MANILA (Bloomberg): Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr and Sara Duterte joined forces to pull off the biggest Philippine election win in four decades. The question now is whether they can stay united over the next six years.
PTFoMS Executive Director Joel M. Sy Egco (File photo) MANILA - As the frontline government agency dedicated to protect media workers, the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) through its Executive Director, Undersecretary Joel M. Sy Egco, thanked the men and women of the Philippine National Police (PNP) for their invaluable contribution to the peaceful national and local elections and for ensuring the safety of journalists. "I am very happy to say that no journalist or broadcaster was harmed during the elections, a testament to the government's continued vigilance in providing a safe environment for media workers through the task force," Egco said in a news release on Wednesday. "I am very grateful for the tireless efforts of the PNP, especially the Media Security Vanguards (MSV) headed by PBGen Roderick Augustus Alba, chief of the PNP Public Information Office, for their proactive approach in protecting our media workers during this crucial time for P
While the domestic and global economies are on a more stable path to recovery, the next Philippine President will need to address ballooning debt and more expensive loans while dealing with rising inflation and possible new virus variants, according to the country's economic strategist. media[821
(Photo courtesy of CIDG) MANILA -The Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) on Thursday announced the arrest of another suspect in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre in Cotabato City. In a statement sent to reporters, the CIDG said Datu Harris Ampatuan Macapendeng, the incumbent Barangay Chairperson of Tuayan, Datu Hoffer town in Maguindanao province with a monetary reward of PHP300,000 under DILG Memo Circular 2010-76, has been arrested by personnel of the CIDG Maguindanao Field Unit on Wednesday afternoon at the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Compound, Cotabato City. Joint elements of the local police served the warrant of arrest for the crime of 43 counts of murder issued by Judge Jocelyn Solis Reyes of Branch 221 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Quezon City against the suspect. Macapendeng was part of the Ampatuan private army and was among those who attended the meetings where the Ampatuans planned the massacre and