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Senators wish for Pogo ban in Sona

July 15, 2024
MANILA, Philippines — Senators Aquilino Pimentel III and Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday separately urged President Marcos to address the growing concerns related to the Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos) during his State of the Nation Address (...

3 Chinese kidnapping suspects repatriated

July 15, 2024
MANILA, Philippines — Three Chinese kidnapping suspects, supposed to be involved in gambling, were repatriated to China over the weekend, the Chinese Embassy in Manila said. The embassy said law enforcement authorities from China conducted the operatio...

Regional wage boards urged to work faster

July 15, 2024
MANILA, Philippines — House Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan on Sunday called on the 16 regional wage boards outside Metro Manila to promptly act to raise minimum salary rates and grant private sector workers immediate relief from the soaring cost of ...

Probe of fake birth certificates pushed

July 15, 2024
MANILA, Philippines — Neophyte lawmakers at the House of Representatives on Sunday called for a congressional inquiry into the alleged birth certificate mill for Chinese nationals in Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur. Majority Representatives Cheeno Miguel Alm...

Culpability in birth certificate mess

July 15, 2024
The discovery last week of close to 200 falsified birth certificates issued to Chinese nationals from 2018 to 2019, all by the civil registry of one town in Davao, is a solid, incontrovertible proof of what lawmakers have been warning about since the p...