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1 day ago · SCS, reg'l woes call for 'new levels' of PH-Japan cooperation: envoy. January 10, 2025, 8:12 pm MANILA – The Philippines and Japan must take their cooperation to “new levels” against the backdrop of complex challenges besetting the region, including the rapid Chinese militarization in the South China Sea, a Japanese official said Friday.
Publicus Asia releases 'unaided' 2025 senatorial preference poll
Oct 21, 2024 · MANILA – Senator Christopher "Bong" Go is the early frontrunner in the upcoming 2025 senatorial elections, according to a senatorial preference survey released by political consultancy firm Publicus Asia on Monday.. The survey, conducted from October 16 to 17, found Go at the top among officially declared candidates, securing 5 percent of votes in an unaided test where respondents were asked ...
PBBM extends employment of COS, JO gov’t workers till end-2025
Apr 25, 2024 · MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has extended the engagement of contract of service (COS) and job order (JO) workers in the government whose contracts are set to expire by the end of this year. In a news release Thursday, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said Marcos issued…
Nartatez assumes PNP No. 2 post effective Oct. 9
Oct 2, 2024 · Maj. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. (PNA file photo) MANILA – Maj. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. will be the second top official of the Philippine National Police effective Oct. 9.. The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief will take over the post vacated by Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Peralta, who retired from the service in …
Gov’t alarmed over hike in early teen pregnancies
Feb 5, 2024 · Commission on Population and Development (CPD) executive director Lisa Grace Bersales (File photo). MANILA – The Commission on Population and Development (CPD) called for heightened vigilance against adolescent pregnancies as it closely monitors the movement in numbers among young girls between 2021 and 2022.. In a news release on Monday, CPD executive director Lisa Grace Bersales noted that ...
Emmanuel Ledesma Jr. named PhilHealth chief - Philippine News …
Jul 6, 2023 · MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has appointed Emmanuel Rufino Ledesma Jr. as president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). Ledesma’s latest appointment was announced by the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) in a…
SC stresses rules on jurisdiction in estafa cases
Feb 19, 2019 · MANILA-- The Supreme Court (SC) has reiterated the importance of following the rules on lower courts' jurisdiction, particularly in cases relating to estafa.. In a 10-page decision dated January 23 this year, the SC, through Associate Justice Diosdado Peralta, upheld the decision of the Court of Appeals in an estafa case between two parties, which signed a Memorandum of Agreement for a deal in ...
PH-US-Japan maritime talks flag ‘unlawful’ Chinese behavior in SCS
Dec 11, 2024 · MANILA – The Philippines, United States and Japan raised “serious concerns” over China’s repeated blocking and harassment of Philippine vessels in the West Philippine Sea during their inaugural trilateral maritime talks in Japan.. The dialogue held on Tuesday, was chaired by Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro, US National Security Council Senior Director and Special ...
Debate on the date and place of 1896 'Cry' for PH freedom
Aug 24, 2023 · As the Filipino people observe on Aug. 28 the nationwide holiday dubbed National Heroes' Day, it is also a time to reminisce on the beginning of the campaign for Philippine independence from Spanish occupation in 1896, or a century and 27 years ago. That very significant event in the country's…