Windows26: China’s ‘Monster’ coast guard ship back in WPS

January 13, 2025

Hello, reader! Today, we're covering Comelec's warning against premature campaigning at an INC rally, a gov't grant for qualified college students, and the return of China's 'Monster' ship to the West Philippine Sea.

China's 'Monster' coast guard ship back in WPS

China's biggest coast guard vessel, known as "The Monster," returned to the West Philippine Sea (WPS) during the weekend, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said, accusing Beijing of "normalizing" such deployments to "alter the existing status quo."

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DOF: Gov't not shortchanging LGUs in share of national taxes

Municipalities are not being shortchanged by the government in their national tax allotment (NTA) share, the Department of Finance (DOF) said on Sunday.

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Bets warned: Don't use INC rally to campaign

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) urged politicians running in the midterm polls to avoid being "epal" (attention seeker) and to refrain from using the Iglesia ni Cristo's (INC) "National Rally for Peace" on Monday as a platform for premature campaigning.

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MVP Group inks 25-year Camp John Hay lease, BCDA's first

The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) on Saturday said it had signed its first-ever long-term residential lease agreement in one of its properties inside Camp John Hay following their recovery of the estate.

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Qualified college students may get P15,000 gov't grant

Some P2.06 billion, set aside in the 2025 General Appropriations Act for the government's Tulong Dunong program (TDP), is expected to benefit 137,000 college students nationwide.

In the same way that the government last year showed determination in dismantling the onion cartel and filing criminal charges against the alleged perpetrators, it must also demonstrate the same conviction in going after unscrupulous rice importers and traders acting as a cartel to dictate supply and prices.

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