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plunder case against Marcoleta before Sandiganbayan-Ombudsman
Plunder charges was filed before the Sandiganbayan against Senator Rodante Marcoleta over the P75 million in campaign contributions that he received ahead of the senatorial elections in 2025. The Office of the Ombudsman said Marcoleta did not declare the said campaign donation in his Statement of Campaign Expenditures (SOCE). The Sandiganbayan last May granted the Ombudsman’s request to issue a precautionary ...Marcos welcomes PH’s upper middle income ranking
The World Bank has ranked the Philippines from lower middle income to upper middle income because the Philippines has hit the Gross National Income (GNI) per capita required, which is also followed by the rest of the globe. Based on the global lending body’s criteria for fiscal year 2026, which begins July 1, an upper middle income country has to ...Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
By Agence France-Presse In a tiny Tokyo restaurant filled with the smell of Nepalese dumplings, Budhathoki Samjhana surveys the business she built from scratch but may now have to give up as Japan tightens visa rules. Even though Japan has a rapidly ageing population and is suffering labour shortages in many sectors, opposition to immigration is growing and the new ...QC-DPOS say Iglesia ni Cristo rally has no permit
The Quezon City Department Public Order and Safety (QC-DPOS) said Iglesia Ni Cristo’s (INC) “emergency rally” at the People Power Monument in Quezon City Tuesday was held without a permit. QC-DPOS head Elmo San Diego said the city government was caught off guard after thousands of rally participants began arriving before dawn without prior coordination. “Biglaan lahat. Hindi naman kami ...
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