Starving Gaza children too weak to cry – NGO
Famine — declared by the UN last week to be happening in Gaza — is not just a dry technical term.
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Philippine President Marcos orders lifestyle checks on all government officials
The move is part of a widening scrutiny of anomalous flood-control projects.
Philippine Senator Lacson says sacked police chief Torre ‘acted beyond his authority’
Sen. Panfilo Lacson, who served as Philippine National Police (PNP) chief from 1999 to 2001, said Torre acted “beyond his authority” by unilaterally relieving his…
Online gambling could put Philippines back on dirty money watch list, central bank warns
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is studying further curbs to protect Filipinos against the ‘harmful aspects’ of the popular pastime.
Not ‘band aid’ but ‘surgical’ fix for Philippines’ flood control anomalies: Senator Lacson
Senator Lacson made the remark following the latest incident involving a Department of Public Works and Highways district engineer who allegedly tried to bribe Batangas 1st…
Why corruption in the Philippines persists
Anti-corruption drives typically end with the arrest of a few low-ranking employees, the public shaming of a handful of principals, and a fresh round of calls to moral renewal.…
US envoy to review complaints of Filipino seafarers’ alleged ordeal involving ICE
Senator Tulfo learned that ICE officers boarded a ship that docked at a US territory and inspected the Filipino crew’s mobile phones to look for possible child pornography…
VP Sara Duterte’s education department debacle: Philippine Daily Inquirer
In the wake of VP Duterte’s exit from the Department of Education, she left behind a backlog of over 165,000 classrooms, a fund utilisation rate of only 11 percent for textbook…
US seeks extradition of detained Philippine pastor Apollo Quiboloy
In a text message to the Inquirer, Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel “Babe” Romualdez confirmed that the US government sent documents pertaining to…
State Palace ‘happy’ as Philippines nears upper middle-income status
According to the World Bank, the Philippines’ gross national income (GNI) per capita was USD 4,470 in 2024—just USD 26 below the benchmark for upper middle-income countries.