A Chinese Coast Guard ship maneuvered dangerously close against Philippine vessels on their way to Ayungin Shoal for this month’s resupply mission to BRP Sierra Madre, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said yesterday. “Dangerous maneuvers once again in today’s resupply mission,” he told journalists as he shared videos of the incident from the Philippine Coast […]
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WASHINGTON—Kevin McCarthy was axed Tuesday as speaker of the US House of Representatives in a brutal, historic rebellion by far-right Republicans accusing him of a string of broken promises and furious at his cooperation with Democrats. The maneuver laid bare the chaotic levels of infighting among Republicans heading into the 2024 presidential election, with its […]
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The House of Representatives will address legal concerns on the Maharlika Investment Fund law, Speaker Martin Romualdez said Wednesday, as he maintained that “due legislative processes” were followed in passing the measure. This developed after the Supreme Court, in an en banc ruling Tuesday, required Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno, the House […]
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The Navotas City Regional Trial Court (RTC) has ordered the arrest of six dismissed police officers implicated in the death of 17-year-old Jerhode Jemboy Baltazar in a case of mistaken identity. In an order dated Oct. 3 and made public Wednesday, RTC Branch 286 Judge Pedro Dabu Jr. said the court found probable cause to […]
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