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1 month ago | 
manilatimes.net | Kristina Maralit |Red Mendoza
(UPDATE) PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has named Police Maj. Gen. Nicolas Torre III as the new chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin announced on Thursday. "Turnover of command is scheduled on June 2," Bersamin said in a press conference in Malacañang.
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1 month ago | 
manilatimes.net | Kristina Maralit |Red Mendoza
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday swore in Darlene Berberabe and Jose Ramon Aliling as the new solicitor general and secretary of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD), respectively. Berberabe, dean of the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Law, takes over from Menardo Guevarra. Aside from her expertise in the law and her academic credentials, Berberabe also served as the chief executive officer of the Pag-IBIG Fund.
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1 month ago | 
manilatimes.net | Kristina Maralit |Red Mendoza
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has accepted the courtesy resignation of Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairman Prospero de Vera III, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin announced on Thursday. De Vera first rose to the top of the agency as officer in charge in January 2018 before being officially appointed as chairman by then-president Rodrigo Duterte nine months later. He was reappointed by Marcos in 2022.
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1 month ago | 
manilatimes.net | Catherine S. Valente |Kristina Maralit |Bernadette E. Tamayo
Read this in The Manila Times digital edition. (UPDATE) CABINET secretaries on Thursday submitted their resignations to comply with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s directive for a "bold reset" to realign his administration's programs "with the people's expectations."The directive came just over a week after a disappointing midterm election for the Marcos government.
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1 month ago | 
manilatimes.net | Red Mendoza |Kristina Maralit |William B. Depasupil
A SENATORIAL candidate who is currently in sixth place has asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to proclaim the top placers in the senatorial race, saying there was a "statistical improbability" that the next candidates in line would affect their standing. In a motion, Partido Demokratiko Pilipino bet Rep. Rodante Marcoleta called on the Comelec to proclaim the top six candidates as 97.23 percent of the election returns has been transmitted since the evening of May 12.
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2 months ago | 
manilatimes.net | Iza Iglesias |Christina Alpad |Kristina Maralit |Bernadette E. Tamayo
THE National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) has announced that state necrological services would be held in honor of Nora Aunor, the acclaimed "Superstar" of Philippine cinema and National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts, who passed away on Wednesday, April 16, at the age of 71. The NCCA issued its statement early Thursday, expressing "great sadness" over Aunor's passing and noting that details of the state funeral will follow. Register to read this story and more for free.
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Mar 25, 2025 | 
manilatimes.net | Red Mendoza |Kristina Maralit
(UPDATE) DAVAO City Rep. Paolo Duterte has been issued a travel clearance for 16 countries and Hong Kong from March 20 to May 10, 2025, House Secretary-General Reginald Velasco said Tuesday. Among the countries that Duterte will visit is The Netherlands, where his father, former president Rodrigo Duterte, is detained at the Scheveningen Prison where he is awaiting trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity in connection with his bloody war on drugs.
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Mar 11, 2025 | 
manilatimes.net | Kristina Maralit |Catherine S. Valente |Red Mendoza
(UPDATE) Former president Rodrigo Duterte was flown from Villamor Air Base last night to the International Criminal Court (ICC) headquarters in The Hague, the Netherlands, following his arrest on Tuesday. In a statement, Duterte's daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte, denounced the administration for the arrest. "Today, our own government has surrendered a Filipino citizen — even a former president at that — to foreign powers," she said.
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
manilatimes.net | Kristina Maralit |Red Mendoza
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has enacted into law a measure that institutionalizes the alternative learning route for Filipinos looking to earn their college degrees, Malacañang said Wednesday. Signed on March 3, Republic Act (RA) 12124, or the Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program (ETEEAP), paves the way for Filipinos, especially working professionals, to finish their college education for career advancement. Register to read this story and more for free.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
manilatimes.net | Kristina Maralit |Bernadette E. Tamayo |Red Mendoza
(UPDATE) THE 17 Filipino crewmen of an oil tanker seized by Houthi rebels in Yemen in November 2023 have been released. The release of the Filipinos and the rest of the crew of the M/V Galaxy Leader was announced by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in a statement released by Malacañang past midnight Thursday. "Our Filipino seafarers are now in the care of our Philippine embassy in Muscat, Oman, and will be reunited with their loved ones in the Philippines very soon," Marcos said.
