Subsea cable cut between Philippines and Singapore disrupts internet services

Senator-judge Panfilo "Ping" Lacson said Saturday the decision not to subpoena former senator Antonio Trillanes IV as a witness in the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte did not rest solely with impeachment presiding officer Francis "Chiz" Escudero.

Alexandria Enriquez's narrow defeat in the women's 63kg final comes a day after boxer Carlo Paalam and taekwondo jins Tachiana Mangin and Kurt Barbosa also missed out on gold medals

MANILA, Philippines — Former Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) chief Jesus Fernandez pleaded not guilty of accepting a P4-million bribe during his arraignment on Friday before the Sandiganbayan’s Third Division. The P4 million is allegedly part of a “commitment” to Fernandez amounting to P14.752 million from businesswoman Rosaverna Sangga, in connection with the BFP’s procurement

Ho Chi Minh City recorded 3,810 lightning strikes during heavy thunderstorms on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, including more than 2,000 ground strikes, which represent the highest daily totals recorded in nearly two years.

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday urged parents to watch for behavioral changes among their children as he called for greater vigilance to prevent school violence following a series of incidents involving students. The call came after school shooting incidents in Tacloban City, Zamboanga City, and South Cotabato that resulted in at

Recent AI hacking incidents revive a long-standing computer science problem: what happens when machines pursue a goal without enough limits.

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Friday called out what he described as the continued “illegal reclamation” on the Taguig side of Laguna Lake, as he shared a video during a joint government inspection of the area. The inspection team in the 25-second video included members of the Office of the Ombudsman, Philippine Reclamation

MANILA, Philippines — Majority senators welcomed the Supreme Court’s dismissal of a petition challenging the legality of the Senate session on June 3 that resulted in the ouster of then-Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano. In an en banc resolution dated Aug. 26, the high court dismissed the petition filed by lawyers Valeriano Loon and Zigfred

BACOLOD CITY — A total of 105 volcanic-tectonic (VT) earthquakes were recorded beneath Kanlaon Volcano from Thursday noon to Friday morning, prompting the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) to warn of possible eruption. According to Mari-Andylene Quintia, Phivolcs resident volcanologist, the strongest was a magnitude 3 volcanic earthquake recorded at 2:10 a.m. on

BAGUIO CITY — Seven workers were found dead inside a mining tunnel in Itogon, Benguet, after they were reportedly trapped and exposed to suspected poisonous gas, police said. The incident occurred at about 11 p.m. on Wednesday in Sitio Dontog, Barangay Ampucao, according to the Itogon Municipal Police Station. A witness who was alerted about

Shafie stresses Sabah's tradition of religious coexistence.

CALAPAN CITY—The provincial government of Palawan has confirmed its first case of African swine fever (ASF) in Barangay Concepcion, Agutaya, and has rolled out strict containment measures to prevent the virus from spreading. Laboratory tests by the Bureau of Animal Industry showed that 40 samples collected from the village tested positive for ASF. Authorities immediately