Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. has welcomed the resignation of Brig. Gen. Nicolas Torre III as Quezon City Police District chief amid parallel investigations into the road rage incident involving a cyclist and a former police officer with a gun.
A row between China and Japan over Tokyo’s decision to release treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant has added to decades of animosity between the two nations.
Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose ouster has been announced by rebel officers, came to power in 2009, succeeding his father Omar, the country’s ruler for more than four decades.
Japan’s prime minister ate what he called “safe and delicious” fish from Fukushima on Wednesday, days after wastewater was released from the area’s crippled nuclear plant into the Pacific.
Kuala Lumpur rejected Wednesday a new Chinese map that claims waters off Malaysia’s coast in the South China Sea, in the latest war of words between the Asian allies over Beijing’s assertiveness in the waterway.
The Commission on Appointments (CA) has confirmed the ad interim appointments of Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief-of-Staff, Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., and 29 other AFP officers.
Rebel officers in the oil-rich central African state of Gabon announced on Wednesday they had seized power following disputed elections in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba, in power since 2009, had been declared victor.
Senator Jinggoy Estrada has called for an investigation into the more stringent immigration requirements by the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) that would unduly burden outbound Filipino tourists.
“We are just relying on alms,” IBC CEO Jose Policarpio Jr. told lawmakers.
Tumutok na kasama si Meleah Moreno at Jigo Postolero sa pagbabalita ng mga maiinit na kaganapan sa politika.
