Four to five diners sustained minor injuries after the roof of a waterfront restaurant collapsed during strong winds in Samut Prakan on Saturday, July 11. The incident occurred at about 6pm at a restaurant in Phra Samut Chedi district. The section that collapsed was a dining area extending over a fish and shrimp pond. The …

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Another yellow alert has been issued for the Visayas grid on Monday, July 13 as several of the largest coal-fired power plants in the region remain offline and demand continues to surge.

The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte enters its second week and fourth day, which will kick off with the House prosecution panel presenting its second witness. The witness will testify on the alleged “hitman” contracted by the vice president to assassinate President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos, and former House

MANILA — Senator Rodante Marcoleta has been declared “fit to travel” but will stay under Philippine National Police General Hospital (PNPGH) custody until he finishes his antibiotic treatment for mild pneumonia, police officials announced Monday. Lt. Col. Benaly Bayani, the PNPGH Internal Medicine chief, stated that the hospital will await and follow specific directives from

MANILA — The House prosecution announced Monday that the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte has entered a new phase. Having established their foundational evidence, prosecutors are now shifting focus to prove that Duterte is no longer fit to hold the country’s second-highest office. During a press briefing, House prosecution spokesperson and adviser Robert

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense team on Monday maintained that their client’s “bloodbath” remarks refer only to her own blood and does not actually insinuate violence. Defense spokesperson Michael Poa made the pronouncement days after the Vice President once again referred to the impeachment trial as a “bloodbath” (even “bludgeoning”) stating that

MANILA, Philippines — Specific requests made by the camp of Vice President Sara Duterte for a holding room, equipped with a refrigerator and a coffee maker, as well as their own caterer, in the Senate have been met with approval — and humor — by the House prosecution panel. House Deputy Speaker Paolo Ortega V

MANILA, Philippines – The House prosecution team in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial would cooperate with the Senate impeachment court to fast-track the expected months-long proceedings, its legal spokesman Benjamin Tolosa, Jr. said on Monday. In a media briefing, Tolosa said that prosecutors also want to finish Duterte’s trial as soon as possible, but

MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan has cleared a treasurer of Barangay San Antonio in Cebu City of graft stemming from alleged audit irregularities worth P4.6 million. But he remains convicted of malversation due to the same findings. In a 45-page decision promulgated on July 7, the Fourth Division, chaired by Associate Justice Arthur Malabaguio, overturned the September