MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte was handed a letter of authority (LOA) from the Bureau of Internal Revenue after she was flagged for receiving compensation from the Davao City government despite already occupying the country’s second-highest elective office. At Duterte’s impeachment trial on Thursday, lawyer Anne Loraine Garcia-Marquez, chief-of-staff of BIR Commissioner Charlito

MANILA, Philippines — No bettor won the ₱85.48 million jackpot in the Lotto 6/42 draw or the ₱40.17 million jackpot in the Super Lotto 6/49 draw on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, according to the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). The Lotto 6/42 draw produced the winning combination 19-01-20-39-23-11, with a jackpot prize of ₱85.48 million.

MANILA, Philippines — Thin ashfall is expected to affect nearby towns following the minor volcanic explosion at Taal Volcano’s main crater on Thursday evening, Oct. 8, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. In an advisory, Phivolcs said that it observed a minor phreatomagmatic eruption occurred at the main crater of Taal Volcano

MANILA, Philippines — Millions of pesos in insurance and investment products attributed to Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, Manases Carpio, exceeded the amounts reported as “other personal properties” in their statements of assets, liabilities, and net worth (SALNs) every year from 2022 to 2025. The House prosecution team pointed this out on Thursday

SAN ILDEFONSO, Ilocos Sur— Two men were wounded after unidentified men shot them while they were riding an e-bike along Buttong-Darayday Road in Barangay Buttong in Laoag City in nearby Ilocos Norte on Wednesday (Oct. 7), police said. An initial report disclosed that the victims, both of legal age, are residents of Barangay Bengcag, also

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — Nine live pigs reportedly being transported out of Oriental Mindoro to San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, were intercepted at a quarantine checkpoint in Bulalacao as provincial authorities tightened measures against the possible entry of African swine fever (ASF). The pigs were intercepted on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at the Milagrosa Animal Quarantine

There are about six million Filipinos who are using fake PWD (Persons with Disability) IDs and the Department of Justice (DOJ) find the figure alarming, according to the report of Darlene Cay on "Saksi" Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines — The net satisfaction rating of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the third quarter of 2026 fell to “poor” from “neutral”, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. According to the SWS survey for Sept. 21 to 21, 35 percent of adult Filipinos expressed satisfaction with Marcos, while 46 percent were dissatisfied

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Pia Cayetano on Thursday said she feels bad for athletes who experience online bashing, even floating the idea of jailing bashers. During a hearing of the Senate Committee on Sports evaluating the Philippine delegation’s participation in the 20th Asian Games, Cayetano proposed giving athletes additional funding to sustain them during training.