This handout photo taken September 26, 2025 and received through the courtesy of Facebook page of Engineer Jerome Martinez, shows a resident walking past a building with ripped roof destroyed at the height of Severe Tropical Storm (STS) Bualoi, in Masbate City, Bicol region. (Engineer Jerome Martinez via AFP) MANILA, …
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Orly Guteza appears at the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on September 25, 2025. (Courtesy: Senate of the Philippines) Lawyer Petchie Rose Espera from the Espera Law Office demanded the takedown of an affidavit signed by ex-Marines Orly Guteza, bearing her notarial name and signature, as these were “falsified and …
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Coastal waters of Northeastern Luzon (Philippine Army file photo) MANILA – The Philippines is among the countries set to get a portion of the United States’ new USD55 million or approximately PHP3.2 billion funding on maritime security in the region, the US Department of State said Thursday. The new allocation is aimed …
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DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon and ICI special adviser Benjamin Magalong inspect flood control projects in Davao Occidental yesterday. A P96.5-million flood control project in Jose Abad Santos municipality was found to have started construction three weeks ago despite being declared fully paid and marked completed in 2022. (ICI PHOTO) ZAMBOANGA …
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Leyte 1st District Rep. Martin Romualdez (Photo by Ver Noveno) Leyte First District Rep. Martin Romualdez on Thursday denounced as “an outright and complete fabrication” the testimony of what he described as a coached witness before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee that linked him to alleged kickbacks in flood control …
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Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Garcia (STAR / Ryan Baldemor) MANILA, Philippines — Fifty-five contractors suspected of making illicit campaign donations in the 2022 general elections are being investigated, according to the Commission on Elections. Comelec Chairman George Garcia said the poll body’s Political and Finance Affairs Department is …
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ANTI-NUKE. Foreign Affairs Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro joins the foreign ministers of FMCT member states during the grouping’s first ministerial meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday (Sept. 24, 2025). The Philippines joined a cross-regional call for the immediate start of negotiations on a …
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The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) recommended the filing of criminal complaints against the personalities named by former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) undersecretary Roberto Bernardo as allegedly involved in the “anomalous’ flood control projects. “After evaluating everything and the supplemental affidavit that they just drew up with …
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Parents of the minors involved in the Sunday riot attend the meeting with the Manila local government (Photo courtesy of Manila PIO) Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso has ordered the release of 48 minors involved in the Sept. 21 riot, bringing relief to their worried parents. According to the …
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President Marcos meets with disaster officials on preparations for Tropical Storm Opong at the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council office at Camp Aguinaldo (Miguel De Guzman) MANILA, Philippines — As the country grapples with the effects of recent cyclones, Malacañang ordered national government agencies to implement the 2024 …
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