12+ hour, 33+ min ago   (451+ words) Judge Sit issued the ruling on Thursday Last week, September 10, denying the twin urgent motions filed by Atty. Quirino Esguerra that sought to recall the warrants and trigger a reinvestigation. The criminal cases for frustrated murder and for murder target…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (327+ words) The British government said the legal threshold for a vote on Northern Ireland’s future had not been reached, distancing itself from US President Donald Trump’s public support for Irish reunification. Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government maintained that there was insufficient…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (241+ words) Chinese President Xi Jinping used the BRICS summit Sunday to push for deeper economic and technological cooperation among developing economies as war-related shipping disruptions add uncertainty to global trade. Xi told leaders in New Delhi that the expanded BRICS grouping…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (339+ words) South African President Cyril Ramaphosa used the BRICS summit Saturday to challenge what he described as unequal enforcement of international law, linking conflicts in Gaza, Sudan and Iran to a broader weakening of the global rules-based system. Ramaphosa argued that…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (203+ words) A 43-year-old Chinese woman wanted in connection with an alleged Consumer Act violation was arrested in Cabanatuan City, police said. Members of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group’s Nueva Ecija Provincial Field Unit tracked down the suspect at the Old…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (180+ words) Türkiye reinforced its growing maritime role off East Africa as two of its naval vessels conducted exercises in the Indian Ocean while traveling to Somalia. The TCG Kemalreis and TCG Yzb. Güngör Durmuş carried out the training during their voyage…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (253+ words) Clockwise from top left: Patis Tesoro, Bing Lao, Nicanor Tiongson, and Imelda Cajipe-Endaya, among the 10 Filipinos named National Artists under Proclamation No. 1414. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has conferred the rank and title of National Artist on 10 Filipinos whose work spans…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (192+ words) Japan will deploy about 10,000 police officers to secure the opening ceremony of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Sept. 19, with authorities also turning to artificial intelligence and expanded drone restrictions. Around 3,100 officers will come from specially dispatched police units across the…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (244+ words) Twenty-four fishers were arrested off the coast of Aborlan, Palawan, after authorities intercepted two boats allegedly engaged in fishing without the required permits, police said. The arrests were made during two joint seaborne patrol operations on Sept. 8 involving the Philippine…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1579+ words) Not long ago, the Philippines set forth an ambitious vision—one of modernized communities, connected islands, and shared prosperity. Grand infrastructure promises were made, meant to lift lives and speed national progress. Yet year after year, reality told a different…...