SEOUL — South Korea is eyeing abortion pills for pregnancies of up to nine weeks by the end of March 2027, starting with a two-year period wherein doctors would prescribe and dispense the drugs at major hospitals, the government announced on September 16. When the necessary safeguards are established, the system would switch to doctors

CEBU CITY, Philippines —Seven individuals, who were arrested in separate anti-drug operations in Cebu and Bohol, have remained in police and anti-drug agency custody as of Thursday, September 17. This was after authorities shut down two suspected drug dens and confiscated suspected shabu with an estimated value of P1,411,748. The operations, conducted last Tuesday, September

MANILA, Philippines — Joselyn Serenio, a former staff member of House Speaker Martin Romualdez and one of his co-accused in a P7.4-billion plunder case, is currently outside the Philippines, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said Thursday. In a statement, the bureau said Serenio had already left the country before the Sandiganbayan issued a hold departure

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Thursday cautioned protesters not to test the law enforcement agency’s resolve ahead of rallies expected this Monday, September 21 to protest corruption and mark the 54th anniversary of the declaration of martial law. PNP public information chief Col. Allen Rae Co issued the warning in a

MANILA, Philippines — The House prosecution panel on Thursday confirmed receipt of the show-cause orders issued by the Senate impeachment court against two of its members for possible violation of the sub judice rule. According to House prosecution spokesperson Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong, one of the recipients of the order was House prosecutor and Bicol

A Facebook page says she found one officer asleep and another playing a game, and left without filing a report. The station says it is establishing the facts.

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