Windows26: Chinese overwhelmed Filipinos at Ayungin

June 21, 2024

Hello, reader! This Friday, we're featuring China's overwhelming force against Filipino troops at Ayungin, Robredo's possible run for Naga City mayor, and the government's freezing of Porac Pogo assets.

Chinese overwhelmed Filipinos at Ayungin

The China Coast Guard (CCG) used overwhelming force in attacking Filipino troops on a resupply mission to Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal on Monday in what the Armed Forces of the Philippines described as a "brazen act of aggression."

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VP Duterte as opposition head? Not so fast, says LP

After Vice President Sara Duterte announced her resignation as education secretary, anti-Marcos and pro-Duterte forces saw her as the new leader of the opposition. Not so fast with that, Liberal Party (LP) spokesperson and former Sen. Leila de Lima said on Thursday.

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Robredo eyes local post in 2025 midterm elections

Former Vice President Leni Robredo may run for mayor of Naga City in Camarines Sur province in next year's midterm elections, Liberal Party (LP) president and Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman said on Thursday.

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Gov't orders freezing of Porac Pogo assets

Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin ordered on Thursday the freezing of funds and preservation of the 46 buildings and the entire 10-hectare compound of Lucky South 99 in Porac town, Pampanga, and the summary deportation of its rescued foreign workers.

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Learning crisis blamed for Filipino students' poor 'creative thinking'

Filipino students' poor score in "creative thinking," based on the latest study of the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa), is a "symptom" of the decades-long learning crisis in the country, a private sector-backed education advocacy group said on Thursday.

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EDITORIAL: View to an 'overkill

What is wrong with this scenario? After much pressure from several sectors about how long it was taking them to serve the arrest warrants of self-proclaimed "appointed son of God" Apollo Quiboloy, the PNP and the CIDG finally stormed the pastor's properties, including the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) compound in Davao City, on June 10.

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