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DAVAO CITY – Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin told Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Secretary Maria Belen Acosta on Thursday that Secretary Leo Tereso Magno's assumption as the new MinDA chairperson took effect on May 21. Source: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1225366

Yuhang Liu (Contributed photo) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said Friday, May 31, that it has conducted an investigation after a Chinese man arrested by the police in Makati City yielded communications equipment linked to possible häçking. Personnel of the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) arrested one Yuhang Liu in Barangay San Isidro on Wednesday, May 29. “The AFP commends the CIDG and local law enforcement for their swift action in apprehending Mr. Yuhang Liu in Makati City. The discovery of firearms and sophisticated electronic equipment is concerning and underscores the importance of vigilance,” AFP spokesperson Col. Francel Margareth Padilla said. However, the AFP...

In an effort to attract more tourists and remote workers, the Thai cabinet this week rolled out a series of new visa promotions, including visa-free and visa-on-arrival schemes, extended stays for students, and reduced compulsory health insurance for retirees. Source: Thailand Expands Visa-Free Entry: 93 Nations Now Qualify

DAVAO CITY – The Task Force Davao (TFD) and the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) confiscated some 900 grams of shabu, valued at PHP14.4 million, from an unidentified male bus passenger on Wednesday night at the Lacson checkpoint in Calinan District here. Source: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1225883

Di ko pa mahagilap ang source neto sa mainstream media kaya pa-help na lang sakaling ma-pick up na ito sa mainstream. Source: SMNI

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...

Mag-aaksaya na naman po ang mga Filipino taxpayers ng pera para magpayaman ng international lawyers.

Benhur Abalos, nag guesting ka na Black Rider hanggang ngayon wala pa ding sagot kung nasa Pilipinas pa ba si Ajalon/Arvin Zarate. Achuuuuuuu. Gawin ang tama, sabihin mo kung nasaan nang driver ng biggest drug haul ever.

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — The Regional Trial Court (RTC) has ruled in favor of Leo Magno, recognizing his appointment as the legal Chairperson of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) and dismissing the claim of ousted chair Maria Belen Sunga Acosta. Source: It's Magno as MinDA chair

MANILA, Philippines — Defying China’s fishing ban in areas in the West Philippine Sea, a group of Filipino fishermen will embark on a collective fishing expedition at the country’s territorial waters of Masinloc, Zambales on Thursday. The activity will be conducted by members of the Panatag Fisherfolk Association, a local affiliate of the Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya), who will venture 20 to 30 nautical miles off Masinloc. Pamalakaya national vice chairman Ronnel Arambulo said more than 20 small fishing boats will join in the fishing expedition that will start at around 4 p.m. and will end Friday at around 8 a.m. “There is no better way to assert fishing rights in our exclusive economic zone than...

American voters will choose between re-electing Democratic President Joe Biden or his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, to the White House. Source: US election 2024: Where Biden and Trump stand on key issues

FILE PHOTO: The Supreme Court grants the Department of Justice’s request to transfer the sexual abuse case against Kingdom of Jesus Christ founder Apollo Quiboloy from a court in Davao City to Quezon City. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO / GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE MANILA CITY, Philippines — The Supreme Court granted the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) request to transfer the sexual abuse case against Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) founder Apollo Quiboloy from a court in Davao City to Quezon City. Quiboloy and several others are charged with violation of Republic Act 7610 or the Anti-Child Abuse Law, specifically the provision on sexual abuse of minors and maltreatment. They are also facing a case for qualified human trafficking before a Pasig City court...

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BAMBAN, Tarlac -- Corazon Sablan still recalls a then-teenage Alice Guo buying goods from her store in Concepcion, Tarlac. Sablan said she has been seeing the Guo family even before Alice became the mayor of nearby Bamban town. Source: https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/15/for-acquaintances-mayor-alice-guo-a-good-person-long-time-resident-2131

LOOK: Documentary evidence presented at the Senate probe shows that Angelito Guo and Amelia Leal, the 'biological' parents of Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, have two more children. All birth certificates indicate that Guo and Leal are married, but the dates of marriage differ across the documents. Mayor Guo claimed in an ABS-CBN interview that she is the love child of her Chinese father and the Filipina house help who worked for his family. She also said she was abandoned by her biological mother. Apart from the birth certificates, Sen. Risa Hontiveros also presented a PSA certification that there was no record of marriage for Angelito Guo and Amelia Leal. They also do not have birth registration records. With more questions on...

