Month: April 2026

MANILA, Philippines — Supporters of Vice President Sara Duterte filed with the Supreme Court on Friday a third petition challenging the ongoing impeachment proceedings in the House of Representatives.

MANILA, Philippines — Meralco customers should brace for higher power rates this month, though the adjustment does not yet reflect the impact of fuel price spikes spurred by the Middle East war.

THE Supreme Court en banc has dismissed a petition for certiorari filed by alleged flood control scam contractor Cezarah Rowena Discaya, challenging the Office of the Ombudsman’s finding of probable cause against her for graft and malversation through falsification of public documents.

A 20-year-old man was arrested by the San Francisco Police Department after allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s house, The New York Times reports.

The Artemis II crew has successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after a historic 695,081-mile, 10-day journey around the moon and back.
April 11, 2026

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has ordered officials to begin direct negotiations with Lebanon “as soon as possible”, citing requests from Beirut as tensions remain high despite a broader regional ceasefire.

MANILA, Philippines — “Good luck to him,” was the message Vice President Sara Duterte would like to relay to President Marcos as rumors swirled online about his supposed serious illness.

MANILA, Philippines — About 84 percent of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) returning from the Middle East still hope to find employment abroad, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said, even as the government ramps up repatriation efforts amid ongoing regional tensions.

SEN. Panfilo Lacson postponed the resumption of the probe on alleged anomalous flood control projects as the Blue Ribbon Committee has yet to receive the sworn affidavit of former Ilocos Sur governor Chavit Singson who claimed to have knowledge of the scandal. The Blue Ribbon panel which Lacson leads has deferred its April 14 hearing on anomalous flood control projects which was originally set to hear Singson’s testimony.

John Deere has agreed to pay farmers $99 million to resolve a class action lawsuit that accused the agricultural giant of preventing farmers and mechanics from accessing the materials needed to repair equipment, as reported earlier by Reuters. As part of the proposed settlement, John Deere says it will make repair resources available for a period of 10 years, “on a license or subscription basis.”