MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday led the groundbreaking ceremony for the Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP) Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) Terminal 3 Station, which will reduce travel time from Valenzuela City to Pasay City from about one hour and 30 minutes to just 40 minutes. The Naia Terminal 3 Station, which

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY— A survivor of the September 9 fire that engulfed passenger ferry MV June Aster passed away on Tuesday afternoon. The survivor was a crew member of the ill-fated vessel and was being treated for serious burn injuries at the Culion Sanatorium and General Hospital when he passed away. Authorities did not release

MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan Third Division on Wednesday junked the motion of former Speaker Martin Romualdez to be transferred to a tertiary government hospital. Associate Justice Karl Miranda, the Third Division chair, made this announcement during Romualdez’s arraignment proceeding, which the lawmaker attended via teleconferencing while at a facility at the New Quezon City

MANILA, Philippines — Former House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Wednesday pleaded not guilty for plunder over alleged P7.4 billion kickback during his arraignment at the Sandiganbayan Third Division.  Romualdez, made the plea in the anti-graft court via teleconferencing while at a facility at the New Quezon City Jail. The Leyte representative had been hospitalized for

LUCENA CITY — A 74-year-old woman died on Tuesday after a fire of still undetermined origin destroyed her house along the Dumacaa River in this city, police said. The Lucena City police said the fire broke out at around 3:30 p.m. in a residential area beneath a bridge along the river in Barangay Market View.

Villagers and local volunteers in Kanchanaburi carried an elderly woman 9 kilometres through continuous rain so she could reach a bank after her ATM card stopped working and she needed to verify her identity in person. The journey took place on September 14, in a remote community in Sangkhla Buri district near the Thai-Myanmar border. The …

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A Taiwanese tourist says a green-and-yellow taxi charged her 2,000 baht between Don Mueang and Suvarnabhumi on 15 September, about four times the usual metered fare of 400 to 550 baht.

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A foreign TikToker faced criticism from Thai netizens after a video showed him arguing with a Thai national park ranger about closing time, while a separate social media user accused him of damaging water pipes at a waterfall. Videos posted by the foreign TikTok user, @austinwrites_, attracted attention after a Thai Facebook user reposted them …

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The Thai Meteorological Department forecasts heavy rain in 38 provinces today, with the North and Northeast worst affected. Bangkok faces fairly widespread thundershowers with highs of 35°C.

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A suspected burglar in Phuket was captured on CCTV breaking into a property in Rawai, searching through belongings, eating food from a refrigerator and leaving faeces inside before fleeing. The incident occurred at around 3.04am on September 3, although CCTV images were not made public until September 15, when the Phuket Times Facebook page shared …

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