Vice President Sara Duterte MANILA, Philippines—Vice President Sara Duterte, through her counsel, has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to dismiss the petitions to declare the release of the P125 million confidential funds to the Office of the Vice President (OVP) in 2022 unconstitutional and void. In a consolidated comment, Duterte, through former Solicitor General Estelito Mendoza said the petitioners “simply made a blanket allegation that they are taxpayers or concerned citizens.” The comment reads, “The petitions are mere apprehension and speculation about contingent funds or confidential funds, which does not constitute a justiciable controversy.” Mendoza, in the comment, said that the petitioners failed to cite any actual case or...

Nanindigan ang kampo ni Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo na Pilipina ang nanay ng alkalde. Nanawagan sila sa ina ni Guo na lumantad na.“‘Yung mommy niya kasi, problema, hindi naman niya nakita ‘yan eh. Kaya sana lumabas ‘yung mommy niya para ma-DNA natin,” sinabi ng abogado ng alkalde na si Atty. Stephen David. Panoorin ang buong ulat.

Bohol Gov. Aris Aumentado (Photo courtesy of the Provincial Government of Bohol) TAGBILARAN CITY – The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered a six-month preventive suspension against Bohol Gov. Erico Aristotle Aumentado and 68 other public officials over the construction of a controversial resortat the famous Chocolate Hills. In its order, the anti-graft office said the Captain’s Peak Garden and Resort in Barangay Canmano in Sagbayan town was allowed to operate even without the required Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) and Special Use Agreement in Protected Areas (SAPA) from the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). “The...

Story by Rachelle Tonelada The Philippines Moves Closer To Legalizing Divorce With Approved Bill© Provided by Cosmopolitan Philippines The Philippines remains the only country in the world, aside from the Vatican, where divorce does not legally exist. However, that might soon come to an end as the House Bill (HB) 9349, or the proposed Absolute Divorce Act has been approved and is now advancing to its final reading. With 126 lawmakers voting in favor, 109 against, and 20 abstaining, the House of Representatives approved the House Bill No. 9349, or The Absolute Divorce Act, on its third and final reading, just two months after the House Committee on Population and Family Relations referred it. As reported by Inquirer, The proposed...

Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers MANILA, Philipppines — The government is set to forfeit billions of pesos worth of lands from suspected Chinese drug lord Willie Ong and his associates. Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers said the Land Registration Authority (LRA) and the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) will file forfeiture proceedings against Ong, his real estate firm Empire 999, and his partners. “They own 55% of Empire 999 Realty Corporation, which is in direct violation of the constitutional limitation of the 60-40 equity,” Barbers said. Barbers said that the LRA and OSG committed to this action during Wednesday’s House Dangerous Drugs Committee hearing. The committee found that Ong and his associates, who...

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (File photo from NELSON ORTIZ / Senate PRIB) MANILA, Philippines — Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has filed a bill seeking to repeal the law that amended the tax code. The law previously resulted in the taxation of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO). In time, it effectively legitimized the POGOs. Gatchalian, in a statement on Friday, said he filed Senate Bill No. 2689 last Wednesday to counter what he said is the only law that legitimized POGO operations. “The main goal is ultimately to outlaw and prohibit offshore gaming operations in the country,” Gatchalian said. The bill’s filing comes as several POGO operations were linked to criminal activities, including espionage. Among the issues that...

Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo and Japanese Ambassador Endo Kazuya led the signing and exchange of diplomatic notes for the official development assistance (ODA) loan yesterday for the Third Phase of the Maritime Safety Capability Improvement Project (MSCIP). Philippine Coast Guard / Facebook page MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is set to acquire five new patrol boats from Japan for P23.85 billion. Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo and Japanese Ambassador Endo Kazuya led the signing and exchange of diplomatic notes for the official development assistance (ODA) loan yesterday for the Third Phase of the Maritime Safety Capability Improvement Project (MSCIP). “This occasion signifies not only the...

