumisita sa atin kamakailan lang na pinangakoan ni BBM na kanyang susupurtahan sa laban nito against Russia? Sino nga ulit ang kaibigan ni Mr. Putin na pino-provoke at binabadtrip ni Bongbong dyan sa South China Sea? Ibig sabihin Marcos Jr. in the eyes of Russia and China is now an adversary. Grabe talaga ang tama ni Bangag at biro mo na dalawang nuclear-armed na Superpower ang kinakalaban n’ya. Piliin mo si Angkol Sam! Hahaha. Russian military doctrine sets a threshold for the use of Tactical Nuclear Weapons of 5 kilotons or less. Small but large enough to level a dozen or so city blocks. Once the Russo-Ukraine war goes nuclear then all bets are off. It will be uncharted...

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