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Tensions Escalate at Ayungin Shoal After Violent Philippines-China Confrontation

MANILA, Philippines —Diplomatic tensions between the Philippines and China have sharply escalated following a violent confrontation at Ayungin Shoal (Second Thomas Shoal) in the...

LTFRB, Motorcycle Taxi Riders Push Forward with Rules for Full Industry Legalization

MANILA, Philippines— The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has taken another step toward the full legalization of motorcycle taxis after holding a...

Rider Groups, Itinutulak ang Permanenteng Batas para sa MC Taxi at TNVS Industry

Rider Groups, Itinutulak ang Permanenteng Batas para sa MC Taxi at TNVS Industry Nanawagan ang mga samahan ng motorcycle taxi at Transport Network Vehicle Service...

Mike Defensor Convicted of Plunder; Sen. Marcoleta Moved to QC Jail Ahead of Trial

The Sandiganbayan has convicted former congressman Michael "Mike" Defensor and his co-accused of plunder, while Senator Rodante Marcoleta was separately transferred to the New Quezon City Jail after doctors declared him fit to stand trial.

VP Sara Duterte Defense Uses Technicality to get her off the hook

This fourth day of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte is revelatory. What the defense and their political allies want to achieve...

NBI Exec says Duterte threatened Marcos at least six times, tells Impeachment Court

MANILA, Philippines— An official of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) testified on the fourth day of Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial Monday...

Akbayan-SJDM protests against PrimeWater, seeks permanent removal from San Jose del Monte

Akbayan-SJDM protests against PrimeWater, seeks permanent removal from San Jose del Monte SAN JOSE DEL MONTE CITY, Bulacan — Members of the Akbayan Party–San Jose...

The Sara Duterte Threat Video is an Instructive Case in Handling PR Crises

What destroyed Sara Duterte was not merely a threat—it was a communications failure

Batanes is not, and should not be, China’s Next Map to Redraw

Unlike many disputes in the South China Sea involving competing maritime claims, Batanes is not an ungoverned reef or an isolated rock whose status is uncertain. It is a fully functioning Philippine province with continuous governmental authority, constitutional recognition, and an uninterrupted chain of administration extending across centuries.