Windows26: Philippines deploys search and rescue team to quake-hit Myanmar

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April 1, 2025

Hi, reader! Today, we're covering lawyers dismissing Duterte's ICC jurisdiction argument, Gloria Arroyo's family health struggles, and the Philippines' deployment of a search and rescue team to quake-hit Myanmar.

Philippines deploys search and rescue team to quake-hit Myanmar

The Philippines has deployed its first batch of a search and rescue contingent to earthquake-hit Myanmar.

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The parents of two Filipino teachers who went missing in Myanmar after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake are appealing to the government for help in traveling to the disaster-hit country to search for their children.

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Lack of ICC jurisdiction 'rehashed' issue – lawyers

Lawyers representing victims of extrajudicial killings on Monday dismissed the view of Rodrigo Duterte's lead counsel that a lack of jurisdiction by the International Criminal Court (ICC) would be a "compelling" argument to drop the case against the detained former Philippine president.

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'Trojan' phone attacks may cause Pinoys to lose P86B

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BI seeks penalties for Filipinos exiting PH through 'backdoor'

Immigration Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado on Monday urged Congress to study the imposition of legal sanctions on Filipinos who leave the country illegally, following reports that 54 of the human trafficking victims recently repatriated from Myanmar may have used a "backdoor" exit.

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Ex-President Gloria Arroyo opens up about family's health ordeal

Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who is now Pampanga 2nd District representative to the House, bared the health struggles her family is going through.

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EDITORIAL: Is there hope for BI?

Over the years, the BI has proven itself incapable of change, with corruption cases leading to mere dismissals and suspensions while the system itself stays rotten. The government must recognize that token investigations, firings, and vague promises of reform can't cure a bureau that has been hijacked by crooks in uniform.

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