The state weather bureau is monitoring a low pressure area outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility as Typhoon Marce exits the region.
Malacañang released an Executive Order (EO) on the immediate ban on all hilippine offshore gaming operators (Pogo) or Internet Gaming Licensees (IGLs) and offshore gaming operations in the country.
EO No. 74 was signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin last November 5 and released to the media on Friday.
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Friday signed the Philippine Maritime Zones Act and the Philippine Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act.
To be known as Republic Act (RA) No. 12064, the Philippine Maritime Zones Act aims to declare the country’s maritime zones in accordance with the standards set by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
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A new Philippine map that includes the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as part of its jurisdiction will be released soon, the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (Namria) said.
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Namria Administrator Peter Tiangco revealed Friday that “[we] already have the maps prepared” and that they were just awaiting the issuance of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Philippine Maritime Zones Act “in order for us to modify or revise the maps that we have prepared accordingly until its final publication.”
The money laundering complaints filed against Alice Guo (real name: Guo Hua Ping), Shiela Guo (real name: Zhang Mier), and Cassandra Li Ong before the Department of Justice (DOJ) are now up for resolution.
Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Charlie Guhit said Shiela Guo, Ong, and other respondents had already submitted their respective counter-affidavits to the money laundering complaints before the DOJ on Friday, the last day of the preliminary investigation (PI).
The office of Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian is distancing itself from the controversy involving the Cadillac Escalade bearing a “fake” protocol plate 7 that passed through the Edsa Busway, stressing the lawmaker does not own the car.
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