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GMA Network
4 days ago
- Politics
- GMA Network
Terrorism raps filed vs. man who threatened to 'bomb' Comelec sites
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed terrorism charges against an individual over his Facebook post threatening Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairperson George Garcia and others as well as all sites of the Comelec. According to the DOJ, the case for violation of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 in relation to the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 was filed before the Mandaue City regional trial court. This came after the individual offered a P10 million reward to whoever can kill Garcia, former Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, and former Cebu Mayor Raymond Garcia, as well as a P5 million reward to bomb all Comelec sites on social media on May 26. 'The message, which circulated publicly online, was found by prosecutors to be intended to spread fear and intimidation,' the DOJ said. The DOJ said the prosecutors recommended no bail. 'The DOJ reiterates its resolve to prosecute offenses that threaten public safety and misuse digital platforms to incite violence or terror,' it said. —VAL, GMA Integrated News
GMA Network
22-05-2025
- GMA Network
2 arrested for selling unregistered Korean food products in QC
The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) arrested two persons for allegedly selling unregistered Korean food and beverage products worth P200,000 in Novaliches, Quezon City. In a statement on Thursday, CIDG said authorities conducted a buy-bust operation at a certain Korean food mart in Barangay Talipapa. This resulted in the seizure of 58 boxes of assorted Korean products, including canned luncheon meat, coffee, soft drinks, and juices, that were allegedly not registered with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and traded without a License to Operate. Under the Food and Drug Administration Act, the manufacture, importation, sale, offering for sale, distribution, and transfer of health and food products without the required authorization are prohibited since quality and safety are not guaranteed. Violators may face a fine of up to P5 million and/or imprisonment of up to 10 years. —Mariel Celine Serquiña/RF, GMA Integrated News
GMA Network
18-05-2025
- Politics
- GMA Network
PAOCC assures Korean community in PH it will implement measures vs crimes
The PAOCC, led by its chairman Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, meets with representatives from the Korean consulate and the Korean community in the Philippines on May 16, 2025 to address the rising crimes against Korean nationals. PCO The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission on Friday assured the Korean community in the country that the government will remain steadfast in eradicating violent crimes. PAOCC chairperson Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin gave this assurance in a dialogue regarding rising violent crime rates, with representatives from the Korean consulate and the United Korean Community Association in the Philippines, according to a press release from the Presidential Communications Office issued Saturday. PAOCC Executive Director Cruz presented to them a plan to safeguard Korean nationals residing in or visiting the country. Included in the plan is the revitalization of tourist security desks which will provide police visibility and enhance coordination with local authorities in safeguarding foreign nationals. Authorities will also have an intensified monitoring of key areas such as Angeles City, Manila, and Cebu. The high-level dialogue was also attended by Ambassador Marciano A. Paynor Jr. (Ret.) of the Office of the President, and Undersecretary Jeffrey G. Gallardo. During the dialogue, Sand Seung-Man, deputy chief mission and consul general of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, asked for strong reinforcement from the Philippine government in enhancing the safety of Korean communities, amid crimes targeting Korean nationals, both residents and visitors alike. Sand suggested having an international police cooperation and intelligence gathering framework to ensure effective investigation. This came weeks after a Korean national was killed along Friendship Highway in Korea Town, Angeles City. The victim and his friend were standing in front of a bank when the riding-in-tandem suspects accosted them. One of the suspects forcibly took the bag of the victim that contained P5,000 and other valuables. The two victims were about to recover the bag when one of the suspects shot one of them in the chest before fleeing with his accomplice on their motorcycle. The victim was brought to a hospital but was declared dead on arrival. Some persons of interest (POIs) have been identified in the fatal shooting, according to the city police on Thursday. At a press briefing, Angeles City Police head Police Colonel Joselito Villarosa Jr. said the POIs were identified through a review of CCTV footage and other evidence. To help in the probe, the Korean Association Community of Angeles City has offered a P200,000 reward for any information that will lead to the identification and arrest of the perpetrator. The public are encouraged to immediately report any leads to the Angeles City Police. —KG, GMA Integrated News
