Philippine News
Political scientist Clarita Carlos is Marcos’ national security adviser
June 14, 2022 · By LIAN BUAN for www.rappler.com
Political scientist Clarita Carlos is Marcos’ national security adviser MANILA, Philippines – President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. chose a political scientist as national security adviser (NSA), a post typically given to former military officers. Clarita Carlos, a retired political science professor from the University of the Philippines (UP), will be the first female to hold […]
Read More...Thousands flee Philippine volcano eruption
June 9, 2022 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Thousands flee Philippine volcano eruption Thousands of people in the Philippines were forced to flee their homes on June 5 following a volcanic eruption that dumped ash on surrounding towns. Bulusan Volcano, about 500 kilometers southeast of the capital Manila, sent huge clouds of ash and steam into the sky, triggering the evacuation of about 2,100 families from at […]
Read More...Marcos to SC: To make second-placer Robredo win ‘defiles will’ of Filipinos
June 9, 2022 · By LIAN BUAN for www.rappler.com
Marcos to SC: To make second-placer Robredo win ‘defiles will’ of Filipinos 1986 is crucial because of the new tax code that year, supposedly disqualifying Marcos. But the president-elect says he was not an official in 1986, and the law does not cover him MANILA, Philippines – President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. submitted a […]
Read More...Filipino prelate gets another top Vatican post
June 8, 2022 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Filipino prelate gets another top Vatican post Pope Francis has appointed Manila’s former archbishop Cardinal Luis Tagle as a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Cardinal Tagle’s appointment, along with several other leading churchmen including Myanmar’s Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, was announced by the Holy See’s press office on June 1. […]
Read More...Filipino bishop sounds nuclear alert on Marcos power aims
June 8, 2022 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Filipino bishop sounds nuclear alert on Marcos power aims A Catholic diocese in the Philippines has reiterated its opposition to any attempts to revive the country’s first-ever nuclear power plant built by the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Balanga Diocese in Bataan province, where the plant is located, said it feared for the public’s safety if the […]
Read More...DICT: Elon Musk’s Starlink may start delivering services in PH by Q4 2022
June 8, 2022 · By CNN Philippines Staff for www.cnnphilippines.com
DICT: Elon Musk’s Starlink may start delivering services in PH by Q4 2022 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 3) — The Department of Information and Communications Technology projected that Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service company may start delivering its services to Filipinos by the fourth quarter of 2022. “They have started building their ground […]
Read More...Philippines election result is a win for dynasty politics
June 7, 2022 · By Rebecca Ratcliffe in Manila for www.theguardian.com
Philippines election result is a win for dynasty politics t was a deal – rumoured to have been brokered at the exclusive island resort of Balesin – that set the course of the Philippines election. The children of two of the country’s most powerful families agreed to join forces: dictator’s son Ferdinand Marcos Jr would […]
Read More...For Filipinos, collective amnesia seems the key to happiness
June 7, 2022 · By Jose Mario Bautista Maximiano for www.ucanews.com
For Filipinos, collective amnesia seems the key to happiness The world is confronted with an “escalation of evil,” Pope Francis said while meeting with delegates of a Jewish service organization called B’nai B’rith International on May 30. The Hebrew words B’nai B’rith mean “Children of the Covenant.” The “escalation of evil,” according to the pope, builds up […]
Read More...Philippine bishop condemns bomb blasts in Basilan
June 2, 2022 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
Two explosions in Isabela City in the Mindanao region injure two bystanders Philippine bishop condemns bomb blasts in Basilan Basilan Bishop Leo Dalmao has said the bombing incidents in Isabela City were “senseless” and “uncalled for” in a society that advocates peace and the rule of law. Philippine police and military forces have tightened security after two bombs rocked […]
Read More...4th witness retracts allegations against De Lima
June 2, 2022 · By Business World for www.bworldonline.com
4th witness retracts allegations against De Lima A FOURTH witness has taken back his allegations against detained Senator Leila M. de Lima, who has been imprisoned since Feb. 2017 on drug trafficking charges. In a four-page affidavit dated May 24 and sent to reporters on Wednesday, Marcelo L. Adorco said that he was coerced into […]
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