Category: General

DFA cancels ‘fraudulently acquired’ passport of Alice Guo

Manila: The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has canceled the Philippine passport of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Alice Guo, saying it was “fraudulently acquired” after confirming that her biometrics matched that of a certain Chinese national ‘Guo Hua …

Control smartphones like tobacco, says WHO expert

Baku: Countries should consider regulating digital devices like smartphones in a similar way imposed on tobacco products, to combat social media’s rising negative impact on young people’s mental health, the World Health Organization’s Natasha Azzopard…

Sandiganbayan clears JPE, Reyes, Napoles in plunder raps

The Sandiganbayan on Friday acquitted Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile, lawyer Jessica Lucila ‘Gigi’ Reyes, and businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles in the PHP172-million plunder case filed against them in connection with the pork barrel…

2 barangays in NegOr capital identified for mall voting

Dumaguete: Registered voters from two barangays in this Negros Oriental provincial capital, Barangays Tabuc-tubig and Poblacion 3, will experience mall voting for the May 2025 midterm elections.

Lawyer Ian Michael Macaraya, Commission on Elections (C…