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Ateneo Law School Dean Jose Maria "Joey" Hofileña has passed away at the age of 64, leaving the Philippine legal community in mourning. His family confirmed the news on Friday, saying they "find comfort in knowing that he is now wrapped in the warm embrace of our
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The Philippine, American, and Japanese militaries just completed a historic six-day joint exercise over the Bashi Channel — the narrow strait separating the Philippines from Taiwan. It marks the first time their Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activities have expanded beyond the South China Sea into these strategically sensitive waters. Aircraft from all
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A U.S. Air Force transport aircraft crashed into a concrete road barrier while attempting to take off from a bypass road in Laoac, Pangasinan on Tuesday afternoon, injuring all five American military personnel on board. The pilot and two others were rushed to the hospital, while the remaining two
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The Bureau of Corrections dropped the hammer on Friday, relieving two prison superintendents from their posts amid ongoing investigations into their conduct — the latest shakeup under BuCor Director General Gregorio Catapang's watch. Out are Ricardo Sespene Jr., superintendent of the Leyte Regional Prison, and Marjorie Ann Sanidad, head
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Mayon Volcano in Albay generated an ongoing lava-collapse pyroclastic density current on Friday afternoon — the latest in a series of increasingly intense volcanic events that have kept Alert Level 3 in place over the Philippines' most perfectly shaped volcano. PHIVOLCS reported that lava effusion continues to generate flows that
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The Philippines' unified 911 emergency hotline receives up to 500 calls daily related to violence against women and children — a staggering number that the DILG says has been climbing steadily since the system went fully operational. Emergency 911 National Office executive director Francis Fajardo shared the data at a
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A Davao-based journalist has filed a notarized affidavit demanding a public apology from ICC Senior Trial Lawyer Julian Nicholls — claiming the prosecutor used his video without authorization during Duterte's confirmation of charges hearing, and in doing so, put his family's safety at risk. Ben Tesiorna said
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First Lady Liza Marcos and Film Development Council of the Philippines chairman Jose Javier Reyes officially reopened the Cinematheque Centre Manila in its new Intramuros location on Wednesday — and Reyes couldn't contain his emotion about what it means for Philippine cinema. 'Sa wakas, may bahay na ang
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A fire broke out in a residential area along CV Francisco Street in Barangay UP Campus, Quezon City around 5 AM Friday, destroying three houses and injuring two residents who suffered burns to their legs and feet while scrambling to escape. Residents tried their best to fight the flames before
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The confusion surrounding how many people were actually aboard the ill-fated M/V Trisha Kerstin 3 when it sank off Basilan last January now has a clearer explanation — and it's infuriating. At the House Transportation Committee hearing, the ship owner's lawyer admitted that ticket scalping is
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The fallout from Kanlaon Volcano's moderately explosive eruption Thursday night is becoming clearer — and it's worse than initially thought. The Negros Occidental Operations Center has now documented ashfall and sulfuric smells across 11 towns, with some areas experiencing heavy ashfall that's covering everything in
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The Philippines, United States, and Japan just made history by extending their multilateral maritime drills all the way to the waters off Batanes — the closest Philippine province to Taiwan — for the very first time. Since the MMCA started in 2024, the exercises had never gone past Pangasinan. Until now. The