President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.‘s inaugural participation in the 2023 World Economic Forum (WEF) is a success, Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said Friday, as he lauded the Chief Executive for presenting the Philippines’ robust economy.
Defense Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. on Friday said the supposed rumblings in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) are merely the “anxiety” of its personnel on the possible effects of Republic 11709 on their careers.
The BBC conceded Friday it was wrong for writing about Jacinda Ardern’s shock resignation as prime minister of New Zealand with the headline: “Can women have it all?”
Gabon’s foreign minister Michael Moussa Adamo died Friday after suffering a heart attack during a cabinet meeting, the government and a presidential source said.
The United States and the Philippines vowed Friday to “invigorate” defence cooperation to address shared security concerns including disputes over the South China Sea.
The Philippines is trying to avoid being “trampled” by the United States and China as the country walks a fine line between them, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said.
Jessica Lucila “Gigi” Reyes, the former Senate chief of staff of Chief Presidential Legal Counsel, has been released from the Taguig City Jail after the Supreme Court granted her petition for writ of habeas corpus.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed Robinsons Land President and Chief Executive Officer Frederick Go as investment and economic affairs adviser.
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Friday said detained former Sen. Leila de Lima should benefit from the ruling of the Supreme Court that granted the petition of former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile’s aide to be released from jail while facing trial for graft and plunder over the P10-billion pork barrel scandal.
Corrupt immigration officers are at it again.
Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Friday said unscrupulous personnel of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) manning the Clark International Airport received as much as P100,000 from illegal recruiters for each Filipino who were duped into working for scammers in Cambodia.
