MANILA, Philippines — Fifty-eight True Brown Style (TBS) gang members were among the 200 individuals arrested during the Sept. 21, 2025 protests in Manila, which were marred by violence. “We looked at our investigations; out of the 200 we arrested last Sept. 21 in Mendiola, 58 were members of True Brown Style. So we see

MANILA, Philippines — More than a decade after then Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV publicly alleged that Rodrigo Duterte maintained a large, undeclared account at the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), the bank confirmed before the Senate impeachment court on Wednesday that the former President and his daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte, jointly held an

MANILA, Philippines — Batangas Rep. Leandro Leviste remains at large following the issuance of an arrest warrant against him for alleged violation of the Public Service Act (PSA) involving his multibillion-peso solar firm, National Bureau of Investigation Director Melvin Matibag said on Wednesday. Matibag made the statement about an hour after he first announced that

REINA MERCEDES, ISABELA, Philippines — Vice Mayor Jeryll Harold Respicio of this town on Wednesday passed a P28,000 drug test at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Quezon City, then joked that Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla should reimburse him for the expense. “Jonvic, i-refund mo ko. Ang mahal ng drug test (Jonvic, refund me. The drug

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — The dreaded impact of a “super El Niño” may actually drive up tourism in this city as visitors flee to the country’s coolest mountain city to escape the projected heat toward the end of 2026 and the first half of 2027, said Jovie Ganongan, regional director of the Department of Tourism

TAGBILARAN CITY, BOHOL, Philippines — Prolonged dry conditions linked to El Niño have caused an estimated P173.69 million in agricultural losses in Bohol, affecting 6,676 farmers in 24 of the province’s 48 municipalities and city, according to a partial assessment by the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA). To help drought-hit farms and protect the