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China launched its Long March 7A rocket on Thursday evening, according to the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA), prompting it to warn of possible fallen debris.
Source: PhilSA warns of fallen debris from China rocket launch - Manila Standard
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Former president Rodrigo Duterte has been personally tagged in the killings of three convicted Chinese nationals in Davao jail in 2016 by the two inmates who allegedly executed the crime in exchange for a P3 million reward.
Source: 2 inmates tag ex-president Duterte in Chinese 'drug lords' killings
A House mega panel investigating the proliferation of Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) cited former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque in contempt on Thursday, August 22, for supposedly lying before the committee about his schedule.
Source: House detains Harry Roque for 'lying' to lawmakers
Cassandra Li Ong, the representative of a company that provides services to Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO), and Shiela Guo, the sister of Alice Guo, arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport at around 5 p.m.
Source: https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/22/guo-companions-back-in-ph-1320
Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes was ordered suspended for one year without pay for grave misconduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service.
Source: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1231698
The Islamic republic maintains the death penalty for several crimes, including rape and sexual assault.
Source: Iran executes fortune-teller over rapes
A report by GMA Integrated News' John Consulta on Balitanghali identified the two arrested as Cassandra Li Ong and Guo's sister Sheila Guo.
Source: 2 Alice Guo companions detained in Indonesia —Abalos
Senator Risa Hontiveros reads “Isang Kaibigan,” a children’s book authored by Vice President Sara Duterte, during a press conference in the Senate on Aug.21, 2024.
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MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Risa Hontiveros wants to realign the P10 million allocation for Vice President Sara Duterte’s children’s book “Isang Kaibigan”, saying that it was inappropriate for an official to use public funds to publish a book.
During a press briefing on Wednesday, Hontiveros was still puzzled over Duterte’s reaction to her question during the budget hearing for Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) proposed 2025 budget. The two had a heated exchange after Hontiveros asked for details on Duterte’s children’s book about friendship...
HERE we go again, with the officials of the National Security Council and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) — claiming to be speaking for the entire Philippine government — blaming China for “aggression” and “bullying’ in the disputed Spratly Islands. Commo. Jay Tarriela of the PCG claimed a China Coast Guard vessel at around 3 a.m. on Aug 19 undertook “dangerous maneuvers that resulted in a collision that caused structural damage to two PCG vessels.”
Video belies PCG Tarriela and NSC Malaya’s claims about collision - Rigoberto Tiglao
A grade 11 student in Sampaloc, Manila was arrested for allegedly selling îllégâl drugs to students around the area. Seized from him was 150 grams of shabu worth P1-million. He, however, denied the allegations. He also said that he is not a drug addict and is willing to undergo drug testing.
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"Very demure, very mindful"
Very Gen Z kung ilarawan ni Senador Risa Hontiveros ang libro ni Vice President Sara Duterte, na naging dahilan ng sagutan nila nitong Martes, Agosto 20.
Nagpadala kasi nitong umaga ng kopya ang Office of the Vice President (OVP) kay Hontiveros.
Sa isang Facebook post nitong Miyerkules, Agosto 21, ibinahagi ni Hontiveros ang video kung saan makikita na hawak niya ang libro ni Duterte na may title na "Isang Kaibigan."
Sen. Risa, pinadalhan ng kopya ng librong pinag-awayan nila ni VP Sara
A 19-year old who allegedly s*xually abused a ch!ld in 2023 was nabbed by the police in front of his father. The suspect denied the allegations.
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Alice Guo attends the Senate hearing on crimes related to a Philippine offshore gaming operator facility in Bamban, Tarlac on May 22.
MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Tuesday ordered the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Justice to cancel the Philippine passports of dismissed Bamban mayor Alice Guo and those of her siblings.
In a memorandum dated Aug. 20 addressed to Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo and Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin directed the two agencies to take “appropriate action” to cancel the passports of Guo and her siblings Wesley Leal Guo and Sheila Leal Guo.
The memo also covers Katherine Cassandra Li Ong, the authorized representative of the...
A 45-year-old mother was arrested in Malabon for sexually abusing her 9-year-old daughter by having her appear ***** in an online live show.
On Tuesday, the suspect was caught in an entrapment operation after police officers pretended to be a foreigner purchasing illicit pictures of the victim.
“[Na]engage nga namin itong suspek, nagpanggap kaming foreigner. Ang mga parokyano niya mga foreigner din eh… Hiningan kami ng paunang bayad, initial payment of P1,000 kapalit ng pictures ng minor na yun,” said PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group Police Captain Santiago Roy.
She later asked for P10,000 in exchange for videos of the victim.
The suspect was arrested in a hotel room in Malabon, where she conducts **** live shows of her daughter.
Fierce fighting has continued inside Russia as Ukrainian troops tried to seize more territory and used kamikaze drones to blow up a Russian pontoon bridge across a strategic river crossing.
