Windows26: Fishers exposed to China rule raise PH flag in WPS

June 13, 2024

Hi, reader! This Thursday, we're featuring Filipino fishermen raising the PH flag in the West Philippine Sea, President Marcos asserting independent foreign policy, and the release of 126 inmates on Independence Day.

Fishers exposed to China rule raise PH flag in WPS

A group of Filipino fishermen displayed the Philippine flag close to Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal days ahead of the country's 126th Independence Day and the June 15 implementation of a new China policy authorizing its coast guard to arrest foreign persons and ships that cross what it claims are its borders in the South China Sea.

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Marcos asserts independent foreign policy on Independence Day

Amid "external threats" and escalating tension with China over the West Philippine Sea, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday vowed to continue pursuing an independent foreign policy anchored on peace and the Philippines' national interests.

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Unicef: 3 of 5 PH kids experience violent discipline

Nearly 400 million children under the age of 5 — roughly 60 percent in that age group globally — experience being disciplined violently or in ways that harm them physically and psychologically in their own household, according to the latest estimates of the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef).

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Remulla to Teves: Stop stalling and face reality

Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla on Wednesday told fugitive and expelled lawmaker Arnolfo Teves Jr., who is currently under the custody of a Timor-Leste court, to quit "dilly-dallying" and answer the charges filed against him in court.

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Freedom day for 126 inmates across PH

A total of 126 inmates were released from prison facilities on Wednesday as the country commemorated its 126th Independence Day, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said.

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EDITORIAL: Inept Anti-Money Laundering Council

In a TV interview, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said some P6.1 billion was spent to construct buildings in a Pogo complex in Tarlac without any record of how the money was brought into the country, and who constructed the buildings.

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