President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. attended the 7th Founding Anniversary of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao/Screen grabbed from RTVM’s livestream, January 21, 2026. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. reminded Iglesia ni Cristo members who joined Tuesday’s rally at the Edsa People Power Monument that public protests do not clear a person facing a pending case….
Photo courtesy of Anadolu The EU and China have agreed Monday to launch a new high-level dialogue aimed at stabilizing and rebalancing their trade and investment relationship, following the first meeting of the EU-China Trade and Investment Consultations (TIC) in Brussels. EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic and China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao met and agreed…
Photo courtesy of Anadolu At least 15 people were wounded after a naphtha-carrying pipeline caught fire at a refinery in India on Tuesday. The incident occurred at the Haldia Refinery in West Bengal, where thick plumes of black smoke billowed into the sky, local broadcaster NDTV reported. The fire in the pipeline carrying naphtha –…
Photo courtesy of Anadolu China has introduced stricter payment rules for electric vehicle and energy storage battery firms, extending its campaign against disorderly price competition to one of the country’s fastest-growing industrial sectors. The China Automotive Battery Innovation Alliance and the China Energy Storage Alliance issued a payment cap on Monday covering both EV and…
Photo courtesy of Anadolu Israeli settler groups have prepared a plan to seize 100 strategic locations in the Palestinian Authority-administered Area A of the occupied West Bank, according to a media report Monday. The Israel Hayom newspaper reported that the plan, prepared by the Settler Farms Association and the Havat (Farms) Forum, aims to fundamentally…
Photo courtesy of PNP Police, customs personnel, and Army troops intercepted suspected smuggled cigarettes worth about Php 9.47 million in Pitogo, Zamboanga del Sur, on June 28. The Philippine National Police said the operation was launched after a concerned citizen reported that bundles of suspected contraband were being unloaded from a pump boat and transferred…
Photo courtesy of PNP The Philippine National Police warned job seekers against illegal recruitment schemes after two people were arrested in Pasig City for allegedly offering overseas work without authority. The PNP said the suspects, identified only by their aliases “Andeng” and “Angel,” were arrested by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group on June 24….
The Pope opened the second consistory of his pontificate last Friday, June 26, with an opening Mass at Saint Peter’s Basilica. (Photo from the Vatican News) Thanking the College of Cardinals for the successful staging of the extraordinary consistory of some 178 cardinals from around the world, Pope Leo XIV closed the event by reiterating…
Photo courtesy of the Office of the Ombudsman. Senator Rodante Marcoleta, former Anakalusugan party-list representative Michael ‘Mike’ Defensor and two other individuals will be facing plunder charges as the Office of the Ombudsman is set to file the complaints before the Sandiganbayan within the week. Marcoleta, also a former member of the House of Representatives…
Photo courtesy of 53IB Government forces confiscated suspected smuggled cigarettes worth about Php 105.9 million in separate operations in Zamboanga del Sur on Monday. The Army’s 53rd Infantry Battalion said Tuesday that 671 master cases of assorted cigarettes were recovered during two anti-smuggling operations conducted with partner agencies. Most of the contraband was found in…