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WINNERS.
Ma. Katrina Llegado, upper right photo, beams after being crowned Miss Supranational during the finals of Miss Supranational 2026 at the Strzelecki Park Amphitheater in Nowy Sącz, Lesser Poland. Alexandra Eala, at left, lets out a roar after beating...
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DOLE to challenge wage hike suspension
THE labor department said it will challenge a Pasig court order temporarily halting the implementation of the P85 daily minimum wage increase in Metro Manila, while assuring workers they do not have to return wage adjustments already received. The...
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FOR UNBOXING.
The Clerk of Court of the Senate Impeachment Court receives the subpoenaed tax and bank records of Vice President Sara Duterte and husband, Atty. Mans Carpio, which were delivered yesterday to the Senate. Wendell Alinea, Joseph Vidal | Senate Social...
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‘Unusual’ withdrawals cited
TWO former managers of the Land Bank of the Philippines on Wednesday described large cash withdrawals totaling P612.5 million for Vice President Sara Duterte’s offices from 2022 to 2023 as “unusual” as her impeachment trial continued at the...
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PRIORITIZING HEALTH.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. checks out the zero-balance bill of a patient in the medical ward during his visit to Davao de Oro Provincial Hospital yesterday in Montevista, Davao de Oro. The President also gave P147.95-m for the rehabilitation of...
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PBBM’S 5TH SONA: ‘I’m not president of family or friends, but of nation’
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday highlighted efforts to hold accountable all those involved in anomalous flood control projects across the country in his penultimate State of the Nation Address. He also took a strong stance on external...
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Second-to-last SONA: Pinoys want solutions
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivers his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) today, his second-to-last before the end of his six-year term, with Filipinos expecting him to present concrete plans to address rising living costs, strengthen the...
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NEW FOODIE SPOT.
An amazing fireworks display lights up the night sky during the grand opening of the Muelle Hangout District in San Nicolas, Manila, transforming a once-neglected riverside site into a vibrant food park.
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US slaps 12.5% tariff on PH; biz groups fret
THE United States slapped a fresh 12.5-percent tariff on most Philippine exports, alarming local business groups that warned the move could undermine the country's competitiveness and disrupt trade and manufacturing as Manila moves to negotiate lower...
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China fires water cannon at PH ship
CHINA’S coast guard fired water cannon and used a “dangerous maneuver” against Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessels on a fuel subsidy mission for Filipino fisherfolk at Bajo de Masinloc (Panatag Shoal) on Thursday, the Philippine...
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NBI probes close to 20 names for VP ‘hitman’
THE National Bureau of Investigation has flagged close to 20 individuals whom Vice President Sara Duterte may have tapped to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., NBI director Melvin Matibag told the Senate impeachment court yesterday, adding that the...
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ASEAN ministers worried over escalating Middle East war
THE Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers on Tuesday expressed serious concern over the rapidly changing situation in the Middle East, particularly the renewed hostilities between the United States and Iran. In a joint...
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Court subpoenas VP’s bank, tax, AMLC records
THE Senate impeachment court has approved the request of the House prosecution to subpoena the financial, tax, and anti-money laundering records of Vice President Sara Duterte. Presiding Officer Senator Francis Escudero ruled the requested documents...
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Cayetano’s brother Lino flags Taguig ‘ghost’ infra
SENATE Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano' brother Lino weighed in on allegations of "ghost projects" in Taguig City and asked the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee to include these in its hearings as it resumes its probe into anomalous flood control...
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NBI eyes lapses in COA audit of SEA Games funds
THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said it is investigating alleged irregularities in the management of public funds for the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, including claims that billions of pesos used for the event were not properly audited...
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PH protests China’s racist monkey video
THE Philippine government on Friday lodged a formal diplomatic protest with China over an artificial intelligence-generated video posted on social media by state-sanctioned China Daily depicting Filipinos as monkeys. Government officials, lawmakers,...
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‘VP trial may bleed into 2027’
THE impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte may run until the first quarter of 2027, impeachment court spokesman Reginald Tongol said, even as House lead prosecutor Gerville Luistro said she was personally aiming for the proceedings to...
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Senate court defers action on VP’s bank, tax records
THE Senate impeachment court on Wednesday deferred its ruling on separate motions seeking subpoenas involving Vice President Sara Duterte’s related bank records pending further questioning by senator- judges. The court, however, ordered the issuance...
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OVP’s Lopez out as witness
HOUSE prosecutors on Tuesday dropped lawyer Zuleika Lopez, chief of staff of the Office of the Vice President, and Capt. Belinda Bello as witnesses in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, saying their would-be testimonies had become...
