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Yellow alert for Visayas grid for 3rd straight day

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the Visayas grid under a yellow alert from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, July 8, as a string of power plant outages narrowed the system’s safety margin during peak evening demand. Available capacity stood at 2,641 megawatts (MW) against a

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Cebu pickleball community gets homegrown ranking system

CEBU CITY, Philippines — As pickleball continues to enjoy a meteoric rise across the Philippines, one issue has persisted in Cebu’s rapidly growing community: the absence of a standardized local ranking system. Without an official database to accurately classify players based on skill level, tournaments have often been marred by protests over mismatched divisions, allegations

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Swertres Result PCSO 3D Lotto – July 8, 2026 Wednesday

3D Lotto Results: 2 pm = 6 – 7 – 8, 5 pm = , 9 pm = | Date: July 8, 2026 Updated list of 3D Lotto Results from the PCSO Swertres hearing today (Wednesday). The July 8, 2026 3D Lotto draw was held at the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office. In this game you must picked the 3 winning numbers in exact order. Also here’s the EZ 2 Result for today. 3D LOTTO RESULTS TODAY July 8, 2026 2pm: 6 7 8 05pm: – – – 09pm: – – – Combination: In exact order Prize: ₱ 4,500.00 per ₱

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Trump again demands Greenland as NATO unveils billions in arms deals

ANKARA, Turkey — President Donald Trump on Tuesday insisted that the United States should be in control of Greenland rather than NATO ally Denmark, renewing tensions in Europe even as the trans-Atlantic military alliance was announcing billions in arms deals at a summit in an attempt to appease the mercurial U.S. leader. Trump called the

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Jobless Filipinos rise to 2.5M in May

MANILA, Philippines – The number of jobless Filipinos rose to 2.5 million in May from 2.41 million a month earlier, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday.  This is equivalent to a jobless rate of 4.8 percent, slightly up from 4.7 percent the previous month. READ: Unemployment falls below 5 percent in April READ: Skills mismatch,

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Marcoleta remains hospitalized, unfit to travel — PNP

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Rodante Marcoleta, who is facing plunder charges over P75 million in allegedly undeclared campaign funds, remains under observation at the Philippine National Police (PNP) General Hospital while awaiting the results of his medical examination as part of the booking process. According to the PNP Health Service, Marcoleta, who experienced chest pains

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WATCH: Tolosa outlines prosecution’s Day 3 game plan

MANILA, Philippines – In an interview with Inquirer.net on Wednesday, prosecution spokesperson Benjamin Tolosa Jr. discusses what to expect on the third day of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial. /dp READ: LIVE UPDATES: Impeachment trial of VP Sara Duterte | July 8, 2026

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Student caught with handgun before entering South Cotabato school

TUPI, South Cotabato – A 16-year-old student was taken into police custody on Tuesday after he was allegedly caught carrying a 9mm pistol before entering a public school here, a police official said Wednesday. Maj. Rovi Jardenil, chief of the Tupi Municipal Police Station, said a concerned citizen informed authorities about a student displaying a

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Dole commits to provide more jobs of better ‘quality’

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) on Wednesday committed to providing more jobs of better quality as it highlighted the “resilience” of the Philippine labor market following the release of the May 2025 labor force survey. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Wednesday reported that the number of unemployed Filipinos rose to

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Law professor Nesauro Firme reappointed to JBC

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has reappointed lawyer and law professor Nesauro Firme as the Judicial and Bar Council’s (JBC) regular member representing the academe for a fresh four-year term. Marcos will lead Firme’s oath-taking at Malacañang on Wednesday, Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said in a briefing. The president first appointed Firme

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