President Rodrigo Duterte urged on Wednesday, Dec. 6, newly-appointed government officials not to betray him in his fight against corruption.
Read more: Duterte to public servants: Don’t be a ‘Judas’ in gov’t campaign vs corruption
CLARK FREEPORT ZONE, Pampanga -- President Rodrigo Duterte welcomed on Thursday, Dec. 7, dozens of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) who arrived from the Middle East at the Clark International Airport here.
Read more: Duterte to newly arrived OFWs: Your sacrifice is helping PH economy
“You’re lucky!” exclaimed newly-crowned Miss Universe Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, whose first overseas trip to the Philippines as the reigning queen took place even before her homecoming in South Africa.
Read more: Miss Universe title-holders join other pageant beauties in PH tour
Filipino elementary students have bagged multiple major awards in an international mathematics competition held in Malaysia.
Tensions on the Korean peninsula reached boiling point on Thursday, Dec. 7, as Pyongyang warned it would not avoid war with the US if provoked, while a Chinese-run newspaper on the border published tips for how to survive a nuclear attack.
Read more: North Korea warns of war, Chinese residents given radiation advice
Mutya ng Pilipinas Jannie Loudette Alipo-on bested 49 other beauties in the 20th Miss Tourism International pageant held in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, Wednesday night, Dec. 6.
Read more: PH bet Jannie Loudette Alipo-on crowned as Miss Tourism International
PARIS, France -- Donald Trump’s decision Wednesday, Dec. 6, to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital has drawn sharp criticism, with the significant exception of Israel.
Read more: Outrage after Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
The proposed 2018 General Appropriations Act (GAA) is a pro-people and needs-based budget, Senator Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate finance panel, assured on Sunday, Dec. 3.
Read more: 2018 budget is pro-people, needs-based, says Legarda
Stressing his promise to curb corruption, President Duterte on Wednesday, Dec. 6, said he wanted to include the members of a syndicate manipulating biddings for public projects in the category of drug peddlers to make it easier to take care of them.
Read more: Syndicates behind rigging of gov’t bids are like gangsters - Duterte
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- While President Rodrigo Duterte was committed to the establishment of an inclusive Bangsamoro autonomous territory, predominantly Christian areas in Mindanao, including the cities of Zamboanga and Davao, must not be forced to join the incipient entity.