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MANILA, Philippines — Several phones in the session hall simultaneously sounded off weather alarm on Monday, prompting laughter in the crowd as the Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, conducted the 16th day of trial against Vice President Sara Duterte. National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) sent an alert at 11:08 a.m. warning against heavy rains,

COTABATO CITY – Police swiftly arrested a man for allegedly posting shooting and bomb threats on social media in Isulan town, the capital of Sultan Kudarat, on Sunday. Brig. Gen. Alan Manibog, Police Regional Office 12 (PRO-12)  regional director, said the suspect was arrested at 1:34 p.m. by personnel of the Isulan Municipal Police Station

MANILA, Philippines – Senator-judge Erwin Tulfo questions Office of the Vice President special disbursing officer Gina Acosta over what he described as her seemingly limited understanding of Tagalog during Monday’s impeachment trial, compared with her testimony during an earlier House of Representatives hearing./ dp

MANILA, Philippines — As the House prosecution panel presented on Monday Gina Acosta, its sixth witness on Vice President Sara Duterte’s alleged misuse of confidential funds, the Senate impeachment court readied nurses on standby. It also accommodated the request of Acosta for warm water and tackled the matter on the presence of an interpreter. Acosta

Watchdog Thailand Foundation is taking a legal action against a suspect who allegedly killed a pet dog of a neighbour in Nakhon Sawan province by forcing liquor into its mouth. The foundation set out the case in a Facebook post yesterday, August 16. The male German Shepherd dog, called Peter, lived in Nong Mai Tai subdistrict, …

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A Thai government official says he was denied boarding on a domestic flight from Trang to Don Mueang on August 10, despite holding a confirmed booking, a locked-in window seat and a pre-ordered meal. Staff told him the flight was full after 189 passengers had already checked in, and he turned down the airline’s 1,500 …

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Police and administrative officials in Buriram province ran a firearms and drugs checkpoint operation yesterday, August 16, that ended up screening Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul himself. The checkpoints were set up in Ban Dan Subdistrict, Ban Dan District, and several other areas of Buriram. The operation forms part of Anutin’s policy to …

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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) created a task force to investigate the ambush that targeted Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Interim Chief Minister Abdulraof “Sammy Gambar” Macacua. Unidentified gunmen fired at Macacua’s convoy in Maguindanao del Norte on Saturday afternoon. Macacua and his group were unharmed. The incident happened less

LOS ANGELES — Hayden Panettiere, star of popular television series including “Heroes” and “Nashville,” has died. She was 36. Panettiere’s father, Skip, announced the actor’s death in a statement provided to ABC News Sunday. “It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden. She was an incredible light and

MANILA, Philippines — Impeachment court Presiding Officer and Senator-judge Francis Escudero has teased counsel for the prosecution Amando Virgil Ligutan about his now-controversial social media post, saying that the latter is “well aware” that misleading questions are not allowed even against a hostile witness. During the resumption of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial on Monday,