(October 8, 2026) — The Defense panel in the the impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte hit the Prosecution over the order of presentation of witnesses. As the impeachment trial kicked off on Thursday, House prosecutor Representative Terry Ridon suggested presenting the forensic financial analyst as witness before the representative from the Bureau of […]

By Enas Alashray, Mohammed Ghobari and Timour Azhari Oct 7 (Reuters) – Three people have been killed in attacks on Saudi airports, the country’s civil aviation authorities said on Wednesday, as fighting intensified in Yemen between the Iran-aligned Houthis and Saudi-backed government forces. One person was killed and eight wounded in an attack on King […]

By Olena Harmash and Vladyslav Smilianets KYIV, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Russia pounded Ukraine with waves of missiles and drones in one of its most “vile strikes” on Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, killing at least 28 people, including children, and damaging industrial facilities and energy infrastructure. Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi put the country-wide death […]

(October 7, 2026) – The House prosecution panel on Wednesday completed its presentation of representatives of banks on the 35th day of Vice Pres. Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, the longest trial day by far at more than nine hours. The bank representatives are among the Prosecution’s witnesses for Article II of the impeachment case, related […]

By Marie Mannes, Niklas Pollard and Simon Johnson (October 7, 2026, REUTERS) – Scientists Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for solving a long-standing riddle of asymmetric “mirror image” molecules, a discovery hugely important for pharmaceutical manufacturing, the award-giving body said on Wednesday. Soai, 76, is Japanese, and Kagan, […]

(October 7, 2026) – Nearly 429,000 people have been affected as the El Niño conditions have unleashed droughts in some parts of the country, damaging farmlands and curtailing water supplies, based on tallies from disaster authorities on Wednesday. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), in its October 7 report, said over 115,000 […]

(October 7, 2026, REUTERS) – The World Health Organization said on Wednesday it had requested more information from Russia about what killed a plague institute worker in Siberia, saying transparency was vital to get a clear picture of potential health risks. Russian authorities say the 28-year-old laboratory worker died on Friday from pneumonia of an […]

by Daniel Joseph Vicente (October 7, 2026) — There was once a little boy who stood beside a window, looking at a world much larger than himself. He was only four years old, but inside his young mind was a house waiting to be built. “May sariling kwarto sina Mama at Papa,” he whispered. “May […]

By Clarist Zablan (October 7, 2026) – The Commission on Audit has reaffirmed with finality the notice of disallowance on the P73.3-million confidential spending under Vice Pres. Sara Duterte in 2022, maintaining that she and her officials must return the disallowed amount. In a 14-page resolution dated October 5 but released to the media on […]

(October 7, 2026) — As Bohol strengthens its position as one of the Philippines’ leading tourism destinations, a growing focus on community preparedness is adding another dimension to the province’s tourism story: keeping residents and visitors safe around the water. Bohol welcomed 1.43 million tourist arrivals in 2025, a 4.18% increase from the previous year, […]

(October 7, 2026) – Malacañang on Wednesday said Henry Aguda remains as information and communications technology secretary, dispelling reports that the official has resigned from Pres. Bongbong Marcos’ Cabinet. Palace Press Officer Claire Castro reacted to the reports during a press briefing in Singapore. Marcos appointed Aguda as the head of the Department of Information […]

(October 7, 2026) — Senators Robin Padilla and Bong Go, along with PDP-Laban, asked the Supreme Court to restore the 16-vote requirement in the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte. The senators, party as well as lawyers and private citizens filed on Wednesday a petition for certiorari and prohibition against the Senate impeachment court’s […]