Isang dekada na ang lumipas mula nang tumama sa Pilipinas ang Super Bagyong Yolanda, ang itinuturing na pinakanakamamatay at pinakamapaminsalang bagyo sa kasaysayan ng bansa. #YolandaX Hidden content #yolanda survivor One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.

MANILA, Philippines – Did the Senate fail to spot the almost P12-billion increase in the Commission on Election’s (Comelec) initial budget of P2.5 billion for the conduct of plebiscites in 2024? Source: 'Nasingitan kami': How Senate failed to spot P14-B budget for plebiscites in 2024

! Feel n’yo ba ang dami ng pera na nasa mga banko at financial institutions natin ngayon? Pero bakit 12.9 million Filipino families still consider themselves poor? Eto din kaya ang dahilan bakit nasabi ni Gadon na ‘haka haka’ lang daw yung kahirapan sa Pinas? For context: Our nominal GDP in 2023 stood at roughly USD416 billion so at an exchange rate of ₱58 to $1 translates to about ₱24 trillion. Now there’s ₱32 trillion in our financial system 94% of which are in our biggest commercial and universal banks. To illustrate the magnitude of this eye popping figures we shall take it’s ratio relative to our nominal GDP in Philippine Peso terms at ₱24 trillion. Our financial system dominated and controlled by the biggest banks now...

JUST IN: Supreme Court says it has found Presidential Adviser for Poverty Alleviation Larry Gadon guilty of gross misconduct for committing perjury and making accusations based on hearsay. The SC noted that a complaint was filed before the Integrated Bar of the Philippines seeking Gadon’s disbarment for falsehoods in an impeachment complaint he had filed against then de facto Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno before the House of Representatives. | via Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News

A user on a cybercriminal alias ph1ns seems to be one of perpetrator of the dost häçking. Yesterday april 2 2024 they released sample data of the breached file. it is unknown if they were able to häçk dost again or this was the previous data stolen back on sept 2023. the size of the stolen data reach terabytes but the released files were only gigabytes of data. the user said on the forum that they would be releasing more. they seemed to be part of a team called opEDSA and their members also have leaked several documents both from private company and from the government caption regarding the user post on the cybercriminal forums are as follow: Hidden content #darkwebnews #phhäçkers

MANILA, Philippines — The drug probe by the panel headed by Sen. Ronald dela Rosa was cited as a key reason for the ouster of Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri as Senate president. Source: Bato backs Chiz, says sorry to Migz

TARLAC CITY, Philippines — Alice Guo is a “very good person.” She is “helpful and easy to get along with.” So said the president of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) in Tarlac province, who came to the defense of Guo, the chapter’s treasurer, when interviewed about the embattled Bamban mayor who is accused of being a Chinese spy. “We don’t have any problem with her. Progress has come to the sleepy town of Bamban,” said Tarlac’s LMP president, Mayor Estelita Aquino of Moncada town. Tarlac execs defend Bamban mayor

There is a strong possibility that ABS-CBN’s franchise may be reinstated this year, according to insights gathered from discussions with various prominent media figures. Ongoing efforts are reportedly being made to secure the network’s franchise, with the upcoming national elections being seen as a significant factor that could contribute to the potential revival of the broadcasting giant’s license. Sources point to statements made by ABS-CBN executives during the corporate celebrations held in December 2023. ABS-CBN President Carlo Katigbak E×ρréššed confidence in the network’s future, boldly stating that the upcoming year would be the best since 2020. While the specific details of ABS-CBN’s comeback strategy have not been...

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napanod ko na po .. Ano kaya mangyayari if mapatunayan na chinese si alice guo .. ano mangyayari .. andaming butas sa sagot nya sa hearing .. Ano mangyayari sa issue na toh .. papaalisin ba sya sa pinas .. o parang hearing hearing lang tapos mawawala na lang yung issue .. Anlaki na pala nung pag aari halos lahat ng chinese citizen sa tarlac .. anlalaki ng building , mga nag ma may ari mga chinese ..