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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine peso dives below 62.9 level for the first time on Tuesday.  This happened as the greenback strengthened after benchmark 10-year US Treasury yields climbed to their highest level since October 2023. The currency opened at 62.9 per dollar and weakened to an intraday low of 62.905, surpassing the previous record low of

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has released new mugshots of former House Speaker and Leyte 1st District Rep. Martin Romualdez. Romualdez was transferred to the New Quezon City Jail in Payatas on Monday night by order of the Sandiganbayan Third Division. This followed a week of his confinement

TOKYO, Japan — The number of centenarians across Japan topped 100,000 for the first time, the health ministry said Tuesday. With a median age of 49.9 years, Japan has the second-oldest population in the world after Monaco, according to the World Bank. READ: Forget the AC—Japan’s got a fridge for humans The latest government survey,

MANILA, Philippines — Ateneo de Manila University historian Dr. Filomeno V. Aguilar Jr. has been named an International Honorary Professor by a Mexican university, as the Philippines became the first Southeast Asian country to be named Guest Country of Honor at the 39th Feria Universitaria del Libro (FUL). Aguilar, a professor of history and assistant

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday led the ceremonial turnover of 333 housing units at Disiplina Village in Arkong Bato, Valenzuela City, for residents relocated from flood-prone areas. The Disiplina Village Arkong Bato project was designed to provide 960 housing units for qualified informal settler families affected by the Supreme Court’s mandamus

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The 10th Infantry Division (10ID) has bolstered its frontliners for the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Comprehensive Archipelagic Defense Operations (CADO), welcoming 28 newly assigned second lieutenants to reinforce its officer corps in territorial defense and external security operations. The new officers formally joined the division on Monday during a

MANILA, Philippines – A bill mandating the Department of Education (DepEd) to provide government school teachers with health insurance coverage was filed at the House of Representatives. Quezon City Rep. Patrick Michael Vargas said his measure, House Bill No. 10984, seeks to give teachers an added safeguard against emergency medical costs beyond the Philippine Health

MANILA, Philippines — Senate Impeachment Court Presiding Officer Francis Escudero has allowed the prosecution to present Vice President Sara Duterte’s Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN) from 2007 — or those filed years before her vice presidency — for purposes of establishing a baseline. During the resumption of Duterte’s impeachment trial on Tuesday, counsel

Family in Puerto Princesa City Questions Clinic Over Delayed Hospital Transfer, Which Leads to Patient’s Death A family in Puerto Princesa City has questioned a clinic in Puerto Princesa City after the death of a 47-year-old patient following delayed hospital transfer.  The victim identified as Floribelle Tagiam Serticio was reportedly suffering from severe body pain, vomiting, and dizziness on September ... Read more

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Martin Romualdez is now in jail Leyte Representative and former House Speaker Martin Romualdez stated on Monday that he would abide by the Sandiganbayan’s order to transfer him to the Quezon City Jail, while firmly asserting his innocence. On September 7, 2026, the Office of the Ombudsman filed a P7.44-billion plunder complaint against Romualdez, including ... Read more

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