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Marcos responds to Chinese general's question on PH behavior' in South China Sea
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
Does Amelia Leal, Mayor Alice Guo's alleged Filipina mother, really exist?
INFO Amelia Leal, claimed by Mayor Alice Guo to be her Filipina mother, doesn't have birth and marriage records, nor a death certificate Nope, it wasn’t a teleserye. But Filipinos who were watching the Senate hearing last Wednesday, May 22, probably felt like they were solving a puzzle when controversial Mayor Alice Guo of Bamban, Tarlac answered questions about her family background. Guo faced the Senate for the second time as the chamber continued its probe into her supposed involvement in îllégâl Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGOs) in her province. Prior to the May 22 Senate face off, Guo, in an exclusive interview with journalist Karen Davila on May 20, said that she has paternal half-siblings. She claimed that she was...
Expel Chinese embassy execs over phone wiretap  Gibo
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.
China claims Marcos execs OK'd "new model" for easing South China Sea tension
Top officials of the Marcos administration, including Defense Secretary Gilbero Teodoro Jr. and National Security Adviser Eduardo Año, have agreed to a “new model” for easing tension in the South China Sea, the Chinese Embassy in Manila said. Preferred Source: Out with gentleman’s agreement: China claims Marcos execs OK’d ‘new model’ for easing South China Sea tension Mainstream Media Source: China Embassy: AFP WESCOM agreed to ‘new model’ on Ayungin Shoal
6.2% GDP growth forecasted by IMF for the Philippines for 2024, Inflation average on 3.6%
“Real GDP growth for 2024 was revised slightly to 6.2 percent from the January WEO forecast of six percent, reflecting carryover from a better-than-expected outturn in the last quarter of 2023,” IMF resident representative Ragnar Gudmundsson said in an email to The STAR. Inflation in the Philippines is expected to average 3.6 percent this year before easing further to three percent in 2025. Both projections are lower than the six percent full-year inflation in 2023. Inflation accelerated to 3.7 percent in March from 3.4 percent in February, marking its second straight month of uptick. This prompted the BSP to keep borrowing costs elevated after it raised interest rates by 450 basis points from May 2022 to October 2023. Source ...

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