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‘VP’s kill rant serious, real national security concern’
THE kill threat of Vice President Sara Duterte against the First Couple was considered “serious, real and actual,” an official of the National Bureau of Investigation on Monday testified before the Senate impeachment court. NBI regional director...
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COAST GUARD SPOKES QUESTIONS CHINA ENVOY’S BATANES VISIT
PHILIPPINE Coast Guard spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea Rear Adm. Jay Tarriela on Sunday questioned the purpose of Chinese Ambassador Jing Quan’s recent visit to Batanes, saying it should be viewed in the context of recent claims by Chinese...
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Ping hits hospitalization trend in high-profile cases
SENATOR Panfilo Lacson yesterday slammed what he called a persistent “pattern” of hospitalization among prominent individuals who have been held in contempt by the Senate or are facing arrest due to criminal charges. He cited the recent cases of...
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PBBM: Have courage to defend what is right
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. called on Filipinos and foreign allies alike to have the “courage to defend what is right” as the country marked the 10th anniversary of the 2016 Arbitral Award that dismissed China’s sweeping claims over the South China...
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PAGASA warns of flooding as ‘Inday’ enhances habagat
TYPHOON “Inday” maintained its strength while moving west-northwestward over the waters east of Northern Luzon. Its center was estimated at 780 kilometers east of Aparri, Cagayan. It was moving west-northwestward at 20 kph, with maximum sustained...
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Chiz warns vs. early ‘closing arguments’
SENATE impeachment court Presiding Officer Sen. Francis "Chiz" Escudero on Wednesday warned both the prosecution and defense against making what amounted to closing arguments while presenting evidence in the trial of Vice President Sara...
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NBI agent, video on alleged kill rant admitted in hearing
THE Senate impeachment court on Tuesday started hearing the alleged grave threats, inciting sedition, and assassination plots by Vice President Sara Duterte against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza AranAraneta-eta-Marcos and former...
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Chiz...
SENATOR Francis Escudero was elected presiding judge of the impeachment court as the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte began yesterday. Senator-judges engaged in an hour-long heated floor clash over the election of a presiding officer, with the...
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1st day toward the truth: Impeachment trial begins
THE start of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial (Monday) is considered by many as the “fifirst day toward the truth,” House prosecution panel spokesman and adviser Robert Ace Barbers said. Even the defense team said the trial would allow...
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EALA DETHRONES DEFENDING CHAMP SWIATEK, STORMS INTO ROUND OF 16
FILIPINO tennis star Alexandra “Alex” Eala produced another career- defining perforperfor mance by upsetting defending champion Iga Swiatek of Poland ( 7- 6, 6- 2) yesterday, to ad advance to the fourth round of Wimbledon. The 21- year- old Eala,...
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PH CANADA RELATIONS NOW ‘STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP’; 4 DEALS INKED
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney elevated Philippines-Canada relations to a strategic partnership on Friday (Manila time) in Vancouver. The two leaders sealed four bilateral agreements and launched negotiations...
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AHEAD OF IMPEACHMENT TRIAL Clergy pray: Vote for the truth
THE Catholic clergy prayed for the House prosecution panel to have the courage to ferret out the truth in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, and for the senator-judges to “vote for the truth.” “The whole Filipino people are looking...
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Marcos o to Canada for 4-day visit; unfazed by INC protest rally
PRESIDENT Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. flew to Canada on Wednesday evening for a four-day official visit despite the continuing EDSA rally, with Malacañang saying the President saw no reason to cancel the trip. Meanwhile, the President pledged...
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INC holds surprise rally vs. graft
Tmanilastandard.net @ManilaStandardPH @mnlstandardph @manilastandard @ManilaStandardYT HOUSANDS of members of the Iglesia ni Cristo religious sect rallied at the People Power Monument on Tuesday, snarling traffic as they protested the expected arrest...
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Palace open to school phone ban
MALACAÑANG expressed support for efforts to limit cell phone use in public schools as part of security measures even as it raised concern on the penalties to be imposed by the municipality of Dumanjug in Cebu. The Department of Education is also...
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Twin rallies push accountability, anti-corruption, electoral reforms
THOUSANDS of people joined separate protest marches in Quezon City and Makati on Sunday, calling for government accountability, anti-corruption reforms, electoral reforms, and the continuation of the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara...
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THE MARCH CONTINUES.
Participants wave rainbow and Pride flags as they march during the ‘Lovelaban Pride PH Festival 2026’ at the University of the Philippines Diliman in Quezon City on Saturday, June 27, 2026. Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte joined the biggest Pride month...
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New grad shot outside school
AFRESH college graduate was shot outside the Kolegioolegio de Pantukan in Davao de Oro, just after his graduation rites, police said. Three individuals reportedly linked to the shooting were arrested yesterday. Pantukan Municipal Police Station...
