MANILA, Philippines — Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Jing Quan said the tense encounter between Philippine and Chinese vessels at Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal violated a 2024 arrangement between Beijing and Manila meant to prevent friction during…
MANILA, Philippines — The Appeals Chamber has affirmed the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the crimes against humanity case of former President Rodrigo Duterte, effectively closing the door on questions surrounding one of the…
MANILA, Philippines — In the last seven months, the camp of former President Rodrigo Duterte has received over 1,300 evidence items from the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) prosecution, including materials that could incriminate him in the killings…
MANILA, Philippines — Selling babies is bad enough. But the National Authority for Child Care (NACC) on Friday disclosed a scheme with infants as young as one month, not only being bought, but even sold anew, or…
MANILA, Philippines — The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) opposed last Tuesday, Nov. 18, the plan to bury Juan Ponce Enrile at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, saying that conferring a hero status burial on the…
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Daily Inquirer’s investigative story on the government’s failed flood mitigation projects in Metro Manila led the roster of winners in the print category of this year’s Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA). The…
The Kuwaiti minor arrested for the gruesome murder of 34-year-old Filipino migrant worker Jullebee Ranara, whose charred body was found eight months ago in a Kuwaiti desert, has been found guilty and sentenced to 15 years in…
As lawmakers scrambled to keep secret some government agency’s confidential funds, another healthcare workers’ group denounced the lack of funding for the salary increase of nurses and other medical personnel, which it said may help curb understaffing…
MANILA, Philippines — “Early signals” of another surge in COVID-19 infections are being noted, with instances of reversals in the downward trend of cases posted in the past month, according to an adviser of the Inter-Agency Task…
