President Rodrigo Duterte has merely brushed aside the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) request for judicial authorization to investigate his administration’s anti-narcotics drive, Malacañang said on Thursday. “You know, he (Duterte) shrugged off,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in an online presser. Fatou Bensouda, whose term as ICC prosecutor ended on Tuesday, has sought authorization…
China on Thursday successfully launched the crewed spacecraft Shenzhou-12, which is expected to send three astronauts to its space station core module Tianhe for a three-month mission. It is China’s seventh crewed mission to space and the first during the construction of China’s space station. It is also the first in nearly five years after…
A lawmaker of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has proposed the establishment of the Bangsamoro Sustainable Development Board (BSDB) to systematize development policies and practices in the region. The proposal, introduced by BARMM Member of Parliament Abdulraof Macacua, is aptly termed Parliament Bill No. 53, or the Bangsamoro Sustainable Development Board…
All 365,908 elderly pensioners in Western Visayas have received their stipend for the first semester of this year totaling PHP1,097,724, the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 6 (DSWD 6) said on Thursday. DSWD community-based section head and Social Pension Program focal person Judith T. Barredo said that they have completed the…
Top-ranked Melvin “Gringo” Jerusalem of Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon will fight Toto “Muscovado” Landero of Pontevedra, Negros Occidental for the vacant Orient and Pacific Boxing Federation strawweight title in Cebu City on Friday. Jerusalem has 16 wins and two losses with 10 knockouts and is rated OPBF no. 1 strawweight contender while Landero (11W-5L-2D, 2KOs)…
The provincial government of Agusan del Norte has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Department of Agriculture (DA) 13 (Caraga), Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), and private seed companies for the conduct of Vegetable Derby in the province. In a statement issued Thursday, the DA-13 said the signing of the MOU was led by…
