MANILA, Philippines — Former Public Works and Highways Manuel Bonoan has been released from confinement at the Philippine National Police General Hospital (PNP GH) in Camp Crame, Quezon City on Tuesday. He was discharged from the facility at around 1:23 p.m. Police kept reporters away from the vehicle Bonoan boarded, preventing them from asking for

MANILA, Philippines—What comes next for the Senate after the majority bloc’s refusal to open the session last Monday? Under the approved legislative calendar, Congress is set to adjourn sine die on Friday, June 5. Its last session day will be on Wednesday, June 3. The Senate was supposed to hold a regular session at 5:00 p.m.

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday ordered the Department of Education (DepEd) to ensure that all schools are prepared for the opening of the new school year and prevent the unnecessary disruption of classes. The president said the DepEd “knows perfectly well what to do,” and does not need to be told how

MANILA, Philippines – National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) director Melvin Matibag on Tuesday filed an ethics complaint against Cavite Rep. Francisco “Kiko” Barzaga over a series of social media posts linked to the enforcement agency’s attempted arrest of fugitive Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa that led to a Senate shootout. Matibag filed the 16-page complaint

MANILA, Philippines — A centuries-old Chinese ceramic plate fragment dating to the late Ming Dynasty to the early Qing Dynasty was discovered in Mapanas, Northern Samar, in May. The Northern Samar Provincial Planning and Development Office said the artifact was found by an eight-member team from the University of the Philippines Diliman School of Archeology

A Japanese national called for justice, alleging that a Bangkok Bolt driver forced him to leave a vehicle mid-journey before physically assaulting him in the Asok area. The physical assault by the Bolt driver gained attention after the Japanese man shared his account on social media. The post was later translated and republished by the Facebook …

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