Groups under the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) congratulated the NPA on its upcoming 57th founding anniversary, saying it has reached the milestone because of “the justness of its cause.”
The Islamic jurists of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) ruled it is not permissible for the victim to marry her abuser without her consent.
Even with Friday declared a regular holiday in celebration of the Muslims’ Eid’l Fitr and a popular Strawberry Festival in Benguet Province, it is a subdued long weekend in the Philippines with majority of families choosing to stay at home due to skyrocketing fuel prices.
Julito “Jaz” Diamante Calo, 49, a radio show host on 88.3 DNN News FM based in Himamaylan City was shot in the head by a gunman in a white sport utility vehicle.
“These attacks quickly triggered a wave of online harassment. Within two hours of the embassy’s first Facebook post, more than a hundred accounts had commented on or shared the post, repeating the embassy’s narrative that PCIJ’s coverage was ‘anti-China,’” RSF said.
The National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) said that based on the results of Hilal (the Moon)-sighting activities on Thursday, it has decided to declare March 21 as the start of Eid’l Fitr 1447 Hijrah.
Typhoons and the increasing presence of commercial vessels are pushing fishers in western Philippines’ Malampaya Sound to the margins
While overseas Filipinos and their families in the Philippines may gain from the higher exchange rates, current runaway oil prices, higher utility rates and inflationary costs of food items have long cancelled the temporary benefit.
Floranda revealed that leading oil company Petron alone reported a profit of P15 billion in 2025 while his fellow drivers no longer earn as diesel prices have more than doubled since the war begun last February 28.
Palestinian refugees would welcome orders of their tatreez, crochet items, special candles and food to rebuild their lives cruelly disrupted by Israeli agression in Gaza.
