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The House of Representatives on Wednesday ordered the arrest and detention of former presidential adviser Michael Yang for repeated failure to appear, despite proper summons, in the House probe on his alleged involvement in a PHP3.6-billion drug bust in Mexico, Pampanga in 2023. Source: House orders arrest of ex-Duterte adviser | Philippine News Agency

Last week, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman announced that the Philippine Coast Guard conducted a resupply mission to the Sierra Madre, carrying only humanitarian supplies. This was presented as a new agreement, but it's actually the old Estrada agreement from 25 years ago. DFA spokesman Ma. Teresita Daza disputed this, denying prior notification or inspection, but didn't refute the claim about the humanitarian supplies. The DFA should release the agreement's text, which would show that despite two years of tensions, it all circles back to the Estrada pact. This situation stems from the US's strategy since the Obama administration's "Pivot to Asia" policy in 2009. By provoking China, the US has used leaders like Aquino and now...

Maritime experts from the United States will arrive in the country to help the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in curbing the oil spill from the sunken motor tanker (MTKR) Terranova in Limay, Bataan. Source: US maritime experts arriving in PH to help contain Bataan oil spill

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III on Wednesday questioned the $500 million aid given by the United States to the Philippines' military and coast guard. Source: 'Why always military hardware?' Pimentel asks amid US $500M aid for PH military, coast guard

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The city’s Business Permit and Licensing Office (BPLO) is monitoring 141 ICT companies and 10 online gaming establishments. More details here: Mandaue remains vigilant for Pogo-like activities

Senate President Francis Escudero on Tuesday said it is “embarrassing” that the Philippine National Police (PNP) has yet to locate suspended Bamban Mayor Alice Guo and fugitive televangelist Apollo Quiboloy. Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1967441/escudero-its-embarrassing-that-pnp-yet-to-locate-guo-quiboloy

Twenty-two senators have filed a resolution pushing for the temporary suspension of the Public Transport Modernization Program (PTMP), pending the resolution of valid and urgent concerns raised by the affected sector. Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1967809/22-senators-seek-suspension-of-puv-modernization-program

“This involved the P6.4-billion shabu shipment in Valenzuela in 2017 which we investigated in the Senate. They are the mastermind in this,” former senator Antonio Trillanes IV said. Former senator Antonio Trillanes III will be filing today, July 31, îllégâl drug smuggling charges against Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte, lawyer Manases Reyes Carpio, the husband of Vice President Sara Duterte, , former marine officer and Bureau of Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and several others. In an interview with “Storycon” on One News on Tuesday, July 30, Trillanes said he is filing the îllégâl drug smuggling charges against Carpio, Duterte, Faeldon and Allen Capuyan based on the pieces of evidence he had gathered from the Senate...

In addition to economic benefits, Putrajaya hopes that membership will give Malaysia, and the Global South, a greater voice in international affairs Malaysia Has Applied For BRICS Membership, Anwar Says

The Marcos administration is allocating P419.3 billion to the defense sector in the proposed 2025 national budget to boost its capabilities in upholding the country’s sovereignty and national territory amid recent developments in the West Philippine Sea. Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1967716/defense-allocation-jumps-51-in-2025-budget

Arestado ang pitong Chinese matapos magtangkang gumamit ng nakaw na credit card at manuhol sa mga operatiba ng National Bureau of Investigation. Sinubukan ng mga Chinese national na gamitin ang isang nakaw na credit card sa POS machine ng undercover agent ng Cybercrime Division ng National Bureau of Investigation. At nang gumana ang credit card, agad nang inaresto ang dalawang Chinese national. Ayon sa NBI, dahil pinagbawal na ang mga offshore gaming operations sa bansa, naghahanap umano ng paraan ang sindikato para i-encash ang kinikita nila sa mga online scam. Nakikigamit umano sila ng POS machine kung saan may alok sila na 20 porsyento na porsyento na kita sa transakyon sa may-ari ng machine. “Before kasi ang POGO operations...

Isa sa dalawang nahuling banyagang suspek ng Bureau of Immigration at Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission o PAOCC sa isang bahay sa Tuba, Benguet ang nadiskubreng IT manager umano ng POGO hub sa Porac, Pampanga. Nasa red notice din siya ng Bureau of Immigration dahil pugante umano siya sa China. Si Sun Liming ang banyagang nahuli ng Bureau of Immigration at Presidential Anti Organized Crime Commision sa bisa ng isang mission order ng BI sa isang bahay sa Tuba Benguet, noong Sabado, Hulyo 27, kung saan sinasabi ng PAOCC na may impormasyon silang opisyal ng Lucky South 99 ang nagtatago roon. Itinanggi naman ni dating Presidential spokesperson Attorney Harry Roque sa Senado nitong Lunes na siya ang may ari ng bahay na...

