Windows26: PH, Japan ink defense pact amid China aggression

July 9, 2024

Hello, reader! Today, we're covering the PH-Japan defense pact amid China aggression, a P10-M reward for information on Quiboloy, and the government's need for P72 billion to achieve 100% electrification by 2028.

PH, Japan ink defense pact amid China aggression

The Philippines and Japan on Monday boosted their defense ties by forging a Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) allowing the entry of military troops and equipment into each other's jurisdiction for combat training and disaster response.

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P10-M reward offered for info on Quiboloy

A P10-million reward is being offered to anyone with information that may lead to the capture of televangelist Apollo Quiboloy, who has evaded authorities for over three months since the issuance of warrants for his arrest on human trafficking and child sexual abuse charges.

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PH needs P72 billion to achieve 100% electrification

To achieve 100-percent nationwide electrification by 2028, the government would need to invest P72 billion, nearly three times the amount that the government has so far budgeted for the project, the Department of Energy (DOE) said.

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Guo skipping Senate hearing; Hontiveros warns of arrest

Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Monday warned Mayor Alice Guo of Bamban, Tarlac province, that she risks being arrested after her lawyer sent notice that the suspended local official would again skip the ongoing Senate inquiry into the illegal Philippine offshore gaming operator (Pogo) hub in her town.

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MOA lets 4Ps beneficiaries join SSS for low monthly contribution of P570

Beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (4Ps) can now join the Social Security System (SSS), which signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Monday to make them "future-proof" once they graduate from the government's conditional cash transfer program.

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EDITORIAL: The mother of all pork scams

The Sandiganbayan has served yet another helping of prison stays to people implicated in the many-tentacled pork barrel racket, raising but not quite sustaining hopes of a just resolution of all criminal cases involving the "mother of all scams" in the Philippines.

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