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PNP thwarts ‘copycat crime’ at Leyte school
THE Philippine National Police thwarted a possible school shooting and stabbing incident at Tolosa National High School in Leyte, Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Thursday said, describing the threat as a “copycat crime” following the shooting...
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PNP refers murder raps vs. 15-year-old suspect
THE Philippine National Police has referred criminal charges against the 15-yearold minor suspect in the deadly June 22 school shooting spree in Tacloban City. PNP chief General Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said the charges for three counts of murder,...
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Tacloban school shooting premeditated, says PNP
TWO teenagers who allegedly killed three fellow students in a rare school shooting in Tacloban City planned the attack in advance, police and Education officials said Tuesday, revealing one had trained at a firing range. Both alleged shooters, aged 15...
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3 dead in rare school shooting
TWO students opened fire yesterday inside a school in Tacloban City, a rare campus shooting that killed three teens and wounded 13 others, police said. The two alleged shooters, aged 15 and 14, were in custody after firing “randomly” in the state-run...
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Marcoleta ‘ready to be arrested, won’t resist it’
SENATOR Rodante Marcoleta said he expects to be arrested anytime this week for a plunder and indirect bribery charge—and would not resist arrest—even as the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Sunday neither confirmed nor denied that a warrant may soon...
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‘VP to attend trial if necessary’
VICE President Sara Duterte will attend her impeachment trial “if necessary,” her legal counsel Michael Poa said ahead of the start of the proceedings on July 6. “We always say if it’s necessary, but we can’t say when that will happen,” Poa said in an...
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PROTEST.
Ateneans walk out of their classes to call for ‘truth, justice, and accountability’ over the deaths of basketball players Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili. Inset shows Ateneo basketball team head coach Tab Baldwin arriving at the CIDG headquarters at...
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Two-thirds vote issue still hangs
THE pre-trial conference for the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte began yesterday even as the issue of the conviction threshold remains unresolved. Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian said as far as he is concerned, the requisite...
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Gatchalian elected Senate prexy, Cayetano concedes
SENATOR Sherwin Gatchalian was elected Senate President after Senator Joel Villanueva provided the necessary 13th vote to establish a new majority and end the leadership row with Senator Alan Cayetano during yesterday’s special session. “The...
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‘No stopping special session’
SENATE President Pro Tempore Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday urged all senators to attend today’s special session called by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., saying the one-day proceedings should be used to act on long-pending measures and key...
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PBBM calls for special session
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has called Congress into a special session tomorrow (Wednesday, June 17) to expedite the passage of key social protection and education measures, citing the urgent needs of families affected by recent calamities and other...
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Villanueva vows to attend Senate’s special session
SEN. Joel Villanueva said Sunday he would attend a special session of Congress if one is called during the legislative break, as lawmakers and government officials continued to push for a resolution of the Senate leadership dispute. “Sa pagkakataon na...
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Citizen’s groups launch ‘Bantay Impeachment’
CIVIL society, academic, and church groups launched their citizen watch campaign “Bantay Impeachment” yesterday to promote public vigilance in the ongoing impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte. Members of the House prosecution...
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SpaceX trading debut in Nasdaq to make Musk 1st trillionaire
ELON Musk's SpaceX was set to begin trading on the Nasdaq exchange on Friday with the biggest initial public offering in history expected to make the polarizing entrepreneur the world's first trillionaire. The company priced more than 555 million...
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ALL SYSTEMS GO.
The cleaning and renovation of the interior and exterior of the Aguinaldo Shrine in Kawit Cavite is in full swing in preparation for the 128th anniversary of Independence Day today. General Emilio Aguinaldo declared the country’s independence through a...
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Quake death toll climbs to 38
THE death toll from the magnitude-7.8 earthquake that struck parts of Mindanao climbed to 38 yesterday, official tally from the Office of Civil Defense showed, with over 400 injured and four still missing. Agence France Presse, however, put the death...
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7.8-magnitude quake kills 31
A7.8-MAGNITUDE earthquake hit southern Mindanao yesterday killed at least 31 people after toppling buildings and sparking tsunami warnings across the region, local officials said. National disaster authorities said at least a dozen people were still...
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Palace slams BR ‘usurpation’
MALACAÑANG on Sunday said senators who participated in last week’s disputed Senate hearing could face complaints for allegedly usurping authority. Meanwhile, a House spokesman dismissed the proceedings as an unofficial gathering aimed at diverting...
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Gatchalian open to dialog with Cayetano-led group
SENATE President Pro Tempore Sherwin Gatchalian said he is open to discussions with all his fellow senators, regardless of their political affiliations, to resolve the ongoing leadership impasse in the Senate. The acting Senate President emphasized a...
