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If TNT succeeds in its first chance at finishing off Rain or Shine and advance to the PBA Governors’ Cup Finals, Rey Nambatac will finally get to check one item off his bucket list. And even if it that comes at the expense of his former team, which he still holds in high regard. “If […]…

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MANILA, Philippines — Former Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Neri Colmenares urged the House of Representatives quad committee on Thursday to look into the cases of more victims of the Duterte administration’s war on drugs.  Colmenares said the move could lead to more witnesses who could testify before the panel investigating the alleged drug-related extra-judicial killings (EJK). He cited the cases of former senator Leila de Lima and the killings of mayors and other local government officials.  The former Bayan Muna representative also mentioned the case of lawyers of suspects involved in drug cases such as Atty. John Ungab and Atty. […]…

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MANILA, Philippines — Senior citizens in Manila will have their yearly allowance doubled starting next year, Mayor Honey Lacuna announced in a statement issued on Thursday. The annual allowance will be raised from P6,000 to P12,000, according to Manila City Ordinance No. 9081. READ: P1,000 monthly pension given to 3.7M seniors Jan-June 2024 – DSWD The increase aims “to provide financial aid to senior citizens for their daily needs,” the mayor explained. “We have set aside this fund with the best interest of our senior citizens in mind. We hope that this amount will be able to provide them some relief […]…

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MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Thursday that it has reassigned 1,308 out of 1,586 officers who declared that they have relatives running in the 2025 national and local elections. “We received a report from the DPRM (Directorate for Personnel and Records Management) that, as of yesterday, based on the inventory, 1,586 PNP personnel have declared that they have relatives, up to the fourth degree of consanguinity or affinity, who will be running in next year’s elections,” PNP spokesperson BGen. Jean Fajardo said in a mix of Filipino and English. “Out of the 1,586, 1,308 have […]…

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UNITED NATIONS — More than one billion people are living in acute poverty across the globe, a UN Development Program report said Thursday, with children accounting for over half of those affected. The paper published with the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) highlighted that poverty rates were three times higher in countries at war, as 2023 saw the most conflicts around the world since the Second World War. The UNDP and the OPHI have published their Multidimensional Poverty Index annually since 2010, harvesting data from 112 countries with a combined population of 6.3 billion people. READ: UN agency […]…

Keep on reading: UN report says 1.1 billion people in acute poverty