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MANILA, Philippines — Eight people were injured, including five who were hit by shotgun pellets, after a land dispute turned violent in Taguig City, the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) said Wednesday. According to the NCRPO, the incident occurred at 1:49 p.m. on Tuesday, June 23, in Sitio Pusawan, Barangay Ususan, Taguig City, when

MANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is investigating the Monday’s shooting inside a Tacloban City high school that killed three students. NBI Director Melvin Matibag said this in an ambush interview with reporters at the bureau’s headquarters on Wednesday. “We assigned our Tacloban office to investigate so we will also have a

MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman has filed two separate graft charges against Cebu’s Borbon town Vice Mayor Noel Dotillos over unauthorized release of P570,000 anniversary bonus and the hiring of his wife when he was still a mayor.  State prosecutors on Tuesday said they filed the cases before the Cebu Regional Trial

Most Bangkok locals haven’t been to the old city since a school field trip, and most tourists rush through it in half a day: Grand Palace, Wat Pho, photo, done. Both groups are missing the essence of Phra Nakhon, Bangkok’s historic old town on Rattanakosin Island. Phra Nakhon is a completely different city from the …

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A Thai YouTuber denied physically assaulting a photographer who reached out to a news agency to seek justice yesterday, June 23. The incident was reported yesterday, when a 24 year old photographer, identified only as Bank, contacted KhaoSod to describe an alleged assault involving a YouTuber that he said occurred on June 18 at a …

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MANILA, Philippines — A former lawmaker has reminded local authorities that China cannot be trusted on territorial matters, as the global superpower’s strategy may be similar to what it did to the Mischief Reef west of Palawan. Former Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers recalled that China first claimed that the structures it was building

MANILA, Philippines —  The National Maritime Council (NMC) has thrown its full support behind the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in asserting the Philippines’ 2016 South China Sea arbitral win, as the country prepares to mark the decision’s 10th anniversary next month. According to the NMC, the country’s position remains “clear and consistent” with international law, citing the

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The recent school shooting in Tacloban City has reignited debates here regarding the age of criminal responsibility, drawing sharp reactions from government officials, religious leaders, and law enforcement officials in Northern Mindanao. The Tacloban school rampage on Monday involving two minor students left three students dead and 20 wounded. The

TALACOGON, Agusan del Sur — Rene Clert “Bobet” Baterbonia, the rising Ateneo basketball star whose life was cut short after he drowned during a team-building session in Aurora province, was finally laid to rest here Wednesday morning by an estimated crowd of 5,000. The 18-year-old cager, whose death stirred national grief and calls for accountability,

MANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Francisco (international name: Mekkhala) further weakened on Wednesday afternoon as it continued to head away from the country, the state weather bureau said. According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) in its latest typhoon bulletin, Francisco was last spotted 320 kilometers (km) east northeast of Itbayat, Batanes.