The Department of Education’s (DepEd) memo ordering public schools to change lessons on “Diktadurang Marcos” (Marcos dictatorship) is part of the rebranding of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s family, Senator Risa Hontiveros said.
The Philippines needs the United States to counter China’s aggression in the West Philippine Sea, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia Tuesday ahead of a meeting with President Vladimir Putin that the United States has warned could see an arms deal to support Moscow’s assault on Ukraine.
China outlined on Tuesday a raft of measures for strengthening integration with Taiwan, in an indication that Beijing aims to expand links with the self-ruled island that were severed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Indian police arrested on Tuesday the leader of a vigilante group devoted to protecting cows who had been accused of inciting deadly religious riots near New Delhi in July.
Buoyed by her latest acquittal, Philippine journalist Maria Ressa told AFP Tuesday that media freedom in the country has improved since former president Rodrigo Duterte left office, but there was still a “lot of work to do”.
The House Committee on Appropriations has approved the motion seeking the conduct of a special audit on the unpaid obligations of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to private schools.
The criticism of Vice President Sara Duterte’s multimillion-peso confidential funds appears to have gotten on her nerves, as she was recently caught on video mocking a lawmaker who called her out over the budget.
The House Committee on Appropriations on Tuesday night terminated the deliberation on the proposed P5.768 trillion budget for 2024.
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) has so far spent P25 million from its P100 million confidential fund to curb illegal gambling this year.
