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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday headed to Washington, D.C. for the historic
The President left Villamor Airbase in Pasay City after addressing his Cabinet Secretaries.
There is an uptick of China Coast Guard (CCG) and Chinese maritime militia vessels (CMMV) monitored in Scarborough Shoal, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on Wednesday.
AFP spokesperson Col. Francel Margareth Padilla said that as of 5 p.m. on Tuesday, there were four CGC ships and 20 CMMV monitored within the vicinity of the shoal.
Article continues after this advertisementThe Philippines’ envoy to Washington said the country’s patience over being harassed by Beijing in its own waters has now been “stretched to the limit,” amid protests on Tuesday against China’s aggression outside the Chinese consulate in Manila.
Article continues after this advertisementIn a television interview ahead of the Philippines’ trilateral summit on Thursday with the United States and Japan, Jose Manuel “Babe” Romualdez said the Marcos administration had taken a “multilateral approach” on the maritime dispute in the West Philippine Sea.
The online recruitment effort of “part-time military consultants” that was traced to China is now considered a national security concern by the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
AFP spokesperson Col. Francel Margareth Padilla made this remark as she noted that the scheme could have been made to obtain internal military data.
The government will find ways to revert the school calendar to its old schedule as soon as possible, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said on Wednesday.
This was his response when asked for a comment on proposals from some groups to bring back, as soon as possible, the school vacation from April to May due to the scorching heat.
The Metro Manila Council (MMC) has passed a resolution mandating the adjustment of working hours of local government units (LGUs) in the National Capital Region (NCR) from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The MMC is one of the governing boards and policymakers of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), along with the presidents of the Metro Manila Vice Mayors League and the Metro Manila Councilors League.
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