Kristina Maralit

1 month ago | 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.

1 month ago | 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.

1 month ago | 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.

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.

Jan 19, 2025 | manilatimes.net | Kristina Maralit

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday said there is a high chance he will approve the extension of the tour of duty of Philippine National Police chief Rommel Francisco Marbil "until after the elections." In an ambush interview in Taguig City, Marcos said that "there is a very strong argument" for Marbil's term extension as "it would not be good for stability especially to change the chief PNP in the middle of a campaign period and then approaching an election...