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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. told the military to serve the country and remain loyal as the government continues to thwart brewing destabilization plots against the current administration. Source: Marcos to military: Be loyal amid destabilization threats

Anatoly Antonov has urged the US "not to open Pandora's Box" and follow Russia’s suit "by taking all necessary steps to ensure global stability and predictability" Source: US deploying missiles in Philippines to endanger global security â Russian envoy

"The Marcos administration wants to constantly escalate maritime tensions to create an external enemy to alleviate the political pressure on it due to high inflation, unemployment and drug problems," China warns Philippine vessels for illegally entering waters in South China Sea yung 20 peso na bigas? totoo yun, kita nyo tumaas ng 20pesos ang isang kilo ng bigas, dati ~40 vs ~60 na ngayon taasan din lahat ng bilihin sa palenke, prutas, gulay, karne, grocery drugs? ask mo sila, alam nila saan makakabili nyan, baka may discount pa, bumaba na presyuhan, mga tambay malapit samin tumitira habang nagbabasketball

INQUIRER file photo LUCENA CITY — Police arrested two alleged drug pushers early Sunday (April 14) and seized more than P648,000 worth of shabu (crystal meth) in separate buy-bust operations in Quezon. Colonel Ledon Monte, Quezon police chief, reported that anti-îllégâl drugs operatives nabbed at 2:17 a.m. a certain “Inok,” 29, after he sold P1,000 worth of shabu to a police agent in Barangay (village) Isabang. Authorities confiscated from the suspect, reportedly a newbie in the îllégâl drug trade, three plastic sachets containing 26 grams of meth worth P176,800, per the estimate of the Dangerous Drugs Board. It is worth P530,400 in the street market at the prevailing price of P20,400 per gram, the report said. The police also...

The Philippines said Wednesday it had deported 165 Chinese citizens it accused of working in an online scam centre based in the north of the country. The group were flown to Shanghai on Tuesday and forever barred from returning to the Philippines, the immigration bureau said in a statement. The deportees were among hundreds of employees, Filipino and foreign, rounded up by an anti-crime government task force in a raid of an office compound in the northern municipality of Bamban on March 14. The 165 were involved in “scamming activities” and did not have proper travel documents, making them “undesirable aliens”, the immigration statement said. After the raid, the authorities said some of the workers were forced into it and “were...

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Risa Hontiveros gladly received news on the divorce bill’s progress at the House of Representatives. Source: Hontiveros welcomes divorce bill’s progress at House: ‘Sana all!’

BAMBAN, Tarlac -- Corazon Sablan still recalls a then-teenage Alice Guo buying goods from her store in Concepcion, Tarlac. Sablan said she has been seeing the Guo family even before Alice became the mayor of nearby Bamban town. Source: https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/8/hontiveros-questions-nationality-of-bamban-town-mayor-1812

Prime Foods Acquires Filipino Instant Coffee Brand [Esquire, May 13, 2024] Mega Prime Foods, a subsidiary of the company behind Mega Sardines, now owns Jimm's Coffee Mix. https://www.esquiremag.ph/money/industry/mega-prime-foods-acquires-jimms-coffee-mix-a7943-20240513#:~:text=Mega%20Prime%20Foods%2C%20Inc.%20%28MPFI%29%20has%20made%20its,the%20coffee%20brand%E2%80%94from%20manufacturing%20to%20the%20products%20itself. BCDA to start disposition of Market! Market! in 2025 [GMA News Online, May 13, 2024] The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) is planning to redevelop the Market!Market! area into a mixed-use property in the next two years with the disposition of the asset starting in 2025, as the agency seeks maximum...

Pearl Of The Orient, Republic City Of Ubec and City Of Love. IT'S A TRIPLE TIE. Kala ko ba bumaba ang crime rate sabi ng Panggulo ng Pilipinas.

Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo’s lips are sealed amid questions on her citizenship and ties to mainland China. Source: ‘Ayaw na po ng lawyer ko:’ Alice Guo no longer responding to questions on citizenship

Pumalo noong April 28 sa Zambalez ang Heat Index na 53° C, grabe! Buti pa si Lola nakaisip ng paraan, CCTO nakita ko lang somewhere Ang tawag ko dyan Hell_melt.

