Nobel laureate named to UN’s AI panel
Journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa is among 40 experts selected to serve on a United Nations AI panel, officials announced.
Panel dismisses Marcos impeachment complaints
The Philippine House justice committee said two impeachment complaints against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, accusing him of corruption, violating the constitution and betraying public trust, were lacking in substance.
Marcos impeachment weighed
THE country's lawmakers met to decide whether to advance impeachment complaints against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, who is alleged to have betrayed the public's trust, engaged in corruption, and violated the constitution.
Duterte faces impeachment
CIVIL society leaders and members of a left-wing coalition have filed impeachment complaints against Vice-President Sara Duterte, restarting a process sidelined by the country's Supreme Court last year.
Kanlaon shows signs of potential eruption
Superheated gas emissions have been detected at the crater of Kanlaon Volcano, on the island of Negros, a possible precursor to an explosive eruption, a volcanologist said.
Manila sets agenda as Asean tackles regional crises
Foreign ministers from South-East Asia began a meeting to tackle key issues in the region, including tensions in the South China Sea, an escalating civil war in Myanmar and a border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia.
Asean seeks stronger tourism ties with China, Japan, Korea
The national tourism organisations (NTOs) of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) are seeking to strengthen marketing collaboration with counterparts in key markets – China, Japan and Korea, the Philippines News Agency (PNA) reported.
Ferry sinking kills at least 18
A ferry with more than 350 people onboard sank in choppy seas off the southern Philippines, killing at least 18 and leaving 24 still missing, the coast guard said.
It’s a ‘travesty of justice’
A young journalist who spent nearly six years in a crowded provincial prison was found guilty of terror financing in a case rights groups and a UN expert labelled a "travesty of justice".
