MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed two laws on Friday reaffirming the extent of his country’s maritime territories and right to resources, including in theSouth China Sea, angering China, which claims the hotly disputed w...
Education Department Secretary nominee Linda McMahon offered a wide array of promises to bolster the department amid President Donald Trump’s threat to shutter it in the near future. Aneeta Mathur-Ashton Feb. 13, 2025 Key Themes From the McMahon Hearing President Trump says the ...
MANILA, June 4 (Xinhua) -- The economic team of the incoming administration of President-elect Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos has vowed to push for the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, the world's largest free trade area representing 30 percent of the g...
The outgoing president Aquino has warned repeatedly the risk for the country to fall under a dictatorship if citizens voted Duterte. Duterte is the first president to be nationally elected without a previous national position. After Emilio Aguinaldo, Duterte is the second non-resident of Metro Manil...
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The House is dominated by allies of President Rodrigo Duterte, who has called for her removal. If she is impeached, the Senate will form itself into an impeachment court. “The remedy of impeachment was given to us by our constitution to ease the nation of undeserving officials. The power ...
On Tuesday, February 18, the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas will kick off their campaign in vote-rich Metro Manila, counting on local support as most of their candidates are from the metropolis. In 2022, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. swept all 17 cities. Will Metro Manila deliver for his...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered a ban on online gambling operations in July, saying they have mocked Philippine laws and committed crimes including financial scams, human trafficking, torture, kidnappings and murder. China has banned gambling, but most of the clients of ...
The upper house's 23 senators will serve as jurors in the impeachment trial that could lead to Duterte's removal from her post and a lifetime ban from office, which would kill off any future hope of becoming president. The impeachment comes ahead of midterm elections in May, wide...
Since his election in 2021, Philippines President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., has taken a stronger line against China, in a departure from the foreign policy approach of his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte, who trod much more softly with Beijing in return for economic cooperation. ...