Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will officially launch in a ceremony on Sunday, Jan. 15 at SMX Lanang Premier Hall in this city.
South Korean ship captain Park Chul-hong and his second officer, a Filipino, Glenn Alindajao did not believe that they will be released today after more than two months in captivity.
Madame Abe arrived around 10:00 am. She was accompanied by Honeylet Avanceña, the common-law wife of President Rodrigo Duterte and members of the Japan Philippines Volunteer Association.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived at the Francisco Bangoy International Airport here Thursday night as part of his two-day state visit in the country.
Senator Leila de Lima has called on Senator Richard Gordon to probe the “extreme problem of congestion” in the country’s jails and penitentiaries.
Japan Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and his wife, first lady Akei Abe, arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3, around 2:50 pm Thursday afternoon aboard a Japanese Airforce plane.
National labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno slammed Wednesday Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III for its failure to end the job contractualization, a campaign promise of the Duterte administration.
On Monday, President Rodrigo Duterte approved the P1,000 increase in the pension of retired SSS members. The first tranche will be implemented this month while the second tranche is in 2022 or earlier. But the increase goes with a corresponding 1.5 percent contribution hike come May 2017.
The killing of Mandaya chieftain Cupertino Banugan was a “criminal act” and would not affect the peace talks, a ranking police official here said in a press conference on Wednesday, Jan. 11.
President Rodrigo Duterte has finally approved the P1,000 increase in the pension of retired Social Security System (SSS) members. But the increase goes with a corresponding 1.5 percent contribution hike come May 2017.