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Why GoodRx Holdings Stock Triumphed on Thursday
The healthcare services specialist unveiled its first set of quarterly results for this year. It beat on both the top and bottom lines, and slightly increased its guidance for a profitability metric. 10 stocks we like better than GoodRx › Niche healthcare company GoodRx Holdings (NASDAQ: GDRX) was looking spry and healthy on the stock market Thursday. Investors were happy to take a few doses of it following the company's release of its latest set of quarterly earnings, and they cranked the price of the shares nearly 12% higher. With that, it trounced the S&P 500 index; this rose marginally on the day by 0.6%. GoodRx, which specializes in prescription and telehealth services, saw its revenue rise by almost 3% year-over-year to just under $203 million. Non-GAAP (adjusted) net income also advanced, increasing by 5% to hit $34.4 million, or $0.09. Both results were broadly in line with analyst estimates. In terms of revenue composition, GoodRx's main money-earner -- prescription transactions -- saw a 2% gain to nearly $149 million. Management attributed this to better per-unit economics and a favorable sales mix. Pharmaceutical manufacturer solutions revenue saw a meaty 17% boost, but this business is relatively small; it brought in just under $29 million for the overall top line. On the downside, subscription revenue fell by 7% year over year to $21 million. This was because of a decline in subscription plans, which in turn was attributable to the ending of GoodRx's partnership with supermarket chain operator Kroger. As for guidance, GoodRx left one item unchanged and raised another for its anticipated full-year 2025 performance. It's sticking to its revenue forecast of $810 million to $840 million for the year, which would represent growth of at least 2% over the 2024 tally. Management slightly increased the projection for adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) to $273 million to $287 million. The 2024 result was a bit over $260 million. It feels realistic to me that GoodRx is expecting continued growth; it has appealing diversification in its revenue streams and its core activity, prescriptions, should only become more compelling with the continued aging of the American population. I can understand why investors are bullish on this company. Before you buy stock in GoodRx, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the for investors to buy now… and GoodRx wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $623,103!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $717,471!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor's total average return is 909% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 162% for the S&P 500. Don't miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join . See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of May 5, 2025 Eric Volkman has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends GoodRx and Kroger. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. Why GoodRx Holdings Stock Triumphed on Thursday was originally published by The Motley Fool Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Fox News
29-04-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
MORNING GLORY: President Trump won't ink a bad deal with Iran
It seems as though President Donald Trump wakes up every morning and checks the calendar. If the date is an odd number he threatens Iran with bombing if the Islamic Republic does not dismantle its nuclear enrichment facilities and abandon its ballistic missile production. On even days, the president makes an optimistic statement or post about the likelihood of a deal that accomplishes meaningful, verifiable and rapid disarmament by Iran of its nuclear and missile programs. Trump is, of course, negotiating with the mullahs via the open-source yo-yo of statements. The effect on friends of Israel is, however, disconcerting. They can only remember the betrayal of Israel that was President Obama's and then Secretary of State John Kerry's "Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action" ("JCPOA"). The JCPOA was agreed to July 14, 2015 by the P5+1 —China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States), the European Union (EU), and Iran, a plan that purported to guarantee that Iran's nuclear program will be exclusively peaceful. The JCPOA was, according to Trump and many others, the "worst deal in history," as it was simply a series of speed bumps on Iran's road to nuclear weapons and was also completely silent on Iran's ballistic missile program and its export of terrorism and arming of its proxies. Obama caved. Completely. Friends of Israel in the United States tightly fear the negotiating prowess of the ayatollahs as they have been