News: Marcos rules out deploying warships in WPS

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Marcos rules out deploying warships in WPS

December 11, 2024

NO WINTER WONDERLAND Ashfall from the eruption of Mt. Kanlaon on Monday has blanketed much of Negros Occidental province, like here at Guintubdan Spring in Barangay Araal, La Carlota City. Photo taken on Dec. 10. —LA CARLOTA CITY WATER DISTRICT PHOTO

Hi there. Marcos rules out deploying warships in WPS

The Philippines has never been an agent of escalation of tensions," said the chief executive, explaining his decision not to send PH Navy warships to the West Philippine Sea despite the continuing harassment of Filipino vessels by China.

She'd rather party than honor the NBI's subpoena: That's VP Sara Duterte's latest move—skipping for the second time her scheduled appearance at the agency because she said she'd be busy hosting a party for reporters covering her office.

Now that the House committee is wrapping up its hearings on the drug war and will be recommending charges against "close to 10" people, the big question is: How far up will the proposed raps go? Will they reach ex-president Duterte?

Baguio is taking a staunch stand for human rights with the latest ordinance from its City Council, which aims to shield activists from harassment, threats, and defamation by government authorities by penalizing Red-tagging activities.

The Health department's "criminal negligence" in the expiration of "as much as P11B worth of drugs, medicine, and supplies in 2023" is an "unforgivable waste of public funds," laments today's editorial. The DOH's "weaknesses have been allowed to fester for far too long.

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BUSINESS

BIZ BUZZ: Naia to bid turboprops adieu

After the terminal reassignments at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia), the next bold reform that the San Miguel-led concessionaire will introduce to erase the "worst airport in the world" stigma is to move smaller, turboprop aircraft out of the Manila gateway.

By Doris Dumlao-Abadilla

REGIONS

Kanlaon calms down; evacs continue

Both University of the Philippines (UP) and La Salle talked down Game 1 of their UAAP Season 87 men's basketball tournament title duel like the result mattered less than what it did on paper.

By Carla Gomez

MOTORING

Thanksgiving

At its traditional Christmas lunch with selected media friends yesterday, Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation (TMP) celebrated the milestones of 2024 and shared its bullish expectations for 2025. TMP chairman Alfred V. Ty and TMP president Masando Hashimoto together with other top executives were on hand to greet media guests and thank them for their support throughout the year.

By Aida Sevilla Mendoza

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LIFESTYLE

A durian-shaped marvel in Davao

A National Museum satellite branch recently opened in Davao City's Poblacion District. The six-story building on J. Palma Gil Street takes the form of a durian, a fruit Davao is widely known for. The design is "a true celebration of Davao's unique identity." The first four floors allot exhibition space for the heritage of Mindanao indigenous groups and works of notable Davaoeño visual artists.

By Edgar Allan M. Sembrano

INQUIRER PLUS-EXCLUSIVE

Dutch police use hologram to try and decode sex worker's murder

AMSTERDAM—By a canal in Amsterdam's red-light district, one of the "window women" is actually a hologram which Dutch police hope will help solve the gruesome murder of a sex worker in 2009.

By AFP

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