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CEBU CITY, Philippines — Employers cannot withhold an employee’s final pay simply because the worker has yet to complete the company’s clearance process, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Central Visayas. DOLE-7 Regional Director Atty. Roy Buenafe said employers must release wages and other legally mandated benefits immediately upon an employee’s

LUCENA CITY — Taal Volcano in Batangas produced a minor phreatomagmatic eruption on Thursday morning, July 16, marking the second such event recorded this month, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. This type of eruption is triggered when water interacts with magma.  In its morning bulletin, Phivolcs said the eruption occurred at

TACLOBAN CITY – A 14-year-old Grade 9 student is being investigated after school personnel allegedly recovered a sachet containing suspected “shabu” (crystal meth) inside the campus of Javier National High School in Javier, Leyte, prompting police and social welfare authorities to intervene. The student, identified only by the alias “CMC” to protect his identity as

Female Passenger Thrown Out of Jeepney Ends Up Under Trailer Truck in Manila  A female passenger was seriously injured after she was hit and dragged underneath a truck while chasing for a jeepney ride.  On early Thursday morning (July 16, 2026), CCTV cameras in Barangay 739, Zone 80 captured the victim getting off the front portion of a jeepney in a ... Read more

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It has been a decade since the five-member United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) Arbitral Tribunal released on July 12, 2016 its decision in favor of the Philippines on most of its submissions on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) issue. UNCLOS, adopted in 1982 and in force since 1994, is the

TEHRAN, Iran — The United States struck Iran and Tehran attacked US allies in the Gulf on Thursday as the foes battled over the vital Strait of Hormuz in the renewed Middle East war. The rekindled fighting came a month after the signing of a preliminary deal that aimed to end the conflict, which broke

MANILA, Philippines —The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday evening demanded that China Daily remove a video depicting Filipinos as monkeys, calling the content racist, dehumanizing and unacceptable. “The Philippines demands that the offensive material be taken down, calls for the immediate cessation of such irresponsible content, and urges China to uphold dignity, respect,

MANILA, Philippines — Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Thursday condemned a social media video posted by Chinese state-run media China Daily depicting Filipinos as monkeys, calling it racist propaganda that reflects how Beijing views the Filipino people. The video, which circulated on Facebook, mocked the 2016 arbitral award in the South China Sea. It

MANILA, Philippines — The state weahter bureau said on Thursday that the low pressure area (LPA) monitored outside the Philippine area of responsibility would not directly affect the country in the next two to three days. On Thursday’s 5 p.m. weather forecast of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, weather specialist Loriedin de

MANILA, Philippines — Motorists will again have to brace for big-time oil price increases of up to P10 per liter next week. This is amid fresh attacks in the war between the United States and Iran in the Middle East. A new surge in global oil prices due to “renewed hostilities” in the oil-producing region