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MANILA, Philippines — Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) General Manager Nicolas Torre III has taken a one-month leave from public office amid…
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held an hour-long phone conversation focused on ending the war in Ukraine, in…
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BANGKOK — Thailand’s Bhumjaithai Party has warned that a return to large-scale street protests could drag the country back two decades and…
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BANGKOK — Thailand’s government has defended its decision to deport a French national from Koh Samui, insisting the move was based on…
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SEOUL — Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have publicly reaffirmed their close strategic relationships with North Korea, sending…
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistan’s police are fighting a new kind of battlefield threat — and their latest defense looks surprisingly simple. Across…
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MANILA, Philippines — The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte took another turn Monday after her defense agreed to a stipulation that former Department of Education (DepEd) security officer Col. Dennis Nolasco received confidential funds released by the agency’s special disbursing officer, Edward Fajarda. The stipulation concerns P112.5 million in DepEd confidential funds released in three tranches of P37.5 million during Duterte’s tenure as education secretary. But a critical dis
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MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court is pushing forward with a series of judicial reforms aimed at tackling one of the country's most persistent justice-system problems: delays in the resolution of cases and barriers that keep Filipinos from accessing the courts. The reform drive comes as the judiciary continues to modernize court operations, expand digital services, strengthen court performance monitoring and improve legal assistance for disadvantaged Filipinos. The Supreme Court's broader
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MANILA, Philippines — Property buyers looking for residential and agricultural lots may have another opportunity this October as the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) prepares to put 75 properties in Luzon up for electronic public bidding. The auction is scheduled for October 14 to 15, 2026, with online bids accepted beginning 9 a.m. on October 14 until 1 p.m. on October 15. The opening of bids is set for 2 p.m. on October 15 through the PDIC's online Assets for Sale portal. The
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MANILA — A Philippine Statistics Authority verification has placed 1,685 names from confidential-fund payee lists of the Office of the Vice President and Department of Education under intense scrutiny, after the agency found no matching birth, marriage or death records for those names in its Civil Registry System. The revelation came Monday, September 7, during the 22nd day of Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial, as the House prosecution presented PSA Assistant National Statistician
