MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Imee Marcos on Friday slammed the filing of plunder and graft charges against Sen. Jinggoy Estrada and other allies in the new Senate majority bloc as “political persecution.” Marcos and Estrada are part of the 13-member majority bloc, which is led by newly installed Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano. “Political persecution,” the presidential sister said in a message to reporters

LUCENA CITY — Police arrested two alleged high-value drug suspects and seized suspected “shabu” (crystal meth) worth up to P2.1 million during a buy-bust operation in Tiaong, Quezon, on Thursday. Colonel Romulo Albacea, director of the Quezon Police Provincial Office (QPPO), said anti-illegal drug operatives arrested the suspects, identified only by their aliases “Randy,” 49,

MANILA, Philippines — The camp of former House of Representatives Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez has maintained that there is no such thing as a “functional control” over the entire budget process, noting that no single person has discretion over every step of appropriations. In a statement on Friday, Romualdez’s spokesperson lawyer Elaine Atienza said that they

Jonvic Remulla revealed that he had this conversation with Jinggoy Estrada Depatment of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jonvic Remulla said that he gave two options to Senator Jinggoy Estrada following the latter’s recent legal issue. Ombudsman Boying Remulla stated a few days ago that his office filed plunder and graft charges against ... Read more

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Thailand is expected to see increased rainfall over the next 24 hours, with heavy rain forecast in some areas and very heavy rain in parts of the South’s west coast, according to the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) today, May 29. The TMD said a moderately strong southwest monsoon covering the Andaman Sea, Thailand and the …

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A Thai man stabbed convenience store employees in Prachin Buri province, in the early hours of yesterday, May 28, leaving one woman in a coma. The suspect later told police he wanted to be killed during his arrest. Officers from Prachantakam Police Station were called to a convenience store in Pho Ngam subdistrict at about …

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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) is intensifying its street patrols ahead of the opening of School Year 2026–2027 in a bid to combat petty crime and gang activities targeting the youth. “Our primary focus remains the total safety of millions of returning students,” PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez said in a

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — A false killer whale that had been stranded along the shoreline of Barangay Navotas in this city for nearly three days successfully returned to the sea, local authorities said on Friday. According to local responders, the marine mammal was transported to a deeper portion of the sea at around 1:40

ANGELES CITY — After several days of silence, the owner and contractor of the collapsed nine-story building in Barangay Balibago here have finally reached out to the Angeles City local government unit (LGU) and expressed willingness to cooperate in the ongoing investigation into the deadly incident. In a statement sent to the Inquirer on Thursday

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Rotational brownouts may hit parts of the Visayas on Friday, May 29 after the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the Visayas grid under Red Alert due to insufficient power supply and rising electricity demand. In an advisory issued Friday morning, NGCP said the Visayas grid will be under