Petrol excise paused due to Mideast conflict
Manila temporarily suspended excise duties on petroleum products used for cooking, the presidential palace said, as it struggles to deal with soaring fuel costs from the Middle East conflict.
Marcos pardons drug mule repatriated by Indonesia
President Ferdinand Marcos said he has pardoned Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina who spent nearly 15 years on Indonesia's death row for drug trafficking before being sent home.
Bus lines push Marcos for fare hike
Bus operators pressed President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to let them raise ticket prices, arguing that soaring fuel costs from the Middle East conflict threatened to make operations "impossible"
47 flood projects flagged
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has flagged 47 of 100 flood control projects in the district of Davao City Rep Paolo Duterte, NBI Director Melvin Matibag said.
Teen told group chat he wanted to attack school on Sept 3
The 16-year-old student who allegedly went on a shooting rampage at Banga National High School in the southern Philippines had planned the attack as early as August and warned some classmates hours before carrying it out, according to Mayor Albert Palencia.
Teen gunman kills two classmates
Three students were killed in a school shooting in the country's south, including a 16-year-old suspected gunman who turned the gun on himself, provincial officials said.
Duterte makes ICC debut
Former president Rodrigo Duterte appeared in person at the International Criminal Court for the first time, as he faces charges over his "war on drugs" that killed thousands.
Coalition likely in Muslim south after polls
Coalition talks may be needed to choose the first elected chief minister of the Muslim-dominated autonomous region in the southern Philippines, with unofficial results suggesting no single bloc is on course to dominate the new 80-member parliament.
Bangsamoro polls tests fragile peace
Voting began yesterday in the country's Muslim-majority south under heightened security after three people were killed and 15 wounded in violence on the eve of the historic election.
‘Sub-quality’ dismissed cops turn to crime
Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla has admitted that a "great number" of former police officers who were dismissed from the force eventually become involved in organised crime.
