Trump’s mug shot released after being arrested on election charges

08/25/2023

ATLANTA—Donald Trump’s mug shot was released on Thursday evening after he was booked at an Atlanta jail on more than a dozen felony charges as part of a wide-ranging criminal case stemming from the former U.S. president’s…

Younger Aquinos uphold ‘Lolo’s memory’ against the times

Krixia Subingsubing 08/21/2023

MANILA, Philippines — For many people who had lived through the last years of the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos Sr., the 1983 assassination of opposition leader Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. had been their political awakening. But for…

On Ninoy Aquino Day, Marcos calls for unity: ‘Let us transcend political barriers’

Jean Mangaluz 08/21/2023

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. wants to “transcend political barriers” for Ninoy Aquino Day. Aquino had been the leader of the opposition during the term of Marcos Jr.’s father, late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr.…

Teves: Suspect, ‘terrorist,’ now expelled lawmaker

Julie Aurelio 08/17/2023

MANILA, Philippines — With 265 members in favor and three abstaining, the House of Representatives voted on Wednesday night to expel Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. on several grounds, including abandonment of public office and indecent…

Rama: 6,000 Cebu City Hall employees to lose jobs before 2025

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 08/16/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama is “serious” on having only 3,000 employees in the Cebu City Hall before 2025. Rama made this announcement during the flag ceremony on Monday, August 14, at the…

Gov. Garcia wants MPSA of Dolomite Mining Corp. revoked

Wenilyn Sabalo 08/11/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  A mining firm based in Alcoy, Cebu is in hot waters as Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia is seeking to revoke its Mineral Production Sharing Agreement (MPSA). The Capitol, in a statement released by…

Mandaue may start to relocate fire victims inside CICC to make way for planned gov’t center

Mary Rose Sagarino 08/10/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The Mandaue City Government may start to relocate fire victim residents who are currently living inside the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) compound within this year. Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes said this…

Cebu City OBO logs 40-percent increase in revenue collection

Wenilyn Sabalo 08/08/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Cebu City Office of the Building Official (OBO) has registered an increase of more than 40 percent in its revenue collection for the first seven months of 2023. Based on its latest report, OBO…

Former DILG Usec. Martin Diño dies after cancer battle

Jean Mangaluz 08/08/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Martin Diño, a former Interior and Local Government Undersecretary and father of Liza Diño-Seguerra, died on Tuesday, August 8, 2023,  after a battle with stage 4 cancer. According to Diño-Seguerra, her father had passed…

Trump pleads not guilty of plotting to overturn election loss

08/04/2023

WASHINGTON—Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday, August 3, 2023, to charges he orchestrated a plot to try to overturn his 2020 election loss in what U.S. prosecutors call an unprecedented effort by the then-president to undermine…

Aumentado reports making several ‘breakthroughs’ in his first year in office

Doris C. Bongcac 07/23/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – His first year in office paved the way for a lot of breakthroughs for the province of Bohol. Governor Erico Aris Aumentado said that since he occupied the Provincial Capitol, so much has…

ICC rejects PH appeal to stop drug war probe

Krixia Subingsubing 07/19/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) voted 3-2 on Tuesday to reject the Philippine government’s appeal to stop the ICC prosecutor’s investigation into the country’s drug war on the watch of…

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