Communications secretary Sonny Coloma confirmed President Aquino’s trip to Japan on June 24, where he will give a speech in Hiroshima and meet Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe.
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BIR did not reach target for May
Despite its crackdown on tax evaders, the Bureau of Internal Revenue failed to reach its target collection for the month of May.
NBI raids KTV Bar in Pasay
Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation Anti-Human Trafficking Division and Department of Social Work and Development raided a KTV bar in Pasay City after two weeks of surveillance.
Migrant workers stream across Thailand’s border to Cambodia on crackdown fears
Cambodian workers streamed across the border in Sa Kaew province on Tuesday (June 17), after rumours of a crackdown on illegal immigrants by the new military government. Around 170,000 Cambodian workers have already headed home over the past week, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said, although the exodus is now slowing. IOM Spokesman, Joe Lowry said many are likely to return to Thailand. “The next thing that will happen is people will go […]
Obama tells Congress U.S. deploying up to 275 troops to Iraq
The United States is deploying up to 275 military personnel to Iraq. President Barack Obama made the announcement to the U.S. Congress on Monday in a letter to lawmakers. He said he was notifying Congress under the War Powers Resolution. Obama said the forces are for securing the safety of American personnel in Iraq as well as the U.S. embassy in Baghdad. The move comes as militants seize control of the north of Iraq. They […]
Top China diplomat to visit Vietnam in possible thaw over oil rig
(Reuters) – China’s top diplomat will visit Vietnam on Wednesday in a sign the two countries want to ease tensions over China’s deployment of an oil rig in the disputed South China Sea, but experts said there were many obstacles to healing the ruptured relationship. The visit by State Councilor Yang Jiechi, who outranks the foreign minister, will be the highest level direct contact between Beijing and Hanoi since a Chinese state oil company parked […]
Philippine trial of Chinese fishermen stalls without interpreter
(Reuters) – A Philippine case against nine Chinese fishermen caught with hundreds of marine turtles in a disputed South China Sea shoal was delayed on Tuesday due to the lack of an interpreter, which one prosecutor said was due to pressure from China. Manila says the fishermen were within the Philippines’ 200-mile (322-km) exclusive economic zone and were in possession of endangered species of turtles, a violation of a United Nations convention on trading wildlife […]
Gov’t deploys rolling stores to sell rice, garlic and ginger
MANILA, Philippines — The government has deployed rolling stores to sell rice, garlic and ginger and is keeping suspected hoarders under surveillance, a Palace official said Tuesday. This is part of the government’s efforts to stabilize the prices of basic commodities, particularly rice, garlic and ginger. Prices of these agricultural products rose the past few weeks. “The government is exerting all efforts to ensure a stable supply of rice, garlic and ginger. Surveillance is being […]
Sandiganbayan issues HDO vs. Enrile and his co-accused
All three senators facing plunder and other graft charges are now not allowed to leave the country. This was after a hold-departure order was issued against Senate minority leader Juan Ponce Enrile by the Sandiganbayan’s 3rd Division. Aside from Enrile, the anti-graft court also issued a hold departure order against his former chief of staff Gigi Reyes, businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles, and 45 others implicated in the alleged P10-billion pork barrel scam. The Sandiganbayan Fifth and […]
Aquino to meet Japanese PM Abe next week
President Aquino is set to meet with the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on June 24. President Aquino will deliver a keynote address at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) International Conference in Hiroshima at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Malacañang said. Before heading to Hiroshima, President Aquino will also hold a summit meeting over lunch with Prime Minister Abe in the latter’s official residence. Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma, […]
Indonesia supports Phl UNCLOS initiative
Indonesia supports the Philippines’ decision to settle its territorial dispute with China through a ruling of the International Tribunal of the Laws of the Sea.
U.S. considers air strikes on Iraq, holds talks with Iran
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama considered options for military action to support Iraq’s besieged government on Monday but made no decision on the U.S. response to a Sunni militant onslaught that has threatened to tear the country apart. Obama, who discussed the crisis with his top national security advisers, has made U.S. action contingent on Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s taking steps to broaden his Shi’ite-dominated government. “The president will continue to consult with his […]