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IBP, law deans, ex-SPs to senators: Stop rift
LEGAL experts, law school deans, political analysts, and former Senate presidents on Friday urged senators to resolve the ongoing leadership dispute in the chamber and return to their legislative and constitutional duties, including preparations for...
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Cayetano bloc still defiant
SENATE President Alan Peter Cayetano and his allies on Thursday continued to defy the chamber’s new majority bloc, rejecting the new leadership under Senator Sherwin Gatchalian and holding a Blue Ribbon subcommittee hearing as they had scheduled at the...
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PBBM says 200k students to benefit from scholarship grants
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said the government aims to help more than 200,000 students complete their education through a nationwide scholarship program funded directly by barangays, citing concerns over rising college dropout...
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Cayetano-led majority continues with boycott
THE majority bloc led by Senate President Alan Cayetano continued with its “boycott” for a second consecutive day, leaving in limbo the Senate plenary days before Congress goes on recess this week. With no resolution in sight to the Senate standoff,...
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Jinggoy yields; Bonoan, 3 others also arrested Sandigan orders their detention for plunder over kickbacks
SENATOR Jinggoy Estrada was arrested Monday after the Sandiganbayan special anti-graft court ordered his detention over a non-bailable plunder case linked to an alleged P573-million flood control kickback scheme. Estrada turned himself in at the...
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Palace rips Cayetano, says others can be SP
MALACAÑANG on Sunday stressed that the Senate President must remain impartial and unbiased, saying the chamber's leader should not be beholden to any political alliance or evade responsibility. The Pa lace issued the seeming broadside at...
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Pentagon sounds alarm on China military buildup
SINGAPORE – Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth struck a measured tone towards China at a major defense forum on Saturday, noting “rightful alarm” over Beijing’s military build-up but saying the United States sought a “stable equilibrium” in Asia. Hegseth’s...
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Sandiganbayan orders Jinggoy, Bonoan arrest
THE Sandiganbayan Second Division yesterday issued an arrest warrant against Senator Jinggoy Estrada in relation to graft charges filed against him over the flood control mess. Estrada immediately posted P90,000 bail Friday afternoon. “I respect the...
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‘Senate gunfire, Bato escape linked’
THE May 13 shooting incident at the Senate and the escape of Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa hours later are “related,” the Philippine National Police - Criminal Investigation and Detection Group said yesterday. “Let me just say that the two incidents...
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Senate stalemate deepens
THERE is no immediate resolution in sight to the Senate impasse over a proposal to allow remote participation and voting, with both the majority and minority blocs taking a hardline stance on their respective positions on the issue with a little over a...
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Minority walks out vs. online vote bid
THE Senate adjourned early on Tuesday after minority senators walked out of the plenary session to protest a majority bloc attempt to amend legislative rules for remote participation and electronic voting. Their departure deprived the chamber of the...
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Biz groups slam Senate ‘chaos’
THE country’s biggest business groups called for a “principled realignment” of the Senate leadership amid what it described as “erosion of confidence” following the recent “drama and chaos” at the Upper Chamber. In separate statements, the Management...
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One dead, 23 trapped as building collapses
RESCUERS recovered the body of a Malaysian person with disability from a damaged hotel near the site of a nine-story building in Angeles City, Pampanga that collapsed early Sunday, as emergency teams continued searching for at least 23 people believed...
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More ICC arrest warrants out soon, says Matibag
THE International Criminal Court may issue additional arrest warrants soon in connection with the crimes against humanity case of former President Rodrigo Duterte, National Bureau of Investigation Director Melvin Matibag said. He said the NBI has...
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‘One article conviction enough to remove VP’
ACONVICTION on just one Article of Impeachment would be enough to remove Vice President Sara Duterte and impose on her perpetual disqualification from holding House lead prosecutor Rep. Gerville Luistro said senator- judges are expected to vote per...
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DOJ: Arrest ‘fugitive’ Bato
THE Department of Justice on Thursday ordered law enforcement agencies to hunt down and arrest Senator Bato dela Rosa, who was described as a “fugitive” wanted by the International Criminal Court over his role in former President Rodrigo Duterte’s...
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Gov’t readying infra to address ooding
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said the government is accelerating flood mitigation projects in Metro Manila, including drainage improvements, desilting operations, and pumping stations, as part of efforts to reduce chronic flooding in...
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‘No evidence of Senate attack’
INTERIOR Secretary Jonvic Remulla said Tuesday investigators found no evidence of an attack on the Upper Chamber during the May 13 shooting incident inside the Senate complex, as authorities released details of the timeline leading to the...
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Impeach court summons VP
THE Senate on Monday formally convened as an impeachment court and ordered the issuance of a writ of summons to Vice President Sara Duterte, setting in motion the chamber’s constitutional duty to hear the Articles of Impeachment filed against...
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