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VP Sara’s business deals next at trial

VP Sara’s business deals next at trial

By Delon Porcalla | 10 hours ago
House prosecutors are expected to focus on conflict of interest arising from Vice President Sara Duterte’s alleged businesses...
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DPWH summons Taguig contractors for CDO violation

DPWH summons Taguig contractors for CDO violation

By Rainier Allan Ronda | 10 hours ago
The Department of Public Works and Highways has issued show-cause orders to contractors in Taguig who allegedly continued...
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AirAsia lands new investor

AirAsia lands new investor

By Elijah Felice Rosales | 10 hours ago
The Philippine unit of AirAsia has secured a new investor to boost its resources ahead of plans to expand both fleet and network,...
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Next witness to testify on Sara business interests, government deals

Next witness to testify on Sara business interests, government deals

By Daphne Galvez | 1 day ago
The House prosecution panel is preparing witnesses to testify on Vice President Sara Duterte’s declared business interests,...
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First Gen: No plan to sell EDC

First Gen: No plan to sell EDC

By Brix Lelis | 10 hours ago
Lopez-led First Gen Corp. is holding on to Energy Development Corp. (EDC), the country’s largest geothermal company,...
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Christopher de Leon (right) chooses to leave the matter to his adult children, Ian and Lotlot (left) when it comes to their conflict over the estate and legacy of their late mother, National Artist for Film Nora Aunor.

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Century Properties and General Trias, Cavite Local Government officials officially launch Cerulean Residences, the developer’s 25-hectare premium horizontal residential development. (From left) Engr. Xerxes Delgado, CPG head of Project Development and Technical Operations Division, Arch. Bernard Artates, CPG head of Design and Innovation Group, Jennifer dela Cruz, CPG SVP for Corporate Growth Strategy, San Francisco, General Trias Barangay Chairman Ryan Santor, Julienne Cruz, CPG vice president Corporate Communications and Marketing, and Engr. Lauro Reyes, CPG head of Construction Management.

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Gold medalist Yu Zidi of China celebrates on the podium during the victory ceremony of the women's 200m butterfly swimming event during the 2026 Asian Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on September 20, 2026.

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Gold medalist Yu Zidi of China celebrates on the podium during the victory ceremony of the women's 200m butterfly swimming event during the 2026 Asian Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on September 20, 2026.

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Britian's Prince William, Earl Spencer, Prince Harry and then-Prince Charles walk outside Westminster Abbey during the funeral service for Diana, Princess of Wales on September 6, 1997. Buckingham Palace on September 17, 2026 has hit back at claims by the late Princess Diana's brother that King Charles III acted insensitively following her death in a car crash almost 30 years ago. The palace issued an unusually strong statement after Charles Spencer claimed in his new memoir that the then-prince, Diana's former husband, said "rest assured, we'll forget her soon enough" days after she died in 1997.

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Britian's Prince William, Earl Spencer, Prince Harry and then-Prince Charles walk outside Westminster Abbey during the funeral service for Diana, Princess of Wales on September 6, 1997. Buckingham Palace on September 17, 2026 has hit back at claims by the late Princess Diana's brother that King Charles III acted insensitively following her death in a car crash almost 30 years ago. The palace issued an unusually strong statement after Charles Spencer claimed in his new memoir that the then-prince, Diana's former husband, said "rest assured, we'll forget her soon enough" days after she died in 1997.

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Britian's Prince William, Earl Spencer, Prince Harry and then-Prince Charles walk outside Westminster Abbey during the funeral service for Diana, Princess of Wales on September 6, 1997. Buckingham Palace on September 17, 2026 has hit back at claims by the late Princess Diana's brother that King Charles III acted insensitively following her death in a car crash almost 30 years ago. The palace issued an unusually strong statement after Charles Spencer claimed in his new memoir that the then-prince, Diana's former husband, said "rest assured, we'll forget her soon enough" days after she died in 1997.

Ed Sheeran’s fans back singer after controversy over Macklemore, Palestinians

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In Netflix’s new period romance-drama ‘The Scandal,’ favorite South Korean leading man Ji Chang-wook plays Cho Won, a charismatic nobleman who becomes part of a risqué and dangerous game of seduction and manipulation that challenges the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Joseon.

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The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday issued the statement following Taiwan’s announcement on Tuesday that it is preparing to open a representative’s office in Cebu to use it to create a “Taiwan-Philippines economic corridor.â€

DFA affirms one-China; Taiwan to open Cebu office

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Boxing legend and former senator Manny Pacquiao takes his oath before President Bongbong Marcos as the secretary and lead convenor of the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) on September 8, 2026.

Pacquiao wants NAPC regional offices

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Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte appears at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on September 16, 2026, during a preparatory session as he faces charges over his “war on drugs,†which killed thousands.

ICC prosecutor adds 8 incidents in Duterte case

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Police forensic experts sift through the scene of the deadly gun rampage on September 18, 2026, inside a school campus in Banga, South Cotabato.

Passage of school safety law pushed

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