Here’s a quick glance at how PSEi stocks fared on Thursday, April 25, 2024.
Philippines, US to deepen work vs ‘foreign information manipulation’
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. and US President Joseph R. Biden hold a bilateral meeting on September 22, 2022 in New York, USA. — OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY SENIOR officials from the Philippines and United States have agreed to set up dialogues on cyber-digital space and democracy, while deepening […]
Congressmen seek probe of US missile system use in Balikatan war games
DVIDS/ LANCE CPL. ISAIAH CAMPBELL By Kenneth Christiane L. Basilio A GROUP of militant lawmakers on Wednesday filed a resolution seeking to investigate the missile system brought by the United States in the country for annual war games, saying it could potentially be carrying nuclear warheads. “These Balikatan exercises need […]
Almost half of Pinoy families feel poor — SWS poll
PHILSTAR ALMOST half of Filipino families feel poor, mostly unchanged from December, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) poll. SWS noted that based on the March poll, 46% of the families or about 12.9 million thought they were poor, compared with 47% or about 13 million in December. It […]
DTI confiscates vape products worth P31M
PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBAN THE DEPARTMENT of Trade and Industry (DTI) said that it confiscated P31 million worth of vape products from last February 9 to April 23 for violating the Vape Law, or Republic Act (RA) No. 11900. In a statement, the DTI said that it has monitored 84,523 physical […]
MMDA’s plan to remove EDSA bike lanes criticized
PHILIPPINE STAR/ MIGUEL DE GUZMAN TRANSPORT advocates criticized the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) for its latest proposal to remove bike lanes along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) to ease traffic congestion, calling it a piece-meal solution to a larger problem. Ira F. Cruz, director of AltMobility PH, described […]
Gov’t intensifies crackdown on online child exploitation
PIXABAY UPON orders from the President, government law enforcement agencies are enjoined to intensify their fight against online sexual abuse and exploitation of children, especially child pornography. Department of Justice (DoJ) Spokesperson Jose Dominic F. Clavano IV told a press briefing in Malacañang on Thursday that while the Philippines has […]
Villagers displaced by hostilities between 2 Moro factions
MOST of the villagers displaced by the fighting between two Moro groups are now at a public gymnasium in South Manuangan in Pigcawayan. — PHILIPPINE STAR/JOHN FELIX M. UNSON COTABATO CITY — A Moro gunman was killed while six others were reportedly hurt in a series of gunfights on Wednesday […]
DoJ vouches for robust Philippine justice system
DOJ.GOV.PH THE DEPARTMENT of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday vouched for a robust Philippine justice system as it backed President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.’s stance on not letting the International Criminal Court (ICC) meddle with the domestic investigation into excesses of the past administration’s anti-drugs war. “The government’s stance has been […]
BI asked for proof of student-spies
PHILSTAR A PHILIPPINE senator called on the Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Thursday to come up with hard proof to support allegations that spies have been embedded themselves among Chinese students enrolled in the Cagayan region. “If the only basis for these (allegations) is because China has a base in […]