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MANILA, Philippines – Team Philippines has not won more than four gold medals in the Asian Games for over six decades, but the ambitious goal for the upcoming edition in Nagoya, Japan, is to win twice as many. Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino on Thursday, September…

MANILA, Philippines – Every three years, a new set of Filipino individuals receive the country’s highest honors for their contributions to Philippine arts and all its forms. These pioneers are chosen and vetted by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Cultural Center of…

Two more senators have left the country amid the ongoing impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte and Senate deliberations on the proposed P7.2-trillion national budget for 2027. On Thursday, September 10, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) confirmed that Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter…

ALBAY, Philippines – The Provincial Government of Albay declared a state of calamity after recording 1,785 dengue cases and 14 fatalities as of Thursday, September 10. According to data from the Albay Provincial Health Office (PHO), Legazpi City logged the highest number of active cases at 378,…

MANILA, Philippines – Two of the Philippines’ top medal prospects in the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, will serve as flag bearers as boxer Aira Villegas and weightlifter Albert Ian delos Santos are tasked to lead the delegation in the opening ceremony. Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham…

Apparently, the condition of former House speaker Martin Romualdez was not an emergency case when he rushed himself to the hospital on September 7, the day Sandiganbayan 3rd Division issued an arrest warrant against him for plunder. Dr. Kurt Allen Sibayan, Romualdez’s admitting physician, said this…

The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is holding its first parliamentary elections on September 14, 2026, after being postponed at least four times: first in May 2022 , then in May 2025 , October 2025 , and again in March 2026 . The historic polls are seen as a pivotal moment in the…

Decades of conflict and peacebuilding will culminate on Monday, September 14 — the day when more than two million Filipinos of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will cast their votes in the regional parliamentary elections. The momentous elections matter not just because…

MANILA, Philippines – The Office of the Ombudsman charged former House speaker Martin Romualdez with plunder on September 7 due to the flood control scam. But before the authorities could serve his arrest warrant, he had already checked himself into a hospital. His arrest has been carried out but…

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You’ve probably noticed, just as we have, that there’s a common playbook being passed around by government officials facing imminent arrest or a string of legal cases. It’s finding refuge in a hospital after raising a variety of illnesses that require medical attention. Top officials, including…