CLASSMATES of Vice Adm. Alberto Carlos at the Philippine Military Academy (PMA), who went on leave last week as chief of the AFP Western Command (Wescom) amid talks of a supposed “new model” arrangement with China, threw support to the Navy officer. Source: PMA classmates air support for Wescom chief on leave

Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. called on the Department of Foreign Affairs yesterday to investigate how unnamed people in the Chinese embassy in Manila allegedly recorded a supposed phone conversation between a Chinese diplomat and a top Armed Forces official discussing a so-called new model agreement on rotation and resupply missions to Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea last January.

Meron na pala copy ng buong transcript Source: Reddit

(INQUIRER file photo / MARIANNE BERMUDEZ) MANILA, Philippines — The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) on Wednesday told the Philippine Amusement Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) to step up its regulatory powers and monitoring of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs). PAOCC Spokesperson Winston Casio said this after the agency shut down an îllégâl hospital in Pasay City, allegedly catering to POGO workers. “Really the bottom-line is the Philippine Amusement Gaming Corporation must step-up in its regulatory powers – they have to go beyond mere inspection,” said Casio at the Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon public briefing. Casio said that POGOs should not be allowed to operate on a provisional licenses. The Bureau of...

Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV files libel and cyber libel cases before the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office against “pro-Duterte” personalities and social media account holders due to “persistent online attacks and the dissemination of false accusations.” (Photo courtesy of the Office of former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV) MANILA, Philippines — Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV filed libel and cyberlibel cases on Tuesday against “pro-Duterte” personalities and social media account holders due to “persistent online attacks and the dissemination of false accusations.” The separate complaints for libel and cyber libel were filed before the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office against former Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque...

While you were sleeping umutang po ang gobyerno ng mahigit ₱114 billion sa mga dayuhang mamumuhunan. Dolyar po ang inutang nila. In today’s exchange rate of USD1 = ₱57.37 it’s a little over ₱114 billion. If the Peso depreciates further to ₱58 to 1USD it shoots up to ₱116 billion. That’s ₱2 billion more debt without us doing anything. This is the problem with Dollar denominated debt in a very strong USD environment. Well, what can we do at mga walang kwentang hampaslupa lang tayo. Good morning pala dun sa inutangan ko. Extend po ako hanggang katapusan. 🙏🏻

China has expressed "grave concern" over the US' deployment of a medium-range missile system in the Asia Pacific, saying it worsens tensions in the region and increases the risk of misjudgment and miscalculation. Source: China: US missile system in PH worsens tensions in Asia Pacific

Commission on Elections Chairperson George Erwin Garcia (Noy Morcoso/ Inquirer.net file photo) MANILA, Philippines — The substitution of candidates after the last day of filing of certificates of candidacies (COC) will no longer be allowed if the substitution is due to the candidate’s wí†hdráwal, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Wednesday. Garcia said the Commission En Banc approved his proposal to ban substitution after the last day of filing COCs on grounds of wí†hdráwal from candidacy. “Unanimous po, pumayag ang ating Commission En Banc sa naging proposal ng inyong lingkod na wala nang substitution after ng last day ng filing ng candidacy, which is October 8, kung ang ground ay wí†hdráwal ng...

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Wednesday that it is still verifying if any law was broken regarding the candidacy of Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo. Guo’s citizenship came into question after she failed to provide details about her birth and schooling when she was grilled during a Senate hearing by Senator Risa Hontiveros. “Patuloy naman po namin tinititingnan kung mayroon mang nalabag sa batas. Hinihintay din po naming kung mayrong magsampa ng kasong election offense at makaka-asa po kayo, kung mayroon magfi-file ng verified complaint, ito naman ay agad na diringin ng Comelec at susulong ang ating tinatawag na preliminary investigation,” said Comelec Spokesperson John Rex Laudianco at the Bagong...

Top officials of the Marcos administration, including Defense Secretary Gilbero Teodoro Jr. and National Security Adviser Eduardo Año, have agreed to a “new model” for easing tension in the South China Sea, the Chinese Embassy in Manila said. Preferred Source: Out with gentleman’s agreement: China claims Marcos execs OK’d ‘new model’ for easing South China Sea tension Mainstream Media Source: China Embassy: AFP WESCOM agreed to ‘new model’ on Ayungin Shoal

Ang gandang tignan ng development! Sa mata ng mga kapitalista at corrupt na mga opisyal.

