Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez expressed optimism about the completion of the 7.7-kilometer CAVITEX C5 Link, which now makes the city a gateway to major business hubs in Cavite and Taguig. Olivarez underscored the significance of the opening of Segment 3B, noting that travel between...
Schools along Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City, together with the Student Council Alliance of the Philippines (SCAP), joined Akbayan Youth in intensifying calls to tax the wealthiest Filipinos and ease the burden on the middle class, who make up the majority of taxpayers. The collective—composed...
PANAMA CITY (AP) — The U.S. State Department accused China of violating Panama 's sovereignty over a port dispute in the Central American nation, triggering another fierce back-and-forth on Wednesday as the Chinese government called the Trump administration hypocritical. The most recent...
BANGKOK (AP) — Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is set to be released from a Bangkok prison next month after a Justice Ministry panel decision to grant him parole, the Corrections Department announced on Wednesday. The decision to release him from Klong Prem Central Prison on May 11...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced nearly six hours of questioning Wednesday from House lawmakers for the first time since President Donald Trump’s administration launched the war against Iran, which Democrats have contested as a costly conflict of choice waged without congressional approval....
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the organization overseeing a treaty banning nuclear testing warned Wednesday that if the United States, Russia or any other nation goes ahead with a test, other nations will follow. “That is a spiral that we do not want to see start, because it may never be...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia is urging social media companies and digital platforms to report the number of accounts that have been suspended as part of the implementation of government regulations restricting access for children under 16, authorities said Wednesday. “We will continue...
While the House Committee on Justice was determining whether probable cause existed in the impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, April 29, she was seen attending a public event in Laguna. Posts on her official Facebook page, Inday Sara Duterte, and the Facebook...
The impeachment defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, April 29, said the House panel’s finding of probable cause in the impeachment case against her was “not unexpected,” citing the direction of the proceedings before the House Committee on Justice. In an official...
The Malabon City government expanded healthcare services for persons deprived of liberty (PDLs), benefiting 167 inmates during a recent activity at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) facility in Barangay Catmon. The program included the PhilHealth Yakap Registration Caravan, where...
The housing relocation project intended for informal settlers affected by the construction of the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) extension officially broke ground on a large parcel of land in Barangay Calumpang, Calumpit, Bulacan, on Tuesday, April 28. The Casa El Pueblo housing relocation...
CAVITE – Authorities collared five suspected big-time drug peddlers and seized P680,000 worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in General Trias City on Tuesday, April 28. The Cavite Police Provincial Office (Cavite PPO) identified the suspects as alias Kim, alias Nyl, alias Mon, alias Don, and...
