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The Philippine government sounded the alarm over China’s continued rejection of the historic arbitral award, nine years after the arbitral tribunal ruled in favor of Manila and dismissed Beijing’s claims over the South China Sea.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teresa Lazaro expressed this sentiment in her keynote speech on the eve of the 9th anniversary of the Philippines’ arbitral victory.
A large majority of Filipinos agree that the government should assert the country’s rights in the West Philippine Sea, a June survey shows.
A Pulse Asia survey found that 7 out of 10 Filipinos agree that the Philippine government must uphold its sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea in accordance with international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the 2016 Arbitral Award.
Malacañang on Friday assured the public that there will be no cover-up in the government’s efforts to solve the case of the missing sabungeros (cockfighting enthusiasts).
This vow came after the police and the Philippine Coast Guard found suspected human remains stuffed in a sack at the bottom of Taal Lake in Batangas, the alleged area where the bodies of the missing sabungeros were dumped.
The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the filing of graft and falsification complaints against former Education Secretary Leonor Briones and others in connection with the P2.4 billion worth of outdated laptops procured for public school teachers in 2021.
In a 106-page resolution dated July 4, the Ombudsman said that the same charges should also be lodged against Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) chief Lloyd Christopher Lao, a private respondent, Froilan Domingo, and the following officials:
- DepEd Undersecretary Annalyn Macam Sevilla
- DepEd Undersecretary Alain Del Bustamante Pascua
- DepEd Assistant Secretary Salvador Cacatian Malana III
- DepEd Director IV Abram Yap Chai Abanil
- DepEd Director IV Marcelo Bragado
- DepEd Undersecretary Alec Serquina Ladanga
- DepEd Supervising Administrative Officer Selwyn Carillo Briones
- PS-DBM Director IV and officer-in-charge Jasonmer Lagarto Uayan
- PS-DBM Procurement Management Officer IV Ulysses Evangelista Mora
- PS-DBM Procurement Management Officer I Marwan Amil
- PS-DBM Procurement Management Officer V Paul Armand Abando Estrada
Customers of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) will pay more this month as the utility announced a rate hike of 49centavos per kilowatt hour (kWh).
Meralco said the overall rate of a typical household for July is P12.6435 per kWh, up from P12.1552 per kWh a month ago. The increase was attributed to higher generation charges.
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