Monthly Archives: May 2026

EXPLAINER: What is force majeure?

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Cebu City, Philippines — The term “force majeure” has been trending lately amid the Senate majority’s push to expand videoconferencing in plenary sessions, spotlighting Senator Robin Padilla’s controversial defense of the proposed amendment. In a social media post, the actor-turned-senator wrote in Filipino, “The Middle East War is causing terrorism in parts of the world

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Ombudsman files plunder, graft cases vs Estrada; arrest looms

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MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman on Thursday afternoon filed plunder and graft cases against Sen. Jinggoy Estrada before the Sandiganbayan. After this move, an arrest warrant is expected to be issued against Estrada anytime soon. Plunder is a non-bailable case and carries a penalty of life imprisonment. Once jailed, Estrada could only

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Future of two coco institutions serving farmers in limbo

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Two institutions once credited with helping thousands of coconut farmers escape poverty are now “shadows of their previous robust selves,” said Leonardo Montemayor, a former Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary. Montemayor, now chairman of the Federation of Free Farmers, said the United Coconut Planters Bank-Coconut Industry Investment Fund’s (UCPB-CIIF) Finance and Development Corp. (CocoFinance) and

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