Minister: 'Pardon authority' to determine restrictions on Najib during house arrest
UPDATED 1.51PM | Ex-PM's visitation, movement, and monitoring rules remain unspecified.
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Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday said there is no standard practice requiring outgoing senators to dismantle everything in their offices before leaving their space.
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The camp of Senator Loren Legarda is seeking another extension of her medical leave, Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian said Wednesday.
Mother of slain Hong Kong model Abby Choi tells murder trial former in-laws lived off her family's money
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Southeast Asia's No. 3 economy to give up to $3,000 each to disaster-hit households
Households in areas declared to be experiencing an emergency disaster in Thailand will receive an initial flood payout of THB10,000 (US$297) within 15 days without having to submit photographic evidence.
Chinese American couple arrested for abusing 21 children, most born via surrogates, in California
An extremely wealthy Chinese immigrant and his wife amassed a brood of 21 children through a surrogacy scheme and raised them in a “house of horrors,” prosecutors alleged Tuesday.
Unemployment eases to 5.3% in August 2026 as agriculture adds jobs
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NBI to coordinate with BI for Velasco's whereabouts
The National Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday said it will coordinate with the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to determine the whereabouts of former House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco.
Agnés Callamard returns to Manila for Rappler’s Social Good Summit
The prominent French human rights expert, who former president Rodrigo Duterte once threatened to slap, is coming back to the Philippines for the first time since the lifting of a Duterte-era travel ban
OCD: Nearly P11B worth of assistance given to El Niño-hit farmers
The government has provided P10.96 billion in interventions and assistance to farmers affected by the effects of the El Niño phenomenon, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said Wednesday.
DND, AFP chiefs rush to Basilan after ambush on military convoy
PAGADIAN CITY, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR, Philippines — Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff General Antonio Nafarrete rushed to Basilan on Tuesday, Oct. 6, to map out security measures and check on wounded troops following a bloody ambush on a military convoy in Tipo-Tipo a day earlier. Teodoro
Sara Duterte: Ex-Velasco aide out to destroy her
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday accused now-dismissed policeman Rodulfo Gracioso Jr. of weaponizing his anger against former House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco to tear down her political reputation. In a press conference here, Duterte read from a prepared statement to refute the allegations contained in a Sept. 14 affidavit of