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Filipinos are increasingly being blocked from their traditional fishing grounds at Scarborough Shoal by Beijing’s enforcement of its territorial claims in the South China Sea, with new restrictions and aggressive patrolling creating a potential flashpoint over fishing rights and national sovereignty.
The world’s hottest gambling stock is riding strong demand for online betting at home in the Philippines, even as the global industry faces increasing scrutiny.
In the Philippines, August 21 was named a holiday to mark the assassination of senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jnr in 1983. However, this year the government holiday will fall two days later after it was moved by President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr – the son of Aquino’s political rival.
China’s latest move to mount a laser weapon on an amphibious warfare ship signals a bold leap in its naval capabilities, echoing global shifts toward energy-based defenses while ramping up tensions in the Pacific.
MANILA — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Wednesday (Aug 21) his government was investigating how Alice Guo, a former town mayor accused of ties with Chinese criminal syndicates, managed to flee the country.
Marcos warned that “heads will roll” a day after he ordered Guo’s Philippine passport cancelled following her escape which was confirmed based on foreign immigration records.
Shultz, 24, had been charged with conspiring to transmit national defence information, exporting defence-related technical data without a licence, and bribing a public official, after selling sensitive military documents to a foreign national believed to be associated with the Chinese government. He reportedly received at least 14 payments totalling US$42,000.