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Three years ago, Filipino nurse Keannu Arnoco left the Philippines in search of better working conditions as a healthcare professional. Today, he is a grand finalist for the Mr. Gay Great Britain (GB) pageant, and is hoping to be the first Filipino to claim the title. Source: Meet the Filipino nurse gunning to be Mr. Gay Great Britain

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MANILA, Philippines — Bamban Mayor Alice Guo’s fingerprints matched with Chinese woman Guo Hua Ping, Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Thursday. In a statement, Hontiveros said the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has confirmed that Mayor Guo and Guo Hua Ping’s fingerprints have matched. “It means, they are the fingerprints of one and the same person. This confirms what I have suspected all along. Mayor Alice is a fake Filipino — or should I say, Guo Hua Ping. She is a Chinese national masquerading as [a] Filipino citizen to facilitate crimes being committed by [Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators],” Hontiveros said. According to Hontiveros, this revelation is a great insult not only to voters in Bamban, but also to the...

Isiniwalat ni Senador Ronald ‘Bato’ dela Rosa nitong Sabado na isang PDP senator ang nagbabalak na kumalas sa partido upang umanib sa administration party. Source: Senador lalayasan PDP ni Digong

Former Philippine senator and human rights campaigner Leila de Lima talks during an interview with AFP in Manila on November 24, 2023. AFP / Jam Sta Rosa MANILA, Philippines — Former Sen. Leila de Lima has been cleared of her last remaining drug charge after the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 206 on Monday granted her motion for demurrer to evidence. The outcome of the promulgation was confirmed by De Lima’s lawyer Boni Tacardon on Monday afternoon. A demurrer is a motion filed on the ground that the evidence presented by the prosecutors is insufficient for a criminal conviction. If a court grants a demurrer, it effectively dismisses all the charges against an accused. The former senator has therefore been cleared of...

The Senate should be ashamed of the cost of its new luxurious offices in posh Bonifacio Global City. It would be scandalous if it did not investigate this disgrace to the nation. Source: Escudero suspends construction of new Senate building due to 'escalating costs'

In the initial four months of the current year, Vietnam exported 355,000 tons of bananas to China, marking the highest export volume to this market by any country. This quantity was 2.4 times higher than that of the Philippines, which is the second-largest exporter globally, making up 48.6% of China's total banana imports. This occurrence marks the first instance of Vietnam outpacing the Philippines in this sector. Source: Vietnam surpasses the Philippines in banana exports to China

Alam mo ba na noon March 2016, the Philippines Commission of Elections website (COMELEC) was attacked and defaced, allegedly by Anonymous Philippines. Shortly after, data on 55 million Filipino voters was leaked publicly and included sensitive information such as genders, marital statuses, height and weight and biometric fingerprint data. The breach only included 228k email addresses. Compromised data: Biometric data, Dates of birth, Email addresses, Family members names, Genders, Job titles, Marital statuses, Names, Passport numbers, Phone numbers, Physical addresses, Physical attributes. note: The data is still available somewhere in the internet. so if you are wondering why scammer know your name your phone number it is...

MANILA, Philippines — A lawmaker from Bulacan has proposed a ban on the use of smartphones and other electronic gadgets in all schools by students from Grade 10 and below. Source: Bill seeks ban on phones, gadgets in grade school

So it was Digong all along. Former Department of Health (DOH) secretary Francisco Duque III has told solons that it was former president Rodrigo Duterte who ordered the controversial transfer of P47.6 billion from the DOH to the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) for the purchase of Covid-19 supplies in 2020. Duque gave this statement on Monday, June 3 during an oversight hearing of the House Committee on Appropriations. The panel, under its senior vice-chairperson, Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo has been reviewing the budget performance of the DOH and the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth). During the hearing, Deputy Minority Leader ACT Teachers Party-list Rep...

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...

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?

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...

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...

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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

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

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

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...

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'

MANILA — The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation had excess funds that totaled P89.9 billion from government allocations in the last three years, PhilHealth President and CEO Emmanuel Ledesma Jr. confirmed before the House Committee on Appropriations on Monday. Source: https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/3/philhealth-excess-funds-for-2021-2023-total-nearly-p90-b-2101

MANILA, Philippines — Two police officers were relieved from their posts following the escape of eight detainees from the San Jose del Monte (SJDM) Police Station jail on Sunday. Source: San Jose del Monte cops sacked over escape of 8 PDLs

In this Facebook post on May 30, 2024 shows Mayor Alice Guo meeting the winners and participants of the Bamban Battle of the Bands Poster Making Contest. Facebook / Mayor Alice Leal Guo MANILA, Philippines — Controversial Mayor Alice Guo of Bamban, Tarlac has a net worth of P177.5 million, with assets of P367 million and liabilities of more than P189 million as shown in her statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) as of December 2023. In Guo’s SALN submitted to the Senate committee on women and children chaired by Sen. Risa Hontiveros, the mayor has a total liability of P189.633 million and net worth of P177,553,060.13. Guo has listed nine pieces of property, including six in Marilao, Bulacan, two in Bamban and one in...

President Marcos said that the country's military needs to boost its capabilities as it transitions from internal operations to external defense posture. However, Marcos cleared that the Philippines is not waging war by doing so. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. troops the line during his arrival at the 73rd founding anniversary of the Philippine Army's First Scout Ranger Regiment (PA-FSRR) at Camp Tecson in San Miguel, Bulacan on Nov. 25, 2023. (Photo by Philippine Army) Citing that internal threat has been reduced, Marcos on Thursday, June 6, vowed to provide the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) with the necessary resources, training, and equipment given that they also now have to think about external threats. “Now, I am sure...

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Wednesday that the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) should expel Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo due to her alleged links to criminal activities involving a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) in her municipality. Source: Senator Gatchalian: NPC should expel Alice Guo

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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

MAYOR Sebastian Duterte of Davao City has announced the dismissal of all 37 employees of the Davao City Public Safety and Security Office (PSSO) who tested positive during a random drug test. Source: 37 PSSO workers dismissed

The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) is expected to sell P29 per kilogram (kg) of rice in Kadiwa trading stores by August, Administrator Eduardo Eddie Guillen said Tuesday. Source: NIA to sell P29/kilo rice in August

MANILA, Philippines – After the delivering the keynote address at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)’s Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore on Friday night, May 31, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. got his first question from a Chinese military general who asked about the Philippines’ “behavior” in the South China Sea. Source: WATCH: Marcos responds to Chinese general's question on PH 'behavior' in South China Sea

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines need not fret about China’s new regulations in the South China Sea as long as no “illicit” acts will be committed, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said. Source: China assures PH: No need to worry over new SCS detention policy

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Risa Hontiveros’ committee on women can hold as many hearings as possible to unravel the curious case of Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, according to Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero. Source: Escudero: Senate can hold ‘unli’ hearings on Guo