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Pag-IBIG Fund Raises 2025 Dividend Rates to 6.62% and 7.12%
Pag-IBIG Fund sets 6.62% P1, 7.12% MP2 dividends for 2025 MANILA, Philippines — The Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund) has approved higher dividend rates for members’ 2025 savings, setting [...]
Ex-Marines Allege Cash Deliveries; Senate Review Sought
Ex-Marines Allege Cash Deliveries to Senior Officials; Senate Review Sought On February 24, 2026, eighteen men identifying themselves as former members of the Philippine Marine Corps held a press conference [...]
Chavit Singson Backs Sara Duterte for 2028
Chavit Singson Publicly Endorses Sara Duterte’s 2028 Bid MANILA — Former Ilocos Sur governor Luis “Chavit” Singson on February 26 publicly vowed to support Vice President Sara Duterte’s potential presidential [...]
ICC Hearing: Duterte Defense Says ‘Neutralize’ Meant Arrest
ICC Hearing: Duterte Defense Says ‘Neutralize’ Meant Arrest THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s legal team argued on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, that the term “neutralize,” frequently [...]
Trillanes and ICC Reject $2M Drug War Funding Claim
Former Senator Trillanes and ICC Reject Claims of $2 Million Funding in Drug War Probe Manila, Philippines — Former Senator Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV and the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) [...]