Trump threatens to hit Iran’s Kharg Island oil network if shipping lanes remain blocked
US President Donald Trump threatened to strike the oil infrastructure of Iran’s Kharg Island hub unless Tehran stopped attacking vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, a warning that could further roil markets coping with a historic supply disruption.
PH vows active part in US probe over forced labor
The Philippines on Saturday, March 14, said it will participate in the United States investigation on economies that supposedly failed to take action on forced labor.
Antipolo City votes for second district representative in special polls
Voters from Antipolo City’s second district cast ballots to choose their next representative in Congress during a manual special election conducted on Saturday, March 14.
Remains of OFW killed in Israel back in PH
The remains of Mary Ann de Vera, the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) killed in Israel at the height of the Middle East conflict, were repatriated to the country on Saturday, March 14.
One cash delivery in ‘18 marines’ affidavit during Duterte admin – Remulla
Metro Manila, Philippines – One of the alleged deliveries of cash in suitcases – as claimed by so-called 18 marines in their affidavit – happened during the Duterte administration, Ombudsman Boying Remulla said on Friday, March 13. In a press briefing, Remulla said a reliable source told him that one photo of a cash delivery in the affidavit was sometime during the 18th Congress. “There was a delivery done…supposedly the joint affidavit of the 18 marines pointed to a delivery to one of the Congress persons, one of the congressmen or congresswomen. But when we investigated that angle, it appears that this delivery was done during the time of Speaker Lord Velasco,” he said. Velasco was speaker from October 2020 to June 2022 “Duterte time definitely ‘yung isa roon. ‘Yung isang na-point out sa akin, na nag-inform sa akin,” he added, referring to the Duterte administration. [Translation: The report we…
