MANILA: A low-pressure area (LPA) and the southwest monsoon or ‘habagat’ affecting the western sections of Southern Luzon and the Visayas will bring scattered rains over several parts of the country, the weather bureau said Saturday.
The LPA, last sp…
MANILA: Over 20,000 automated counting machines (ACMs) that will be used in the May 12, 2025 national and local elections are now in the country, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Saturday.
In a press briefing during a visit to a war…
MANILA: The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Saturday said it is fact-checking the testimonies of Shiela Guo, the alleged sister of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, given the supposed loopholes in her narratives.
During the Saturday News Forum…
The former Taipei mayor and current chairman of the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) was arrested early Saturday by Taiwan’s anti-corruption agency in connection with an alleged corruption case.
“In order to continue restraining Chairman Ko Wen-je’s pers…
MANILA: The Quezon City government has recorded its first mpox (previously monkeypox) case, nearly two weeks after the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed the country’s first case this year.
The patient, a 37-year-old male and a resident of the city…
MANILA: More than 100 foreign nationals were arrested during a raid of an illegal online gaming hub inside a resort in Cebu province on Saturday, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said.
BI intelligence division chief Fortunato Manahan Jr. said the raid …
Senator Ronald ‘Bato’ Dela Rosa is wary that the ongoing investigation by the quad committee at the House of Representatives may affect his reelection bid in the 2025 midterm polls.
Speaking to reporters here Friday night, Dela Rosa said issues link…
MANILA: Japan has rebuked China over its ‘serious misrepresentations’ in its statement that criticized Japanese Ambassador Kazuya Endo’s Sabina Shoal remarks, saying it only diverts attention from Beijing’s ‘dangerous actions’ in the South China Sea.
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MANILA: The Philippines must show China that it is not alone as it has allies who are ready to help in defending the West Philippine Sea (WPS), a maritime expert said on Saturday.
University of the Philippines Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law o…
Another South Korean court ordered a Japanese company on Friday to compensate victims of Japan’s wartime forced labor.
The Seoul Central District Court ruled that Mitsubishi Materials Corp. must compensate five South Koreans forced into wartime labo…