BEIJING — China carried out joint naval and air exercises near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Saturday, as tensions with the Philippines over competing territorial claims continue to rise. State broadcaster CCTV reported that the drills, conducted near the shoal—known as Huangyan Island in China and Panatag Shoal in the

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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has formally deposited its official nautical chart of Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal and its surrounding waters with the United Nations, setting the maritime limits to its claim over this West Philippine Sea feature on the international record despite China’s continued control over the area. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said

MANILA, Philippines — Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 was raised over three areas in Luzon after the low-pressure area developed into Tropical Depression Luis on Saturday night. Pagasa hoisted Signal No. 1 over the Polillo Islands, the eastern portion of Camarines Norte (Daet, Talisay, Paracale, Jose Panganiban, and Capalonga), and the northern portion of Catanduanes

MANILA, Philippines — Former Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. has raised P1 million for bail in his ongoing malversation case, but he hasn’t settled his civil liabilities amounting to more than P124 million for plunder and graft cases over a decade ago, Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla said on Saturday. After he posted bail, Revilla walked

MANILA, Philippines — The Second Congressional Commission on Education (Edcom 2) has launched an online platform that aims to guide government and school officials in crafting policies on early childhood development. Edcom 2’s Early Childhood Dashboard, launched on Saturday, discloses data on stunted children and struggling readers in the country—in particular, the number and percentage

MANILA, Philippines — The wife of political prisoner Vicente Ladlad asked the Supreme Court on Friday to order the immediate release of the 77-year-old activist as she seeks equal treatment and protection accorded to high-profile political figures based on humanitarian grounds. Accompanied by lawyers from the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG), Kapatid spokesperson Fides Lim

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s fifth State of the Nation Address (Sona) may be his most politically consequential yet as it sought to appease middle-class Filipinos, a segment of the population largely outside the reach of state financial aid yet hardly immune to soaring living costs, analysts said. The measures the president presented

MANILA, Philippines — Human rights and international law experts said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. lacked a concrete human rights agenda in his fifth State of the Nation Address (Sona), which they said could have touched on the continuing attacks on civil society, red-tagging, and rejoining the International Criminal Court (ICC). Lawyer Romel Bagares, also a