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Raffy Cabristante, ABS-CBN News MANILA — About 88 percent of top-ranking police have tendered their courtesy resignations, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Thursday. In a statement, the DILG said 841 out of 954 Philippine National Police (PNP) senior officers, including colonels and generals, have submitted their resignations, in an effort to cleanse the force of personnel involved in the illegal drug trade. Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. said that as of Thursday, the PNP has received resignations from 714 colonels and 126 generals, including the Inspector General of the Internal Affairs Service (IAS). He also said that the "continuous increase" in courtesy resignations was a "positive" indicator that police officials were supportive of the administration's efforts to cleanse the police ranks of drugs. “Tunay ngang ito ay maituturing na ‘act of honor’,” Abalos said. “Pinasasalamatan natin ang lahat na agad na rum...

Didier Lauras, Agence France-Presse PARIS — President Vladimir Putin's move to replace his top commander in Ukraine is a sign of military disarray and his growing impatience in a war Russia is not winning, analysts said. The defense ministry in Moscow said Wednesday it had, again, replaced its top commander in Ukraine, putting army chief of staff Valery Gerasimov in charge. His predecessor, Sergei Surovikin, a veteran of Moscow's wars since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, will become Gerasimov's deputy, working alongside two other generals, it said. Russian and Western observers said the move was a sign of Putin becoming exasperated by Ukrainian resistance, but also by fault lines in the Russian army command as it faces difficult demands which could include launching a possible major offensive within weeks. Analysts said putting an army chief of staff in charge of an operation on the ground is highly unusual, as the job is usually removed from the battlefield, inv...

Katie Forster, Agence France-Presse TOKYO — Space defense, US troop deployments and a "hugely significant" deal with Britain: Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is collecting more than souvenirs on his whirlwind diplomatic tour. Defense has dominated his agenda this week in meetings with Group of Seven allies in Europe and North America, as the Japanese leader seeks to draw friends closer in the face of growing pressure from China, analysts say. Japan wants to normalize its "role as a great power", Amy King, associate professor at the Australian National University's Strategic and Defense Studies Center, told AFP. It seeks "the kinds of strategic partnerships and defense relationships that are quite normal for other countries, but which have been largely off-limits to Japan" because of its pacifist post-war constitution. Kishida's conversations have also touched on everything else from trade to climate issues, showing that he is trying ...

ABS-CBN News Posted at Jan 13 2023 06:01 AM | Updated as of Jan 13 2023 12:14 PM MANILA — A low pressure area east of Surigao del Sur is expected to bring rains in several parts of the country, the state weather bureau said early Friday. In its 4 a.m. weather advisory, PAGASA said the LPA was sighted around 3 a.m. approximately 140 kilometer east of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur. The Eastern Visayas region, Central Visayas, Negros Occidental, Albay, Masbate, Sorsogon, and Catanduanes will experience cloudy skies with scattered to widespread rain showers and thunderstorms due to the weather disturbance, PAGASA said. Cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the LPA will also prevail in the Caraga region, Northern Mindanao, Zamboanga Peninsula, Mimaropa, the rest of Western Visayas, the rest of Bicol Region, and Quezon province. The weather condition may cause flooding or landslides, PAGASA said. Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms ...

Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News MANILA — The reported death toll in the Philippines due to inclement weather since Jan. 2 has risen to 17, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Friday. The NDRRMC said 5 of the fatalities were reported in Bicol, 4 each in Zamboanga and Northern Mindanao, 3 in Eastern Visayas, and 1 in Davao Region. Seven people were injured while 2 remain missing, the agency said in its 6 a.m. report. Back-to-back low pressure areas, a shear line and the northeast monsoon have triggered floods and landslides in vast swaths of the country since last week. A total of 121,950 families or 523,991 individuals were affected in Cagayan, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol, Western Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Zamboanga, Northern Mindanao, Davao Region, Soccsksargen and the Bangsamoro, the NDRRMC said. Of this number, 13,456 families or 71,442 individuals are staying in evacuation centers, it added. The cost of damage to infrastruct...

By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA Integrated News The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is aiming to increase the number of overseas Filipino workers this year, Secretary Susan "Toots" Ople said on Tuesday. "One of our key objectives is to increase the number of deployed OFWs for this year. From July to November of last year, 486,673 lang iyong na-deploy natin: for the land-based, nasa 352,911; sea-based, 219,869," Ople said at a Palace presser. "The good news is that there are several emerging markets. We have invitations pending for bilateral labor talks with Romania, Hungary and Portugal," she added. Ople said she had met with the Minister of Labor and Welfare of Hong Kong, Minister Chris Sun, wherein the possibility of exploratory talks on the deployment of Filipino caregivers to Hong Kong was raised. "But early, early stage pa ito. We need to send a team to Hong Kong to meet with his team as well," Ople said. Ople said the DMW is also wor...

By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA Integrated News Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan "Toots" Ople said Tuesday that arrangements are still being made with regards to the unpaid salaries of some 10,000 overseas Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia. advertisement At a Palace press briefing, Ople said she was supposed to go there in December of last year. However, officials in Saudi Arabia requested for more time to arrange the visit. "'Yung sa unpaid salaries, dapat sana December kami tutuloy, but upon the request of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development o MHRSD, 'yun ang aming counterpart sa Saudi Arabia, they requested for more time to arrange our visit dahil 'yung sa unpaid claims, hindi pala sa kanila 'yun nakaatang. So they wanted time for... certain arrangements to be made so when I go there I will be able to meet with the right person in the Office of the Crown Prince," Ople said. (Regarding the unpaid salaries, we wer...