The Philippines has joined four other countries in an effort to improve aviation safety and ensure safer skies in the Asia-Pacific region.

PH, ASEAN countries sign agreement for aviation safety

Good, that 73 percent of Filipino voters won't support or vote for pro-China candidates in the midterm polls, after seeing how China has been invading, encroaching and bullying our fishermen and government men over its claims in the West Philippines and the crimes (including espionage) of Chinese businessmen in the POGO operations.

Survey: Pinoys won't support pro-China candidates

Just like all the rich (landed and politically influential)  people, Finance Secretary Ralph Recto defends his own kind from any form of wealth tax. Come to think of it, the wealthy must be paying such taxes, instead of the middle class whose incomes are eroding fast with cost of living, inflationary push and stagnant wages.

Defending his own kind on wealth tax

Authorities are calling for stronger measures against online piracy, as most piracy-related activities in the Philippines have shifted online.

Combating online piracy an 'urgent' issue

Can there be a difference between the kind of Justice in the Philippines and that of the International Criminal Court (ICC)? In other words, isn’t the end result of a Court of Justice anywhere in the world is the truth of whether the person under litigation is guilty or not. 

Murderers Fear The ICC

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Iloilo City's grand attempt at modern infrastructure, the Ungka Flyover, continues to be a subject of both ridicule and frustration. 


A COMEDY  OF ERRORS 

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The United States is “expanding” its maritime activities in the South China Sea, US Ambassador to the Philippines, Mary Kay Carlson told an international media conference in Manila on June 25.

Sailing in free waters sends message to China, US envoy says

Since the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 to 2022, nearly 50.9 million – or 44.7 percent – Filipinos faced moderate to severe food insecurity, said the UN's latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report published at the Manila Standard.

50-M Pinoys still face 'food insecurity'

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Former police Col. Royina Garma confessed before the Quad Committee that DU30 rewarded cops for "Drug War" kills. She said that such was the “Davao model,” a system involving three levels of payments: if suspect is killed, funding for case operations plan, and refund of operational expenses. 

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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act last Sept. 26, and the Palace is confident that the new law will make food more affordable and accessible to many Filipinos and provide better income for local farmers and fisherfolk.

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I still remember vividly, many years ago when I was in the seminary, the poster on the door of the comfort room of one of our priest-formators. On the poster was this message: “ON THIS THRONE ALL ARE EQUAL.” Obviously, the “throne” was referring to the toilet bowl.

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