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Under the banner call, ‘Kabuhayan, Karapatan at Kasarinlan, Hindi Chacha ng Dayuhan at Iilan!’, GABRIELA National Alliance of Women orchestrated this year’s most significant protest action of Filipino women to denounce the Marcos Jr. administration’s fervent push for Charter Change. Last Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed Resolution of Both Houses #7 at the Committee…
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday reaffirmed the Philippines’ commitment to strengthen bilateral cooperation with the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) after President Hilda C. Heine asked for increased collaboration in various areas such as labor, education and skills training, and agricultural production. Heine, who paid a courtesy call on President Marcos in…
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and First Lady Maria Louise Araneta-Marcos have been invited by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for a Working Visit to Germany, and by Czech President Petr Pavel for a State Visit to the Czech Republic. The back-to-back visits will be held from 11 to 15 March 2024. The President will meet…
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The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) confirms that ten Filipino crew members aboard the shipping vessel struck by a missile in the Gulf of Aden are safe and accounted for. “We welcome the report that our seafarers are safe and secure, away from the dangers they faced yesterday,” noted DMW Officer-in-Charge Hans Leo J. Cacdac.…
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. urged on Monday the Indo-Pacific community to ensure that the “great powers” do not treat the world as an “arena for their competition,” saying that pursuit for power must not be at the expense of smaller states or of regional and international peace. “We, in the Indo-Pacific, must ensure that…
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Members of the House of Representatives today proposed the holding of an early plebiscite for the ratification by the people of proposed amendments to the Constitution’s restrictive economic provisions. They made the proposal in a news briefing in response to a statement by veteran election lawyer Romulo Macalintal that holding the plebiscite together with the…
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Pinagaaralan ngayon ng Philippine National Police na ibalik ang paggamit ng pito at batuta. Ito ang pahayag ni PNP Chief Gen Benjamin Acorda Jr., matapos masentensiyahan ng korte ang isang pulis-Navotas na ‘guilty’ sa kasong pagpatay sa isang binatilyo dahil sa “mistaken identity.” https://tonite.abante.com.ph/2024/03/04/pito-at-batuta-kontra-nanlaban-kaya-pinutukan/
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Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. on Monday implemented the preventive suspension ordered by the Ombudsman against 139 officials of the National Food Authority (NFA) amidst ongoing investigation into the alleged disadvantageous sale of rice buffer stocks. Among those suspended by the Ombudsman for up to six months are NFA administrator Roderico Bioco, assistant…
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. made history for being the first Philippine President to witness the decommissioning of some 400 illegal firearms seized in Basilan, symbolizing the commitment of the government and all stakeholders to peace. “Although the ceremonies that we have here is really very simple, it is a symbolic, of a very important…
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The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) reported on Saturday that about 70 seasonal worker groups are set to be deployed to South Korean farms following the workers from three local government units (LGUs) in Pampanga last February 29. “So, sa ngayon nagkaroon tayo ng, una, ito iyong binabanggit po ni sir na 39 initial group…
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