The chief of the Philippines' ga̾mbling regulator on Tuesday said he wants to spare the special Business Process Outsourcing (BPOs) catering to ga̾mbling firms from the shuttering of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators, saying they are not directly involved in ga̾mbling and that thousands of Filipino jobs would be saved. Source: https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/7/30/pagcor-wants-to-spare-bpos-servicing-********-firms-from-pogo-purge-1141

State lawyers on Monday formally filed a petition to oust Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Guo Hua Ping (a.k.a. Alice Guo) from her post. In a 46-page quo warranto petition, the Office of the Solicitor General asked the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 34 to declare Guo ineligible to hold office as mayor. Source: SolGen asks court to oust Alice Guo from mayoralty post | Philippine News Agency

The Philippines is seeking financial support from Japanese and American lenders to reinvigorate the $850 million Subic-Clark railway project after China pulled out from the initiative. Source: https://www.eurasiantimes.com/chinas-withdrawal-puts-philippines-850m/

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) appealed to the public to donate hay, hair and coconut husks to make oil booms that will be used to contain the oil spill in Bataan and nearby areas. Source: Donate hair, coconut husks to contain oil spill, DILG urges public

The Makati Inter-Village Association (MIVA) said Monday that they were alarmed by the allegedly unauthorized conversion of houses in its villages into accommodations for Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) employees. Source: Makati homeowners alarmed over POGO staff accommodations in villages

The Philippine government will not obstruct the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor from interviewing the five newly identified suspects linked to alleged crimes committed during the Duterte administration's bloody anti-narcotics campaign. Source: SolGen: Philippines won't stop ICC from interviewing drug war suspects

The Supreme Court (SC) has denied the petition to dismiss the plunder case of the former Senate president and now Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile in connection with the alleged misuse of Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF). Source: SC junks Enrile’s plea to dismiss PDAF case

The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday cautioned the public against the dangers of oil spi̾lls to the human body. In a Facebook post, the DOH said that oil spi̾lls can harm people in various ways through direct physical contact, contamination, destruction of food sources and habitats, and even reproductive health problems in some cases. Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1967630/doh-warns-of-health-risks-from-bataan-oil-spill-lists-hazards

INFO The legislative body that was hostile towards Leila de Lima in 2016 now welcomes her with a spirit of collegiality, acknowledging her for who she is — a subject matter expert on the pattern of vigilante killings that persisted under Duterte's leadership It was a scene that was unimaginable during the previous administration: former senator Leila de Lima being warmly welcomed and even lauded by members of the same chamber that had vilified her nearly eight years ago. The former lawmaker, jailed for nearly seven years on trumped-up charges during the administration of her political nemesis Rodrigo Duterte, attended the House of Representatives investigation into the former president’s bloody drug war. She had been invited by human...

Another measure seeking to repeal the law taxing Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos) has been filed in the Senate. Sen. Joel Villanueva called for the permanent cancellation of Pogo licenses issued by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation in his Senate Bill No. 2752. Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1967375/villanueva-files-bill-to-void-pogo-tax-law

Pimentel questioned the continued floods that inundated Metro Manila and other areas last week despite billions of funding allocated to flood control. “Let us also not use ‘climate change’ as the scapegoat…What I instead propose is for us to look at the possibility of ‘character change’,” he said. Source: Koko lauds Marcos ban on POGOs; asks him not to use climate change as scapegoat

Vice President Sara Duterte attends the 2024 National Brigada Eskwela kick-off program at Carmen National High School in Carmen, Cebu on July 17, 2024. Facebook / Inday Sara Duterte MANILA, Philippines — A House lawmaker on Tuesday cut through the furor of two senators calling for volunteers to be Vice President Sara Duterte's security detail, emphasizing that Duterte was not stripped of all her security personnel when the Philippine National Police redeployed cops previously assigned to her. Rep. Joel Chua (Manila, 3rd District) said in a press conference that 31 personnel remain assigned to Duterte’s security detail after 75 PNP personnel were redeployed to the National Capital Region Police Office to beef up the number of cops in...

The Senate Committee on Public Works is set to grill officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) over the apparent faulty flood control system that was evident during the height of Typhoon Carina’s onslaught in major parts of the country. Revilla: Senate panel to probe Carina massive flooding on Tuesday

Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio flew to Germany with her family and mother early morning on Wednesday, July 24. The Vice President was seen at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 with her husband, their children and her mother Elizabeth Zimmerman. The plane left at 1:50 a.m. on Wednesday, July 24, and is expected to land in Dubai for a connecting flight to Munich, Germany. The Office of the Vice President (OVP) has yet to confirm the travel.

The implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for the establishment of an expanded career progression (ECP) system for public school teachers have been signed on Friday. Under the CT track, teachers can advance through multiple stages: Teacher I to Teacher VII, and then Master Teacher I to Master Teacher V. As for SA track, teachers holding Master Teacher I positions can advance to School Principal I to School Principal V. Source: IRR for expanded career progression of public school teachers inked | Philippine News Agency

United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will announce $500 million in foreign military financing for the Philippines to help its oldest treaty ally in Asia bolster its defenses, the US Department of Defense said. Source: US to provide Philippines $500 million in military aid

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Property sector expert David Leechiu said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s blanket ban on Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) would force rental fees in a specific market to go down by as much as 50%. Source: https://bilyonaryo.com/2024/07/28/rental-rates-to-go-down-by-50-find-out-the-condo-market-segment-seen-to-suffer-the-most-from-pogo-ban/property/

The ban on Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO) will not stop the Senate investigation on their criminal activities, Sen. Risa Hontiveros said yesterday. Source: ‘POGO ban won’t end Senate probe’