Philippines

Surprisingly, The US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III will visit the Philippines to reaffirm protection ties and respective relations between the two nations, the Pentagon said Tuesday. This comes hours after President Rodrigo Duterte in a prerecorded location circulated Monday night said that the expansion of the Visiting Forces Agreement, the end of which was required to be postponed …

Unexpectedly, Vice President Leni Robredo hopes that President Rodrigo Duterte’s last State of the Nation Address would be upfront on the country’s current situation on government response on COVID-19 pandemic and lay down definitive targets to help appease the people’s growing anxiety. Just days before Duterte delivers his final SONA, Robredo said she is hopeful that the president would be …

Unexpectedly, The camp of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi keeps on contacting Senators Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III and Manny Pacquiao, as indicated by PDP-Laban leader VP and Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles. In view of this, Nograles said Pacquiao, who was expelled as acting gathering president during the PDP-Laban get together last end of the week at Clark in Pampanga, and Pimentel …

The Philippine National Police shared that it was prepared to implement exacting isolate runs again should President Rodrigo Duterte choose it fundamental. This comes after Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque at a press preparation Monday said that a re-visitation of a stricter isolate status was completely conceivable in the midst of the dangers presented by the more contagious Delta variation. Related …

Surprisingly, Lawmakers from both chambers of Congress recently to urged the Department of Labor and Employment to look into reported incidents of labor abuse experienced by delivery riders of Foodpanda. First reported by Davao Today, the food delivery app suspended some of its drivers for ten years for planning and joining a protest over significantly reduced pay. Under the country’s …

The nation didn’t see it coming as a coast watch vessel tested a Chinese “naval force warship” at Marie Louise Bank in the West Philippine Sea last week and followed it until it left Philippine waters, the Philippine Coast Guard shared. In a delivery, the coast monitor said BRP Cabra (MRRV-4409) announced locating a boat flying the banner of the …

It was not surprising as Sen. Manny Pacquiao promised recently to introduce observers and proof, including recordings and sound accounts, of instances of defilement when the Senate begins its examination concerning claimed oddities in different government organizations. Even if he is currently into a training, In a radio meeting from the United States, Pacquiao communicated delight over Malacañang’s prior depiction …

The anti-graft court Sandiganbayan has dismissed another civil suit seeking to recover the alleged ill-gotten wealth of dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his widow Imelda due to supposed insufficiency of evidence. After a judicious scrutiny of all the pieces of evidence offered in this case, the Court finds that the plaintiff’s evidence falls short of the quantum Related PostsA Possibility to …

Notwithstanding President Rodrigo Duterte’s participation, the impending PDP-Laban get together this Saturday won’t be perceived by public central command. In view of this, Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III said this Thursday, alluding to a public gathering coordinated by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi, who was as of late removed from the gathering by Sen. Manny Pacquiao, PDP-Laban president. The position to hold …

The Philippine National Police’s low expenditure of the counter insurrection finances it got in 2020 as an individual from the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) is evidence that it was unnecessary to give P19.2 billion to the team this year, a congressperson said Friday. Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said this in light of a …