South Korea-Philippines free trade pact takes effect; Palace issues implementing rules
By Jeanne Michael Penaranda FORT BONIFACIO GLOBAL CITY/SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea and the Philippines are now on a free trade arrangement.\ This as the Korea-Philippine Free Trade Agreement (FTA) officially took effect on Dec. 31, the Korean Embassy in…
Tulfo brothers, Willie Revillame, Sotto, Go winning senate bets in surveys
By CLAIRE MORALES TRUE QUEZON CITY — Former Social Welfare and Development Secretary and now ACT-CIS Representative Erwin Teshiba Tulfo, once “disowned” by the Commission on Appointments composed of both senators a and congressmen by failing to endorse his confirmation…
HOUSE QUADCOM WANTS EX-PRES. DUTERTE CHARGED; 2 senators, ex-PNP chiefs named in drug war deaths
By ALFRED GABOT, Editor in Chief QUEZON CITY – Even as the House of Representatives is yet to act on two impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte, its Quad Committee (quadcom) reported on its hearings and recommended the filing…
Trump expands deportation threat on immigrants; PHL officials vow help to Filipinos
By Claire Morales True, Managing Editor WASHINGTON/MANILA – As President-elect Donald Trump expands his deportation threats on immigrants to include Americans who acquired citizenship by birthright, Philippine Embassy officials and Filipino American officials and lawyers mapped out plans to protect…
Filipino Americans Sasai and Daus-Magbual are mayors of Pinole and Daly City
By Jun Nucum DALY CITY/PINOLE — The younger Filipino members of the two Bay Area cities — Pinole City’s Cameron Sasai and Daly City’s Rod Daus-Magbual — have been elected by their peers to lead their cities for the coming…
Manny Pacquiao elected to International Boxing Hall of Fame
MANILA – Yes, Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao, one of the greatest and most popular fighters ever, has been elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame Class of 2025. Formal conferment will be in June 5-8 at the Hall of Fame in…
Quiboloy senatorial bid alive as Comelec junks DQ case
MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has dismissed a petition seeking to disqualify suspected child abuser Apollo Quiboloy from running in the May 2025 midterm elections. In a 14-page decision promulgated on Dec. 18, the Comelec First Division ruled…
Senators recognize historic win of Sofronio Vasquez
Senators sought to formally commend Sofronio Vasquez III for being the first Filipino and first Asian to win the international singing competition “The Voice USA.” In Senate Resolution No. (SRN) 1262, Senate President Pro Tempore Jose Jinggoy Estrada recognized Vasquez’s…
PHL asserts rights over Bajo de Masinloc at UN General Assembly
NEW YORK/MANILA – The Philippines has asserted its rights over the Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) as it accused China of “gross distortion” of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)….
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