Topic: Philippines — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-20 12:09 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday urged the Philippine Navy to remain steadfast in defending the country’s sovereignty and maritime territory, telling naval personnel to “stand firm in protecting what is rightfully ours.”
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[2026-05-20 12:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Rensel Matthew Bacuyag , a nine-year-old Filipino chess prodigy, walked away with second place honors at the 37th Annual Canadian Chess Challenge national finals held at the Victoria Inn Hotel and Convention Center in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from May 16-18, 2026.
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[2026-05-20 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-05-20 10:46 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-20 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-20 09:22 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Tuesday tracked and challenged the illegal presence of China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel CCG-4305 that was drifting at around 48 nautical miles west of the coastline of Pandaquit, Zambales.
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[2026-05-20 09:15 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-20 07:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Most parts of the country would be again experiencing hot weather while isolated downpours would only be likely during late afternoon or at night, the state-run weather agency said on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-20 06:35 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: IBA, ZAMBALES, Philippines — Coastal communities in this province are once again preparing for possible livelihood disruptions as large portions of the province’s waters will be temporarily closed later this month for joint military exercises near Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.
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[2026-05-20 05:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte revealed on Tuesday that the local government in partnership with the Gaming Library - the country’s premier board game retailer, publisher and community hub is now ready for the four-day All Aboard Expo 2026.
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[2026-05-20 05:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Army on Tuesday slammed the "National Fact-Finding and Solidarity Mission" labeling it as merely a cheap worn-out propaganda out of sheer desperation to change the narratives of their defeat.
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[2026-05-20 04:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives' panel of prosecutors for the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte was confident it can prove the allegations against her.
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[2026-05-20 04:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Migz Zubiri raised the need to amend the dual citizenship law so that individuals with Filipino parentage should automatically be granted Filipino citizenship.
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[2026-05-20 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
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[2026-05-20 02:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Tuesday said that 74 local and international private companies have shown interest to bid in a project to expand the MRT-3, Metro Manila’s busiest rail transit line.
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[2026-05-20 02:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) have signed a credit line agreement with state-run LandBank to pay the government’s P3.6 billion contractual obligations to Light Rail Manila Corp. (LRMC), the private operator of LRT-1.
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[2026-05-20 02:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOP Line Business Development Corp. on Tuesday announced the signing of a sublease agreement for a 30-million-liter fuel depot in Cebu.
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[2026-05-20 02:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NASDAQ-LISTED Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp., the hospitality arm of Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE)-listed DoubleDragon Corp., on Monday said that its 680-room Madrid hotel had racked up more than 100,000 euros (approximately P7.18 million), in recurring room revenues in a single day on May 19, 2026.
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[2026-05-20 02:18 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Election watchdog Kontra Daya and other sectoral groups have appealed the decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on their complaint against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Vice President Sara Duterte, and two government contractors over alleged prohibited campaign contributions during the 2022 elections.
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[2026-05-20 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
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[2026-05-20 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THERE is one certainty on how the Philippine Senate now led by Alan Peter Cayetano will try the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte, a constitutional mandate. The Gang of 13 that voted for a change in Senate leadership on the same day the House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to impeach Duterte will also be vigilant gatekeepers to suppress the explosive and damning evidence that the House claimed to have itemized, lurid detail after lurid detail, against the Duterte
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[2026-05-20 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MY last domestic column concluded a series on political dynasties. For nine weeks since, this space tracked a global apocalypse: a catastrophic war ignited by a megalomaniac Trump that decapitated Iran’s leadership, devastated the Middle East, and wrecked the global economy. Yet, following this American defeat — a disaster Trump’s cohorts still cannot comprehend — (my next few columns) I must shift back to the local scenery.
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[2026-05-20 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
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[2026-05-20 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE recent Atin Ito protest voyage in the West Philippine Sea was intended to be a powerful display of the Filipino people’s assertiveness on the nation’s territorial dispute with China.