Source: Fierce fighting in Russia as Ukrainian forces attempt to seize more territory
“I am confident that she is in the Philippines because I have no reason not to believe her. We are talking. I wanted to know where she is and her assurance is that she is in the Philippines. That is where my confidence is coming from,” Stephen David said in an interview with “Storycon” on One News on Monday.
Source: Amid reports of departure, lawyer says Guo is still in Philippines
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) will remit P10 billion to the National Treasury on Wednesday, August 21, as scheduled.
Source: PhilHealth to push through with P10-B second fund transfer to national treasury
Two German warships await orders from Berlin, their commander said, to determine whether next month they will be the first German naval vessels in decades to pass through the Taiwan Strait, drawing a rebuke from Beijing.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/german-warships-await-orders-crossing-disputed-taiwan-strait-2024-08-19/
China and Vietnam issued a joint declaration on Tuesday vowing to better manage and resolve their disputes over the South China Sea through friendly consultations.
Source: China, Vietnam pledge renewed diplomacy over South China Sea disputes
Imee revealed the list a day after political parties allied with the Marcos administration met on Monday night to strategize for Eleksyon 2025.
Source: Imee Marcos bares 'administration Senate slate' in Eleksyon 2025
"Students will benefit enormously from AI-powered adaptive learning, which allows every student to learn at their own pace rather than having to keep pace with a class," coprincipal John Dalton told BI, "which often progresses too quickly for some students and too slowly for others."
Source: High School Starts Replacing Teachers With AI
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his minions are in no way reserved about their ambition to dominate the 2025 elections.
Source: How to win the midterms: Marcos' allies meet in Malacañang to strategize for 2025
Ilang araw matapos magdeklara ng global public health emergency ang World Health Organization (WHO) laban sa mpox (dating monkeypox), inihayag ng Department of Health (DOH) ngayong Lunes na may unang kaso na ng naturang nakahahawang virus sa Pilipinas ngayong taon.
Source: Unang kaso ng mpox sa Pilipinas ngayon taon, naitala ng DOH
JIMMY GUBAN:
He has been accused of facilitating the entry of the very shipments he was supposed to block.
The career of resigned Bureau of Customs (BOC) intelligence officer Jimmy Guban took a downturn after congressional probes pointed to his alleged involvement in the shipment of magnetic lifters found in Cavite, believed by all law enforcement agencies to have been packed with shabu (methamphetamine) worth up to P11 billion (earlier estimated at 6.8 billion).
On Wednesday, October 24, President Rodrigo Duterte ordered his arrest just minutes after lawmakers finished grilling him at the House of Representatives.
“Tell me who is this guy asking for money, extortion. I will call him here, I’ll have him arrested. Kaya iyang si Guban...
Vegetables being thrown back into the garden, and now fish being thrown back into the sea. In the meantime in Metro Manila the main conversation is about being food poor. Ano ba? Why are we talking about this and not these two other things?
May mga person of intererst na ang Tukuran Police Station hinggil sa pagkamatay ng 19-anyos na dalaga matapos matagpuang naagnas sa gitna ng maisan sa Purok 4 Sandiya, Brgy Upper Bayao, Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur.
Sa ulat, kinilala ang bitkima na si Vegie Borres Walondre, residente ng Purok 6, Brgy. Kagawasan, Dimataling, Zamboanga del Sur.
Ayon sa ama ng biktima, nagpaalam ito na may bibisitahing kaibigan sa bayan ng Tukuran kasama ang ibang myembro sa sinalihan nitong fraternity noong Lingo ngunit nang sumunod na araw hindi na nakauwi ang biktima kaya’t nagsumbong na sa kapulisan.
Isang magsasaka ang nakakita sa bangkay ng dalaga, may mga saksak sa kanyang tiyan at pinaniniwalaang ginahasa muna ito bago pinaslangin. Hustisya ang...
Nasira ang higit ₱91-M flood mitigation project sa Brgy. Candating sa Arayat, Pampanga.
Sabi ng Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), posibleng ang malakas na pressure sa ilalim ng ilog ang sanhi sa paglambot ng lupa.
Sinimulan ang proyekto nitong Marso at inaasahang matatapos sana sa darating na Nobyembre. #News5 | via Reiniel Pawid
This also means that police applicants, including those in PNP Academy, will not be accepted if they have a tattoo even if it is hidden, unless they have it removed.
These are the (12) crimes that transpired just for today (August 19 to 20, 2024) that we were able to compile. We are sure there are more that we are unaware of, but these are just what we found online as reported by the media.
The lawyer who notarized the counter-affidavit of Alice Guo insisted Tuesday that he saw the dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor personally on the night of Aug. 14 amid claims she had fled the country last month.
Source: https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/20/notary-insists-he-saw-alice-guo-on-aug-14-amid-reported-escape-1335
China and Vietnam signed 14 documents spanning cross-border railways to crocodile exports on Monday, after Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Vietnam’s new leader To Lam in Beijing.
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/20/china-and-vietnam-sign-14-deals-from-rail-to-crocodiles-after-leaders-meet.html