Vice President Sara Duterte is back in the Philippines after a personal trip with her family in Malaysia, where she also attended an Independence Day event and met with overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) there. According to a media bulletin from the Office of the Vice President (OVP), Duterte...
A suspected human trafficking victim died when a motorboat carrying 11 individuals en route to Malaysia capsized off Palawan, crushing her dreams of finding work abroad. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) disclosed Tuesday, June 10, that MBCA (motorbanca) Kumpit was transporting nine passengers, all...
Vice President Sara Duterte is leaving for a “personal trip” with her family to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia a day before the scheduled start of her impeachment trial in the Senate. Vice President Sara Duterte (MB File Photo) The Office of the Vice President...
President Marcos is expected to push for the speedy conclusion of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-China Code of Conduct (COC) during his participation at the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia next week. Marcos will follow through on his call to ASEAN member states to...
The Philippines and Malaysia agreed to bolster ASEAN cooperation to address ongoing security and trade challenges across the region. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong ' Marcos Jr. and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (Marcos, Anwar photos/Facebook) This developed as President Marcos...
PCG Commandant Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan welcomes the crew of BRP Gabriela Silang (OPV-8301) upon its arrival at Pier 13 in Manila, on April 21, 2025. The vessel had just concluded a 26-day landmark tri-country port visit mission to Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. (Mark Balmores / MANILA BULLETIN)...
DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac (File photo) The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) guaranteed legal assistance to eight Filipino seafarers detained in Malaysia for alleged violation of Malaysian immigration laws and regulations. In a statement on Black Friday, April 18, DMW Secretary Hans Leo...
Malaysia has deported businessman Alan Dennis Sytin, who allegedly masterminded the killing of his brother Dominic, president and chief executive officer of United Auctioneers Inc., in 2018 in a hotel at the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority in Olongapo City, Zambales. BUSINESSMAN Alan Dennis Sytin...
DTI Secretary Cristina Roque meeting representatives of JAKIM (DTI photo) Malaysian government's Islamic Development Department, otherwise known as JAKIM, is looking into establishing a world-class Halal certifying body (HCB) in the Philippines, according to Trade Secretary Cristina Roque....
PCO Secretary Jay Ruiz (Facebook) Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Secretary Jay Ruiz criticized Malaysia during the House tri-committee (tri-comm) hearing Friday, March 21, on the topic of fake news and disinformation. Ruiz, a former...
A Malaysian boy wipes his tears during a special prayer for the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 at a church in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, March 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul, File) KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's government has given final approval for a...
(L-R) Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and Malaysian Defense Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting (ADMM) Retreat in Penang, Malaysia on Feb. 26, 2025. (Photo: DND) The Philippines has taken...
