13+ hour, 37+ min ago   (92+ words) newsinfo.inquirer.net MANILA, Philippines – The prosecution team, on Day 24 of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, begins presenting its witnesses for Article II of the Articles of Impeachment, which covers allegations involving unexplained wealth, SALN violations, and failure to…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (214+ words) COTABATO CITY —Three town mayors in Maguindanao del Sur have surrendered six high-powered firearms, including a caliber.50 machine gun, yielded by their constituents, officials said. Brig. Gen. Ricky Bunayog, acting commander of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division (ID), received the loose…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (368+ words) CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan—Bulacan has recorded five leptospirosis deaths as cases rose to nearly 400 due to continued flooding, with coastal towns including Hagonoy, Paombong, Calumpit, and this capital city still inundated, data from the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (481+ words) MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered government agencies and local officials to tighten enforcement of construction and building standards as the administration pushes to make the country’s infrastructure more resilient to earthquakes, floods and other disasters. In…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (238+ words) MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano and his sister Sen. Pia Cayetano returned to the country on Saturday after their Singapore trip. “Through GOD’S grace, we are back! And in the arms of our beloved Pilipinas,” the former Senate president…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (360+ words) MANILA, Philippines — “I’m just doing my job stating the facts.” Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Friday said this in response to Vice President Sara Duterte claiming that he wanted drama when the latter was ordered arrested by…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (368+ words) MANILA, Philippines — The camp of Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday slammed what they described as the “political decision” of prosecutors to dismiss the perjury complaint against Ramil Madriaga. Duterte’s spokesperson Paolo Panelo Jr. made the statement after the Office…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (775+ words) DAGUPAN CITY — For a month now, a one-year-old eatery along Old De Venecia Road in this coastal city has remained closed. The road fronting it has been underwater for almost the entire month of August and into September. Whenever the…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (860+ words) MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan on Thursday ordered the transfer of former Speaker Martin Romualdez from a private medical facility to a Quezon City jail, although the directive was not immediately carried out due to his pending motion for hospital arrest....

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (111+ words) Inquirer.net WALANG PASOK: Class suspensions on Friday, Sept. 11 amid habagat rains MANILA, Philippines — Several areas in the country have suspended in-person classes for Friday, Sept. 11, amid flooding and heavy rains brought by the persistence of the southwest monsoon or…...