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ILOILO CITY — The Department of Education (DepEd) has suspended face-to-face classes in 1,500 public schools across five regions. This comes as Super Typhoon “Inday” (international name: Bavi) continues to maintain its strength while moving westward over the Philippine Sea east of Northern Luzon on Wednesday. In its 5 p.m. situation report on July 8, DepEd

MANILA, Philippines — The House prosecution in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte said on Wednesday that the defense failed to debunk the testimony of National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Senior Agent Mark Calilung on the video containing the alleged “kill threat” made by Duterte. According to a statement from the prosecution, lawyer

MANILA, Philippines – The impeachment court will issue a subpoena to Vice President Sara Duterte’s Chief of Staff Atty. Zuleika Lopez on Wednesday, the court’s spokesperson, Reginald Tongol confirmed. It was the House prosecution panel who requested for a subpoena ad testificandum to Lopez. “On the request for issuance of subpoena ad testificandum to Atty.

MANILA, Philippines – The Senate impeachment court capped the first week of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial on Wednesday by granting the House prosecution’s request to subpoena Office of the Vice President chief of staff Undersecretary Zuleika Lopez. Lopez was ordered to appear and testify as one of the prosecution’s key witnesses when hearings resume

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense team on Wednesday maintained that her alleged hiring of an individual to assassinate President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., First Lady Lisa Araneta – Marcos, and former Speaker Martin Romualdez was merely an “unconventional” but “justified” response to genuine threats against her and her family. This statement, delivered

MANILA, Philippines – The board of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) will gather from July 8 to 10 for its ninth meeting to deliberate on key policy and operational matters aimed at strengthening its ability to support developing countries most vulnerable to the impact of climate change.  The meeting, hosted by

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Mayor Nestor Archival on Wednesday said the Cebu City Council’s reorganization would have been “nicer and better” had minority councilors received committee chairmanships, even as he acknowledged the majority bloc’s prerogative to distribute leadership posts. Archival made his comment a day after the 17th Cebu City Council finalized its standing committees,

MANILA – The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday said rainfall will be beneficial for agricultural fields and major dams in watershed areas amid the El Niño phenomenon. The DA made the remark as Super Typhoon Inday (international name Bavi) entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility. Though expected to bring heavy rains in select parts

MANILA, Philippines — While Super Typhoon Inday (international name: Bavi) still has no impact on the country, the southwest monsoon or habagat will bring rains over parts of Visayas and Mindanao from Wednesday afternoon to early Thursday morning, the state weather bureau said.  In the 5 p.m. weather forecast of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and

MANILA, Philippines— Vice President Sara Duterte’s assassination threat against President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. was absolute,  an agent of the National  Bureau of Investigation (NBI)  told the impeachment court on Wednesday. At the resumption of the trial, Senator-judge Alan Peter Cayetano pressed senior NBI agent John Mark Calilung whether Duterte’s alleged kill remark against Marcos, his