By William Casis | FilAm Star Correspondent The Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) padlocked a Belo Medical Group (BMG) clinic pharmacy in Alabang, Muntinlupa City for selling 11 cosmetic and drug products not registered with the FDA. A surveillance video of a second test-buy operation conducted by FDA operatives showed a clinic cashier getting one of the products worth PHP 22,000 (US $440) from the pharmacy. The unauthorized products BMG, owned by celebri...

By Corina Oliquino | FilAm Star Correspondent MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte joked about making the Philippines a province of China at an event on attended by Filipino-Chinese businessmen last February 19. In a report by ABS-CBN News, Chinese Ambassador to the Philippine Zhao Jianhua, who was at the same event, interpreted President Duterte’s joke as an indication of wanting to have closer ties between the countries. President Duterte’s joke comes amid public out...

By Daniel Llanto | FilAm Star Correspondent A Senate inquiry into the alleged unholy interest of special assistant to the president Christopher “Bong” Go in the procurement of Navy frigates diverted to the proliferation of “fake news” which Go claimed were fielded to incite people into launching another Edsa revolt in time for the February 25 people power anniversary. Go said the “fake news” or baseless news reports are directed at the President and his administration t...

By William Casis | FilAm Star Correspondent The Senate ethics committee last February 20 junked ethics cases filed against two opposition senators and a member of the majority bloc in the Senate due to various reasons. Cleared of ethics charges were Senators Leila de Lima and Antonio Trillanes IV, both strong critics of President Rodrigo Duterte, and Sen. Panfilo Lacson. Due to lack of jurisdiction, the committee headed by Majority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto III una...

By Macon Araneta | FilAm Star Correspondent President Rodrigo Duterte offered the Lumad PHP 20,000 for each New People’s Army (NPA) guerrilla they kill and vowed to train them as the militia group Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) in order to fight the communist insurgents. “You want money? For every NPA that you can kill, you Lumad who would become CAFGU, I’ll pay you,” Duterte told the non-Muslim indigenous people. He also offered to train them for thr...

By Macon Araneta | FilAm Star Correspondent In a country like the Philippines where more than 10,000 people are infected with Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) and where four out of 10 teenagers are mothers, President Rodrigo Duterte’s remarks against the use of condom is “no laughing matter.” To illustrate his point after saying that the use of condom is not pleasurable, Duterte pretended to eat candy with the wrapper on. “May pills libre.... Huwag ‘yang condom ka...

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A big win for the Philippines -- PAL CEO Philippine Airlines (PAL) has been certified as a 4-Star airline by Skytrax, the international air transport rating organisation. PAL, joining 40 other well-renowned airlines in this prestigious category, is the first and only airline in the country to have a 4-Star Rating. PAL achieved this coveted rating after Skytrax conducted a rigorous audit of the airline’s inflight and on ground service for both international and domestic ...

San Francisco, CA (February 1, 2018) – Team Cancer Sucks, an organization that raises funds to help cancer patients access medical care will host their annual event, the AJ Strong Memorial 6.5k Run in San Francisco on March 4, 2018 in the Presidio at Crissy Field. The fourth edition of the annual event will benefit two charities assisting cancer patients, SF Hep B Free-Bay Area and the Lazarex Cancer Foundation. Named after Team Cancer Sucks’ co-founder & Iron Man, AJ ...