Here鈥檚 a quick roundup of today鈥檚 top stories:
Vice Admiral Alberto Carlos, former chief of the military鈥檚 Western Command (Wescom), vehemently denied forging a 鈥渟ecret deal鈥� with China on the Ayungin Shoal dispute.
Facing the Senate committee on defense on Wednesday,聽聽from the Chinese military attach茅, a certain 鈥淪enior Colonel Li,鈥� early this year.
Embattled Vice Admiral Alberto Carlos, the former chief of the military鈥檚 Western Command, said he did not consent to being recorded, an action that violates the country鈥檚 anti-wiretapping law.
鈥淚 have not given my consent to record to anybody, and I have not been asked for permission,鈥澛�Carlos聽said during the hearing of the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and Reconciliation.
In light of continued Chinese aggression in Philippine waters, Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo said the relationship between Manila and Beijing is 鈥渁 bit choppy.鈥�
鈥淚t鈥檚 a bit choppy. There are many issues which have come up recently. I will say [that] in the case of the Philippines, [there鈥檚 an] effort to assert our rights in our [Exclusive Economic Zone],鈥� said Manalo in a press conference on Wednesday.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo on Wednesday said China鈥檚 new policy to detain without trial foreigners 鈥渋llegally crossing鈥� its 鈥渂orders鈥� is unacceptable.
Speaking to reporters in a press conference, Manalo said China鈥檚 policy has 鈥渘o legal basis.鈥�
Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa on Wednesday said it is possible that the new COVID-19 variant is already in the Philippines.
Singapore is grappling with a COVID-19 surge due to new variant nicknamed 鈥淔LiRT.鈥�
罢丑别听divorce billwas approved by the聽 House of Representatives on third and final reading on Wednesday.
During the plenary session on Wednesday 鈥� the last day for the 19th Congress鈥� second regular session 鈥� House Bill No. 9349 or. the Absolute Divorce Act was approved with 126 lawmakers voting in the affirmative, 109 in the negative, and 20 abstentions.
Bamban Mayor Alice Guo on Wednesday said she was unaware that her foreign business partners have criminal records.
During a Senate committee on women hearing, chair Senator Risa Hontiveros disclosed that Guo鈥檚 co-incorporators in the Baofu Land Development Inc. included Filipino national Rachel Joan Malonzo Carreon, Cypriot national Zhiyang Huang, Chinese national Zhang Ruijin, and Dominican national Baoying Lin.