MANILA, Philippines – Filipino men can ease their financial worries if diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer through a dedicated care package worth P100,000, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) said Monday. Under the state insurer’s specialized Z Benefit Package, the P100,000 health subsidy is specifically allocated to cover treatment costs for patients diagnosed with low to

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia on Monday started enforcing rules banning millions of children under 16 from owning social media accounts, joining a global push to tighten online safety protections for underage users. The rules require social media platforms to impose age-verification systems and block users below 16 from signing up. These apply to

MANILA, Philippines – Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial has officially been scheduled on July 6. On Monday, the Senate, as an impeachment court, released the impeachment trial calendar approved by the senator-judges on May 25.

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Visayan Electric on Monday, June 1, warned consumers in parts of Metro Cebu of another round of possible rotational brownouts if power conditions in the Visayas grid worsen and a red alert status is declared. In an advisory, the distribution utility said the Visayas grid remained under yellow alert as of

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Investigators are looking into whether an oil lamp that may have accidentally tipped over or an unattended mosquito coil triggered the fire that killed an 83-year-old woman in Minglanilla town, Cebu, before dawn on Sunday, May 31, 2026. The victim, identified as Lita Abella, was found burned to death inside her

MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division on Monday issued an arrest warrant against Sen. Jinggoy Estrada for a non-bailable plunder and graft case. Aside from Estrada, ordered arrested are former Department of Works and Highways (DPWH) chief Manuel Bonoan and ex-DPWH engineering officials from the National Capital Region namely, assistant district engineer Denryl Caesar