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Senator Erwin Tulfo, chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, is scheduled to hold a dialogue with Chinese Ambassador Jing Quan on Monday — right in the middle of what may be one of the most tense periods in Philippine-China relations in years. The meeting comes as Filipino lawmakers and
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Senator Erwin Tulfo, chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, is scheduled to hold a one-on-one dialogue with Chinese Ambassador Jing Quan on Monday — right in the middle of what may be one of the most tense periods in Philippine-China relations in years. The meeting comes as Filipino lawmakers
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Former President Rodrigo Duterte's defense team has been dealt two significant blows heading into Monday's critical confirmation of charges hearing at the ICC. Pre-Trial Chamber I unanimously denied two separate defense requests — one to compel prosecutors to reveal more information about witnesses, and another to disqualify
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The first presidential preference survey since VP Sara Duterte declared her 2028 bid is out — and she's leading. A Tangere poll conducted February 19-20 shows Duterte at 43 percent, Naga City Mayor Leni Robredo at 27 percent, and Senator Raffy Tulfo at 15 percent. That's a
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The International Criminal Court wants everyone to be crystal clear about what's happening on Monday: the confirmation of charges hearing against former President Rodrigo Duterte is NOT a trial. ICC spokesperson Oriane Maillet took to Instagram on Saturday to explain the four-day proceedings set for February 23-24 and
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After five decades in public service, Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson is calling it quits — well, in 2031, at least. The Senate President Pro Tempore told reporters at the PMA Alumni Homecoming in Baguio City on Saturday that he will not seek any elected position after his current Senate
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Senator Bato dela Rosa has been MIA from Senate sessions for so long that his colleagues are now talking about rewriting the rules to deal with it. Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson revealed Saturday that the chamber may review and amend its internal rules to address dela Rosa'
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. showed up in Naga City on Saturday — the political home turf of Mayor Leni Robredo — and insisted there was absolutely nothing political about the visit. Except, well, for his pink socks. "The most political thing that we did today, I wore my pink socks in
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Former President Rodrigo Duterte, now 80 years old and detained at The Hague, will NOT be present when the International Criminal Court begins his pre-trial hearings next week. The ICC confirmed on Friday that judges granted his defense team's request to waive his right to attend — kahit na
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As former President Rodrigo Duterte's landmark confirmation of charges hearing at the International Criminal Court approaches on Monday, February 23, a bombshell has emerged from the ICC's own documents. A "Public Lesser Redacted Version" of the charges document, released on February 13, lists eight
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The Philippines missed out on a massive $1 billion defense loan from the United States — and it went to Poland instead. Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez revealed the painful miss, saying American officials had already offered the money with "lenient" terms to beef up Manila&
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Leyte Representative Ferdinand Martin Romualdez has filed House Bill No. 7663, or the "Comprehensive Farmers' Pension and Social Protection Act," which would give Filipino farmers a P3,000 monthly pension plus life, accident, and disability insurance. Co-authored by Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre, the bill aims to