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  1. The Manila Times·metro manila
    Globe leads NTC test, boosts mobile connectivity

    MANILA, Philippines — Globe Telecom broadened its network infrastructure and ventured into satellite direct-to-cell technology to boost mobile connectivity, after the latest National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) tests showed it was posting a 99.41 percent SMS (short message service) success rate in Metro M

  2. The Manila Times·metro manila
    UP students evacuated over online threat

    MANILA, Philippines — Students and faculty at the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman in Quezon City were evacuated Thursday afternoon after an alleged online threat targeting the Palma and Malcolm Hall areas circulated online. According to the Quezon City Police District (QCPD), someone received a message

  3. The Manila Times·metro manila
    VP Sara ‘replacement’ not being discussed — Palace

    MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Thursday said there has been no discussion on the possible replacement of Vice President Sara Duterte amid reports that House Speaker Bojie Dy was being eyed to succeed her. "We cannot anticipate. We cannot speculate because the defense [panel] has yet to present their e

  4. The Manila Times·metro manila
    Mindanao politician linked to drug shipment seized in Laos — PDEA

    MANILA, Philippines — A politician in Mindanao was tagged by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) as the financier of the chartered plane that carried 521 kilograms of suspected shabu worth P3.54 billion seized in Laos. PDEA spokesman Joseph Frederick Calulut however declined to identify the politician.

  5. The Manila Times·metro manila
    Fake passport stamp exposes suspected trafficking scheme at NAIA

    MANILA, Philippines — A suspected attempt to smuggle a passenger past immigration inspection using a fake passport stamp has triggered a probe to determine the existence of a human trafficking scheme targeting Filipinos searching for jobs abroad, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said Thursday. BI officers intercept

  6. The Manila Times·metro manila
    Lacson vows ‘more crying’ as Senate scrutinizes 2027 budget

    MANILA, Philippines — The Senate may restore hundreds of billions of pesos in budget cuts and realignments made by the House of Representatives in the proposed P7.2 trillion national budget for 2027, Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said, warning that there will be more crying as senators scrutinize changes

  7. The Manila Times·metro manila
    Lacson: P11M left for VP Sara impeachment trial more than enough

    MANILA, Philippines — The Senate has P11 million remaining budget for the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, more than enough to cover the proceedings, Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said Thursday. Lacson said slightly more than P14 million had been spent from the P25.7 million continuing a

  8. The Manila Times·metro manila
    63% of Filipinos say VP impeachment trial wastes public funds — survey

    MANILA, Philippines — Nearly two-thirds of Filipino voters consider the time and public resources devoted to Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial an unreasonable use of government funds, even as more respondents expect her to be convicted, a Pahayag survey showed. The survey conducted by PUBLiCUS

  9. The Manila Times·metro manila
    P44.9B spent on development projects in 5,638 insurgency-hit villages

    MANILA, Philippines — The government has invested P44.90 billion in development projects in 5,638 villages (barangay) formerly affected by communist insurgency from 2021 to 2026, with more than 16 million Filipinos reported to have benefited from the program, the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed C

  10. The Manila Times·metro manila
    Nearly half of Filipinos want government to pay system loss costs — survey

    MANILA, Philippines — Nearly half of Filipino adults want the government to shoulder electricity system loss charges that are presently being shouldered by consumers, a survey by Momentum Research showed. System loss refers to electricity generated or purchased that is lost before reaching end-users. These losses

  11. The Freeman·cebu
    Diskurso ni Sara

    Ang diskurso ni Bise Presidente Sara Duterte sa Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry 52nd Philippine Business Conference and Expo sa Manila Hotel niadtong Martes maoy unang pormal niyang mensahe ngadto sa dagkong mga negosyante sa nasud human nideklarar sa iyang kandidatura pagka presidente niadtong Pebrero 18 n

  12. Bombo Radyo Baguio·cordillera
    Sen. Cayetano, kinarit ni Sen. Lacson nga ibutaktakna dagiti maatap a binutbuteng ken pinangtaan daytoy mainaig iti Taguig infrastructure

    Kinarit ni Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson ni Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano nga inagananna dagiti indibidual nga atapenna a makaaw-awat iti pangta mainaig iti isyu ti Taguig infrastructure nga immun-una nga imbutaktak daytoy. Iti livestream ni Senator Cayetano idi Sabado, kinunana a nakaawat daytoy iti "feel