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A group of Kuwaiti tourists spoke to reporters yesterday, July 14, accusing police officers in Pattaya of demanding cash payments for traffic offences, issuing unofficial receipts and refusing to let them pay fines at a police station. The tourists, aged around 20 to 30, claimed they had repeatedly encountered the same practice during visits to …

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MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan on Wednesday ordered Sen. Rodante Marcoleta‘s transfer to the New Quezon City Jail, Associate Justice Karl Miranda said. Miranda said the court issued the order after the Philippine General Hospital found that Marcoleta had recovered from mild pneumonia, while the Philippine National Police General Hospital declared him fit to travel.

Oil prices jumped Monday following a weekend of attacks in the Middle East, while more losses for computer chip companies and other winners of the artificial-intelligence boom dragged stock markets lower. The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil, the international standard, climbed 9.6% to $83.30 after the United States and Iran each said the Strait of Hormuz is under its control. Fighting in the

WASHINGTON, United States — Multiple book publishers sued Google on Tuesday for allegedly stealing copyrighted content, using it to train artificial intelligence (AI) models and then generating content that “directly” competes with the original authors’ work. “The scale and speed at which Gemini can create books and compete with human writers is unprecedented,” the lawsuit

Atlanta, United States—Lionel Messi’s Argentina clash with England in a marquee World Cup semifinal on Wednesday, with Spain lying in wait after shattering French hopes of a third triumph. The fixture between two of the big beasts of global football is mouthwatering enough but is given added spice by long-standing political tensions. Lionel Scaloni’s Argentina are

MANILA, Philippines — The Manila city government, through the Manila Department of Social Welfare (MDSW), distributed relief assistance to residents affected by the July 14 fire in Tondo. District Welfare Office II’s final report showed the fire damaged 321 houses in Barangays 163 and 152, destroying 272 and partially damaging 49. A total of 321

MANILA, Philippines – Senator and impeachment court presiding officer Francis Escudero, on Tuesday reminded both the prosecution and defense that the court would not tolerate side remarks during the examination of witnesses. Escudero issued the reminder on the fifth day of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte after prosecution lawyer Amando Virgil Ligutan

LUCENA CITY – Police arrested three suspected drug pushers in separate buy-bust operations in Batangas, Cavite, and Laguna provinces on Tuesday and Wednesday. The operations yielded over P499,000 worth of suspected shabu (crystal meth) and two unlicensed handguns, the Police Regional Office 4A (Calabarzon) reported. The police report said members of the Batangas City Drug

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) confirmed that it had taken Sen. Rodante Marcoleta into its custody following an order from the Sandiganbayan Third Division. In a message to reporters, BJMP spokesperson Jail Superintendent Jayrex Bustinera said Marcoleta was committed to the Quezon City Jail Male Dormitory at 10:49 a.m.

MANILA, Philippines – House prosecution counsel, Lawyer Lorna Kapunan, on Tuesday announced that the panel would no longer present Office of the Vice President chief-of-staff and Undersecretary Zuleika Lopez as a witness in the impeachment trial, as her testimony will only be unnecessary and a surplus./ dp READ: LIVE UPDATES: Impeachment trial of VP Sara