The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) has joined forces with giant social media companies in the Philippines to collectively combat misinformation and disinformation. Source: https://pco.gov.ph/news_releases/pco-ties-up-with-social-media-giants-meta-google-tiktok-to-combat-misinformation-disinformation/

US versus ICC United States Senate issues warning to the International Criminal Court: "Target Israel and we will target you." "If you move forward with the measures indicated in the report, we will move forward to end all American support for the ICC, sanction your employees and associates, and bar you and your families from the United States. You have been warned." Toroyyyyyy. O ano, kayo lang naman yung uto-uto na fair ang ICC. Tignan natin kung kayanin nila ang US. Or baka Pilipinas lang ang kina-kaya kaya nila. In that case, have some dignity. At tignan nyo ang US, ok lang sa kanila ang widespread human abuses basta ally nila. When it’s them and their allies, ok lang kahit genocide levels. So ano, ICC pa rin? Na namimili...

The piles of corals were a dead giveaway. Filipino scientists on Saturday said there might be an ongoing artificial island-building in the waters close to Pag-asa in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) official said they suspect the Chinese were behind it. Also on Saturday, a Philippine maritime expert said the findings of the marine research team that surveyed the area could be used in another case to add to the arbitral tribunal ruling invalidating Beijing’s sweeping claims to the South China Sea. Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said former President Rodrigo Duterte waived the country’s sovereignty over Bajo de Masinloc [Panatag, or Scarborough, Shoal] in a “temporary...

eto na cctv footage ni Morales na pinapa-gur-gur siya ni LAM Source: Maharlika @ YøùTùbé

Crushed corals in Escoda Shoal (PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD ) MANILA, Philippines — Crushed corals were dumped in Escoda (Sabina) Shoal in a development that could be a prelude to the emergence of an artificial island there. Commodore Jay Tarriela, Philippine Coast Guard spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea, said this was learned during the deployment of BRP Teresa Magbanua in the area. Tarriela said the deployment was done after Jonathan Anticamara of the University of the Philippines Institute of Biology found coral rubble or dead coral fragments “piled on Pag-asa Cays 1, 2 and 3 that are now exposed during high tide.” In his presentation last May 4, Anticamara said that the developments in Pagasa Cays “are possibly products of...

MANILA, Philippines – The “evidence” allegedly proving that a Philippine army official reached an agreement with China regarding a “new model” on Ayungin Shoal should be made available to the government, Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Wednesday. “Kung meron talaga silang recording at kung meron talaga silang transcript, they should at the least make it available to the government — to the Executive, dahil seryosong claim na naman nila yan ng isang new model,” said Hontiveros in a press conference, pertaining to China. (If they really have a recording and if they really have a transcript, they should at least make it available to the government — to the Executive, because this “new model” is another serious claim by China.) In an...

As häçkers continue to attack government websites, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Thursday said it is boosting its cyberdefense capabilities by investing in technology and personnel that could help neutralize the threat. "The AFP is enhancing its cyber capabilities through a combination of modernization efforts and strategic investments in technology, training, and partnerships,” AFP spokesperson Col. Francel Margareth Padilla told Philippine News Agency on Thursday. These include upgrading the AFP cyberinfrastructure, investing in cutting-edge cybersecurity tools and software, and providing specialized training to personnel, Padilla said. Aside from this, she said the AFP is also collaborating with other government...

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credits: PNA MANILA – The Chinese Embassy's claim of having an audio recording of a Filipino general talking with a Chinese diplomat regarding a "new model" agreement on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) is tantamount to an admission of violating Philippine laws, Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said Wednesday. "Kung totoo man ito, labag sa international relations at labag sa batas dahil hindi sila nakipag-ugnayan sa Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) at sila ay umoperate na pailalim kung totoo ito (If this is true, they have also violated international relations and violated the law as they failed to coordinate with the Department of Foreign Affairs as they have operated underhandedly if this is true)," Teodoro said on the...

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday thumbed down proposals to put water cannons on Philippine vessels patrolling the West Philippine Sea. Source: Marcos rejects water cannons on Philippine vessels