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[2026-05-20 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-20 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ON May 8, the World Bank issued an Implementation Status Report (ISR) for the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project, a flagship infrastructure project envisioned more than a decade ago as the backbone of a modern, efficient public transportation network in the Philippines’ rapidly growing second city. The significant information in the World Bank ISR was that, at the behest of the Philippine government, the multilateral lender is giving up on the project, moving to cancel $84.9 million of the
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[2026-05-20 01:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Philippine authorities are investigating Senate security officers who discharged their weapons without provocation while a senator facing an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant took shelter inside the legislative building and later escaped.
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[2026-05-20 00:57 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday said that it will not need to conduct a special election to fill the vacancy of the two party-list lawmakers who recently resigned from the House of Representatives, noting that it will only need a notice from the lower chamber to trigger another proclamation.
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[2026-05-20 00:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: There were no winners in the Ultra Lotto 6/58, Super Lotto 6/49, and Lotto 6/42 draws on Tuesday night, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) said.
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[2026-05-19 23:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has processed more than 5.4 million voter registration applications following the close of the registration period for the Nov. 2 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE).
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[2026-05-19 23:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — House Senior Deputy Minority Leader and Mamamayang Liberal Rep. Leila de Lima filed House Bill 9171 or the proposed Anti-Ticket Scalping Act.
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[2026-05-19 23:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The officer identified as firing the first shot was a classmate of Senator Ronald dela Rosa, who escaped in the chaos
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[2026-05-19 23:41 UTC+10:00] [Senate] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The officer identified as firing the first shot was a classmate of Senator Ronald dela Rosa, who escaped in the chaos
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[2026-05-19 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Manuel Parlade has been designated as officer-in-charge of the Office of Senate Sergeant-at-Arms following the suspension of retired Police major general Mao Aplasca.
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[2026-05-19 22:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines – Harmie Constantino heralded her return to form in style, shooting an eagle-boosted six-under 66 to take a two-stroke lead over Mafy Singson after 18 holes of the ICTSI Caliraya Springs Championship in Laguna on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-19 21:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The navy based its assessment partly on regional partners admiring its newer ships that were deployed in recent joint exercises
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[2026-05-19 21:58 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The navy based its assessment partly on regional partners admiring its newer ships that were deployed in recent joint exercises
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[2026-05-19 21:57 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-19 21:35 UTC+10:00] [Philippine News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-19 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Resigned 1Tahanan Partylist Rep. Nathaniel Oducado said that health, and not politics or his vote for the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte, was the main reason he resigned from the House of Representatives.
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[2026-05-19 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-19 20:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Leaders and representatives from the civil society, academe, labor, and business on Tuesday called for sobriety and unity in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) after its education minister is facing ouster over corruption allegations involving over P2 billion in "disbursement lapses" in his office.
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[2026-05-19 20:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday said it has identified the "culprit" in the Senate shooting incident last May 13, 2026 but did not want to "preempt" the ongoing investigation by identifying the perpetrator.
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[2026-05-19 19:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Resigned 1Tahanan representative Nathaniel Oducado explains his decision to resign from the House of Representatives, opting instead to 'take it easy.' He also answered allegations that there was pressure for him to resign after the vote to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte.
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[2026-05-19 19:39 UTC+10:00] [Philippine Elections] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has appealed to potential voter registrants to sign up ahead of the deadline because the poll body may next open its voters’ registration in February 2027, or before the 2028 national and local elections.
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[2026-05-19 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Manila’s military already operates superior weapons. But analysts say Tokyo’s Cold War-era hardware still has something to offer
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[2026-05-19 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Spyder] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Manila’s military already operates superior weapons. But analysts say Tokyo’s Cold War-era hardware still has something to offer
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[2026-05-19 19:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The assignments for the four articles of impeachment has been divided among the 11 members of the prosecution team as it gears up for the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.
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[2026-05-19 18:55 UTC+10:00] [Philippine Elections] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Over 5.4 million new voter applications have been processed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) after seven months of holding registration drives nationwide, the poll body said on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-19 18:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Lanao del Sur 1st District Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong and Kabataan Rep. Renee Co were named as the House of Representatives' spokesmen in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.
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