MANILA: The Quezon City government has recorded its first mpox (previously monkeypox) case, nearly two weeks after the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed the country’s first case this year. The patient, a 37-year-old male and a resident of the city, is currently admitted at San Lazaro Hospital in Manila. He started exhibiting symptoms on Aug. 16 and was admitted to

MANILA: The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Saturday said it is fact-checking the testimonies of Shiela Guo, the alleged sister of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, given the supposed loopholes in her narratives. During the Saturday News Forum in Quezon City, DOJ Undersecretary Raul Vasquez said the government is seriously investigating the escape of the former mayor and her

MANILA: The Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s (MILF) decommissioning and the Moro National Liberation Front’s (MNLF) profiling are key to peaceful elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim (BARMM) in 2025, the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) said Saturday. Dennis Legaspi, director of OPAPRU International Private Partnership Office, said during the Saturday News Forum

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice ordered the suspension of the social media platform X across the country on Friday. The decision follows accusations that X, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, has repeatedly disregarded Brazilian court orders and regulations. “(Following) repeated, conscious, and willful non-compliance with court orders and non-compliance with the daily fines imposed, in addition to the attempt to

MANILA: The Philippines expressed its ‘serious concern’ over the latest ramming incident in Escoda Shoal, National Maritime Council (NMC) spokesperson Vice Adm. Alexander Lopez said on Saturday afternoon. This was after China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel 5205 on Saturday repeatedly rammed into BRP-Teresa Magbanua, the biggest ship of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) deployed in April to Escoda Shoal, which

MANILA: The Catholic faithful will now get a glimpse of the early life and legacy of the late Manila Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin as his family’s home in New Washington town in Aklan has been turned into a museum. In a social media post, the Manila Cathedral shared that Sin’s house, transformed into ‘Museo Kardinal,’ will be open to the

MANILA: Filipino wheelchair racer Jerrold Mangliwan clocked one minute and 4.55 seconds to finish eighth and last in the Paralympic Games men’s 400-meter T52 event at Stade de France on Friday night (Saturday morning, PH time). He placed seventh out eight qualifiers with a time of 1:05.79 in the heats. The gold medal went to reigning world champion Maxime Carabine

MANILA: More than 100 foreign nationals were arrested during a raid of an illegal online gaming hub inside a resort in Cebu province on Saturday, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said. BI intelligence division chief Fortunato Manahan Jr. said the raid in Barangay Agus, Lapu-Lapu City stemmed from a mission order issued by Commissioner Norman Tansingco against 13 illegal aliens