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MANILA, Philippines — Additional motorcycles were turned over to the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) on Wednesday to reinforce the unit’s emergency response, particularly in areas with difficult road conditions. NCRPO chief Brig. Gen. Christopher Abrahano said the motorcycles will support Metro Manila’s 911 emergency hotline, enabling faster police response during heavy traffic and

MANILA, Philippines – Voting 13-6-1, the Senate impeachment court decided to continue voting on the conviction threshold in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial. Senator-judge Alan Peter Cayetano had earlier urged the court to defer the issue and instead ask the Supreme Court to determine the number of votes required to convict Duterte./dp READ: Watch:

MANILA, Philippines — The Senate impeachment court will proceed to divide the floor on the voting threshold to convict Vice President Sara Duterte after majority of its members voted on Wednesday against a motion to defer doing so. Senator-judge Alan Peter Cayetano, earlier, moved to defer the voting on whether the court must require 16 votes to convict Duterte. READ:

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has called the breakthrough of a tunnel boring machine at the Quezon Avenue station in Quezon City as an important milestone in the construction of the Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP). During his inspection on Wednesday, Marcos said the tunnel boring machine has completed excavation of the section from

MANILA, Philippines – Changing the vote threshold to convict Vice President Sara Duterte in the impeachment trial may have consequences in Constitutional provisions, defense counsel Michael Poa warned on Wednesday. This, as Poa asserted, means that the vote requirement to convict Duterte must remain at 16. “If we were to lower the threshold here, we

Flights between Israel and Phuket could increase to five or six a week if a third Israeli airline begins operating on the route, according to a local media report today, September 23. Phuket Times reported today that two Israeli airlines, El Al Israel Airlines and Arkia Israeli Airlines, currently operate direct flights between Tel Aviv …

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 MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said he had not yet received the proposed bill seeking to postpone the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections scheduled on November 2. The Commission on Elections said unless a law is passed before the end of September, the filing of certificates of candidacy scheduled from

MANILA, Philippines – Public prosecutor and Akbayan Rep. Chel Diokno has asked the Senate impeachment court whether it will be the vacant seats of absent senator-judges who will decide on Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment case should the threshold needed for a conviction remain. In his speech on Wednesday, during oral arguments on how many

MANILA, Philippines – Defense lead counsel lawyer Michael Poa opened his arguments on the impeachment voting threshold by quoting the Supreme Court: “When the law is clear, there is no room for interpretation; there is only room for application.” Poa urged the Senate impeachment court not to “complicate what the Constitution has made simple,” maintaining

TACLOBAN CITY – The proposed New Northern Samar Airport has moved to the project preparation stage after the Department of Transportation (DOTr) opened bidding for consulting services for the feasibility study and other assessments needed for the proposed facility in Pambujan town. The procurement, opened Sept. 11, covers the feasibility study and master plan, environmental and