Former House quad-committee (quad-comm) overall chairman Robert Ace Barbers had told his countrymen to rise above the Chinese state media 's racist and offensive portrayal of Filipinos as "monkeys". Speaking in a press conference at the House of Representatives on Friday, July 17, Barbers...
Local equities advanced, pushing the benchmark index back above the key 6,400 threshold, as the temporary breather in global energy markets and anticipation of strong second-quarter earnings lured bargain hunters back to the table. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) climbed 78.96 points, or...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) is “very close” to filing plunder charges against former House Speaker Martin Romualdez over alleged irregularities in the national budget, Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla said on Friday, July 17. “We’re very close to filing the plunder...
Philippine Seven Corp. (PhilSeven), the exclusive licensor of 7-Eleven convenience stores in the Philippines, is more optimistic about the second half of 2026 following its strong performance during the second quarter, which was driven mainly by its adoption of digital payment systems. “If the...
House Deputy Minority Leader ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio highlighted on Friday, 17 the hypocrisy of the Chinese government in connection with its state media 's "racist" depiction of Filipinos as monkeys. In an artifical intelligence (AI)-animated video released by China Daily,...
Only 1,532 confirmed Covid-19 cases were recorded from Jan. 4 to July 11, 70 percent fewer than the 5,070 cases reported during the same period last year, the Department of Health (DOH) bared on Friday, July 17. Although the number of cases is lower than last year, the agency said it will still...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has formally protested China Daily’s publication of videos and editorial cartoons depicting Filipinos in a racist manner, demanding the immediate removal of the materials and calling the content inconsistent with the mutual respect expected between states....
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. said that an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video released by a Chinese state-run media organization portraying Filipinos as “stupid monkeys” clad in a Barong Tagalog justified the Philippines’ policy of avoiding...
Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima says that China Daily 's racist depiction of Filipinos reeks of China 's "insecurity" toward the Philippines, which refuses to get bullied over the West Philippine Sea (WPS) issue. "The racist depiction by China Daily, a Chinese...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has strongly condemned China Daily over its publication of AI-generated videos and editorial cartoons depicting Filipinos as monkeys in connection with the 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award, calling the material racist, dehumanizing, and unacceptable. In a...
Defense Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro cried foul over a propaganda video made by the Chinese state media depicting Filipinos as a monkey, saying such a move only expose the moral and intellectual bankruptcy of the Chinese Communist Party. In a statement, Teodoro said the artificial...
The World Bank has released an initial $248 million, or over ₱15 billion, from its $1-billion financing for the Philippines to jumpstart the government’s ambitious agriculture modernization program aimed at boosting food production, strengthening climate resilience, and modernizing food supply...
