1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (999+ words) PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, PALAWAN, Philippines — Families of passengers who remain missing after the MV June Aster fire are facing another agonizing wait as authorities struggle to identify the bodies recovered from the charred vessel. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) warned…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1038+ words) CEBU CITY, Philippines — Before Resil Mojares became one of the country’s most respected historians and Cebu’s foremost keeper of memory, he was a fictionist. He was also a journalist, writing about Cebu’s history and culture while increasingly engaging with the…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (379+ words) MANILA, Philippines — Generally fair weather is expected in most parts of Luzon while cloudy skies and rain showers are possible in the Visayas and Mindanao on Sunday as the southwest monsoon or “habagat” weakens, according to the state weather bureau....

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (238+ words) MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano and his sister Sen. Pia Cayetano returned to the country on Saturday after their Singapore trip. “Through GOD’S grace, we are back! And in the arms of our beloved Pilipinas,” the former Senate president…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (230+ words) MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte arrived at the Quezon City Regional Trial Court on Friday to face arraignment for the grave threats case filed against her. Her spokesperson, lawyer Paolo Panelo Jr., earlier confirmed that she would be physically…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (187+ words) MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has declared Sept. 12, 2026, as a Day of National Mourning over the passing of National Artist for Literature Resil Mojares. He passed away early morning of Sept. 5, a day after his 83rd birthday. READ: Cebu mourns…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (163+ words) MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. remembered his late father and namesake, former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., on his birthday on Friday. Marcos Sr. would be 109 years old if he were alive today, having been born on Sept. 11, 1917. READ: Sept....

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (775+ words) DAGUPAN CITY — For a month now, a one-year-old eatery along Old De Venecia Road in this coastal city has remained closed. The road fronting it has been underwater for almost the entire month of August and into September. Whenever the…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (284+ words) MANILA, Philippines — The southwest monsoon, or habagat, may bring lighter rains in some areas across the country as it weakens on Friday, Sept. 11, the state weather bureau said. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) weather specialist Leanne Loreto…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (392+ words) MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court on Thursday appealed to the Senate for additional budget to construct the Manila Hall of Justice, which was planned almost three decades ago. Supreme Court Associate Justice Jhosep Lopez stressed the importance of constructing the…...