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SC settles quorum question on Senate shakeup

SC settles quorum question on Senate shakeup

By EJ Macababbad | 8 hours ago
The Supreme Court dismissed two petitions challenging the Senate’s decision to convene on June 3 with just a quorum...
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Defense: Properties mentioned were in Sara’s SALN

Defense: Properties mentioned were in Sara’s SALN

By Bella Cariaso | 8 hours ago
The properties mentioned by the prosecution witnesses before the Senate impeachment court yesterday were included in the statement...
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Prosecution drops Trillanes as witness

Prosecution drops Trillanes as witness

By Delon Porcalla | 8 hours ago
The prosecution camp of the House of Representatives has decided to forgo its plan to let former senator Antonio Trillanes...
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Digital sovereignty

Digital sovereignty

By Boo Chanco | 8 hours ago
It is hardly surprising that the DICT is struggling to get foreign-based social media platforms to comply with local regulations....
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Baste: I would have blocked GenCorp deals

Baste: I would have blocked GenCorp deals

By Daphne Galvez | 2 days ago
Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte faced the Senate impeachment court yesterday as a hostile witness,...
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Senator Raffy Tulfo.

Tulfo flags patronage in state housing

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Saint Benilde said its Center for Emergency Management, Safety and Security is coordinating closely with law enforcement agencies.

De La Salle-Benilde suspends classes amid threat

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Portugal's forward Cristiano Ronaldo reacts after missing a goal opportunity during the UEFA Nations League league phase group A4 football match between Portugal and Wales at the Jose Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon on September 24, 2026.

Ronaldo's Portugal future in doubt after walkout

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Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs poses for photos during the San Antonio Spurs Media Day at the Victory Capital Performance Center on September 28, 2026 in San Antonio, Texas.

Wemby: 'Very sad' to see players endorse betting firms

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Christ’s Character

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Philippine cinema icons receive commemorative posters from the FDCP featuring landmark films from the so-called Second Golden Age of Philippine cinema. From left: Ian de Leon, representing his late mother, National Artist Nora Aunor (‘Minsa’y Isang Gamu-Gamo’); Rez Cortez (‘Insiang’); Charo Santos (‘Itim’); Gloria Diaz (‘Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon?’); Elizabeth Oropesa (‘Nunal sa Tubig’); and FDCP chair Joey

Direk Joey Reyes denies resigning from FDCP

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Be:First is composed of Ryuhei, Manato, Sota, Junon, Leo and Shunto.

Be:First brings concert, EP to Pinoy audiences

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A photo of the Court of Appeals in Ermita, Manila.

AMLC freezes assets linked to flood mess

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According to PCG spokesman for the West Philippine Sea Rear Adm. Jay Tarriela, BRP Teresa Magbanua approached Jia Hai Ke 7 and launched a rigid-hull inflatable boat to disrupt the research vessel’s “illegal marine scientific research†activity in the area.

PCG drives away Chinese research vessel off Batanes

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Bernard Alan Racoma, director of the Education Division of the UP Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology points to the position of El Niño at the Project NOAH office in UP Diliman yesterday

Palace: P46 billlion aid ready for ‘Super El Niño’ ,

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Kingdom of Jesus Christ Pastor Apollo Quiboloy faces senators for the first time during the public hearing of the Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality Wednesday, October 23, 2024.

DOJ ‘almost ready to file’ extradition petition on Quiboloy

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Carlo Paalam.

Paalam goes for gold

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Carlo Paalam.

Speed, experience for Pinoy boxer

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Mapua’s Yam Concepcion looks for a receiver in last night’s NCAA game against Arellano.

Cardinals take down Chiefs

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The day began under a steady early morning rain that dampened the fairways of the Iloilo Golf and Country Club, forcing players to adjust their touch and strategy. As the morning progressed, a brief spell of bright sunshine peeked through, bringing a sudden wave of humidity that compounded the field’s physical strain before dark, overcast skies rolled back in to wrap the course in a gloomy, unpredictable backdrop.

Lumbo steals show in ICTSI Iloilo

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Two giants fall

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At 40, with a bad shoulder, a No. 28 qualifying rank and a decade of stops and starts behind her, Cojuangco did something no Filipino archer had ever done Thursday – she shot her way into an Asian Games gold-medal match.

Amaya hits silver that feels like gold

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In this composite image, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., left, speaks at a Foreign Correspondents' Association of the Philippines forum in Manila on Aug. 14, 2026, while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers an address at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on Sept. 16, 2026.

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During yesterdayâ??s proceedings, impeachment court presiding officer Sen. Francis Escudero allowed the issuance of subpoena to representatives of several banks and insurance companies, upon the request of prosecutors from the House of Representatives.

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Preliminary data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed that loans extended by universal and commercial banks grew by 11 percent year-on-year in August, faster than the 10.4-percent expansion in July.

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