Saab Magalona"s son, Vito, was thrilled to hear SB19"s version of “Mga Kababayan” in the animated film “Forgotten Island.”
Sep 29, 2026
MANILA, Philippines – On Day 31 of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, her brother, Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte is expected to take the witness stand Tuesday, with his testimony expected to focus on the city government transactions with GenCorp Industries Inc., a company declared by the vice president as a business interest
MANILA, Philippines — Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte is expected to take the witness stand on Tuesday, the 31st day of the impeachment trial of his sister, Vice President Sara Duterte. The mayor’s supposed appearance on Monday was moved to Tuesday and Wednesday after the impeachment court granted his request for more time to
MANILA, Philippines — The intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) will bring rains in Palawan and parts of Visayas and Mindanao while the rest of Luzon will see cloudy skies on Tuesday, according to the state weather bureau. In the 5 a.m. weather forecast of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), weather specialist Veronica
CALAPAN CITY, ORIENTAL MINDORO, Philippines — A bird of prey has been rescued after it was found floating in the waters off Santa Fe town in Romblon province and was immediately turned over to environmental officials for assessment and care. The raptor, locally known as a “lawin or banog,” was spotted over the weekend by
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China’s top diplomat Wang Yi met Japan’s former foreign minister Takeshi Iwaya, who is leading a 50-member delegation of corporate executives, in Beijing on Monday, marking the highest-ranking Chinese official reception for a Japanese visit in nearly a year. During the talks, Wang warned that bilateral relations were facing a “severe situation” and had “yet to be normalised” ahead of next year’s 55th anniversary of diplomatic ties, according to a readout from the Chinese foreign ministry. “A...
MANILA, Philippines — Election lawyer Romulo Macalintal has mounted a fresh legal challenge before the Supreme Court (SC) to declare Republic Act (RA) No. 12326 unconstitutional and stop the deferral of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). Aside from postponing this year’s election, RA 12326 extends the term of office for barangay and Sangguniang
MANILA, Philippines — The prosecution and defense clashed anew on Monday over Vice President Sara Duterte’s bank records as the Senate impeachment court pressed into questions about her business interests, government contracts and undeclared assets on Day 30 of the trial. House prosecutor Chel Diokno manifested that the prosecution had sought Duterte’s admission of the
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Monday urged Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon to tell the truth about 68 infrastructure projects the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) had flagged in Taguig City, saying any cover-up attempt could make them criminally liable. “I told him not to deny the existence of ghost projects
MANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation will invite Vice President Sara Duterte, former Speaker Lord Allan Velasco and other people implicated by a dismissed policeman in a series of alleged cash deliveries that supposedly benefited members of the Duterte family. This was announced by NBI Director Melvin Matibag on Monday after former Police
The Wall Street Journal reports that GPT-6.1 Astra shows higher levels of deception than its predecessor in internal testing, including efforts to obfuscate its activities