confounding American presidents since Jimmy Carter. Only Trump in his first term took a hard line with Tehran and kept to it, withdrawing from the JCPOA, instituting the "maximum pressure campaign" that brought Iran to its fiscal knees, and by ordering the January 3, 2020 drone strike that killed Qasem Soleimani, Iran's most feared warrior and strategist near Baghdad International Airport in Iraq. Along with the Abraham Accords, the tax cuts Trump successfully pursued, and Operation Warp Speed which successfully developed the COVID vaccines in record-shattering time, the crippling of Iran and the rejection of the JCPOA will always be Trump's major accomplishments of his first term. In this second term it is hard to imagine that Trump would forfeit his legacy for a bad deal with Iran. A good deal is theoretically possible. Libya disarmed and allowed the removal and destruction of its WMD in late 2003 in the aftermath of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Iran could choose that route too. The regime is as weakened as it has ever been after Israel's repeated blows to its air defenses and proxy armies over the past year-and-a-half since 10/7 and Trump is methodically overseeing the destruction of the Houthis as he did ISIS early in his first term. Trump would surely prefer a serious disarmament agreement with Iran to bombing Iran, either on our own or in concert with Israel and perhaps the United Kingdom. The latter means an escalation of conflict with unknown effects throughout the region and the world. Bombing is, however, the "means of last resort" and time is running out as Iran is believed to be weeks away from "break out" to nuclear weapons and that's only what we suspect. There well could be sites and programs of which the West is wholly unaware, though Israel seems to have thoroughly penetrated the Islamic Republican Guard Corps. (To such an extent, in fact, that Mossad was able to blow up Hamas senior leader Ismail Haniyeh on July 32, 2024 in the IRGC's guest house for VIPs in Tehran.) If there is no rapid, verifiable deal soon, expect the bombs to fall. It may be that a dozen sites are targeted. It might take two weeks. It wouldn't be a "war" unless Iran escalated against much stronger foes, an escalation that would risk the regime's very existence. Trump always punches back, harder. Always. So to the people who worry about the "even days" when Trump talks up a deal: Remember the Iranians have been trying to assassinate Trump and other senior American officials from Trump's first term since the hit on Soleimani five years ago. The president knows exactly who he is dealing with: fanatics. But he also knows that even fanatics have existential worries and concerns. A real deal is possible. Keep your eye on Senator Tom Cotton. He's a strong supporter of Trump and a hawk's hawk on Iran as well as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Cotton would assess any deal with very critical eyes and would not hesitate to assess it as a disaster or close to one, or to praise it if it deserves praise. If Trump gets hornswoggled by the mullahs that will define his second term and his lasting legacy. There's no coming back from a second JCPOA even as Obama can't escape having signed the first one. So let not your hearts be troubled —yet. The "Art of the Deal" is at play here. Trump knows that a bad deal with Iran makes that phrase a punch line instead of a brand. It is difficult to imagine he'd want "taken to the cleaners like every other president" as the lead paragraph in the biographies that are guaranteed to roll off the presses for years and decades to come. Hugh Hewitt is a Fox News contributor, and host of "The Hugh Hewitt Show," heard weekday mornings 6am to 9am ET on the Salem Radio Network, and simulcast on Salem News Channel. Hugh wakes up America on over 400 affiliates nationwide, and on all the streaming platforms where SNC can be seen. He is a frequent guest on the Fox News Channel's news roundtable hosted by Bret Baier weekdays at 6pm ET. A son of Ohio and a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Michigan Law School, Hewitt has been a Professor of Law at Chapman University's Fowler School of Law since 1996 where he teaches Constitutional Law. Hewitt launched his eponymous radio show from Los Angeles in 1990. Hewitt has frequently appeared on every major national news television network, hosted television shows for PBS and MSNBC, written for every major American paper, has authored a dozen books and moderated a score of Republican candidate debates, most recently the November 2023 Republican presidential debate in Miami and four Republican presidential debates in the 2015-16 cycle. Hewitt focuses his radio show and his column on the Constitution, national security, American politics and the Cleveland Browns and Guardians. Hewitt has interviewed tens of thousands of guests from Democrats Hillary Clinton and John Kerry to Republican Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump over his 40 years in broadcast, and this column previews the lead story that will drive his radio/ TV show today.
