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China renews call to pull out US missile in PH

China has renewed its call for the pull out of a United States’ mid range capability missile in the country.

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Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning made this call in response to a Reuters report which stated that the US deployed its Typhon missile launchers to a new location in the country.

FEATURED STORIES NEWSINFO Hontiveros: Give revised anti-teen pregnancy bill a fair chance NEWSINFO Bersamin defends Marcos against allegations of signing blank check NEWSINFO In Basilan, 2 dead as MILF fighters ambush soldiers Only PH decides military assets deployment in its territory – AFP

Only the Philippines – and no other country – can decide the deployment of any military asset within its territory, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) asserted Friday.

AFP spokesperson Francel Margareth Padilla said, “[t]here is no single entity who can dictate how we would do our deployments in terms of our defenses,” reacting to the remarks of China Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning, who reiterated Beijing’s opposition to the US Typhon midrange missile capability that has been in the Philippines for several months now.

Article continues after this advertisement Marcos not blocking impeachment move vs VP Duterte – Palace

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is not blocking the processing of the impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte, Malacañang said Friday.

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In a press conference in Pasay City, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin refuted the claim of lawmakers from the Makabayan bloc at the House of Representatives that Marcos’ alleged “interference” was delaying the impeachment proceedings against Duterte.

ChocoVron Vice President Marissa Lourdes Yala told the Philippine News Agency on the sidelines of the US-PH 2024 Trade Mission Conference at The Manila Hotel on Friday, October 18, that the P500 million (US$8.75 million) expansion plan of the company will triple the capacity of its production facility in San Pedro, Laguna.

While the Marcos administration has been exerting efforts to attract more green power developments to the market, the sector may be dealing with some hitches as the projects are now “being processed for termination” due to the companies’ failure to meet committed timelines, the agency noted Sunday.

Article continues after this advertisement Bersamin: PH won’t change ICC stance, will cooperate via Interpol

Palace said that the Philippines’ stance on withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC) remains unchanged, but it will cooperate if the international tribunal makes requests through the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol).

In a press conference on Friday, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin was asked whether the country is changing its position on the ICC after Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla expressed openness to discussing the previous administration’s bloody war on drugs with the ICC.

Article continues after this advertisement Hontiveros welcomes possible PH-ICC talks on drug war

Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Friday said Justice chief Jesus Crispin Remulla’s openness to talk with probers of the International Court (ICC) regarding the previous administration’s bloody war on drugs is a silver lining for all victims of extrajudicial killings.

In a statement, Hontiveros said Remulla’s willingness gives “hope that real justice for the thousands of victims” could finally come.

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Comelec mulls order to compel candidates to attend debates

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is considering issuing a resolution that would compel candidates to participate in debates.

Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia said Friday that while there is no law mandating candidates to attend debatessmbet, the poll body can endorse debates conducted by different media outlets.

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