Topic: Philippines — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-18 23:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III and Senior Deputy Speaker Ferdinand Hernandez on Monday filed a resolution seeking a congressional inquiry into the back-to-back tripping of major transmission lines operated by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) that triggered red and yellow alerts in the Luzon and Visayas grids.
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[2026-05-18 23:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives on Monday honored BINI for making history at Coachella as the the first Filipino pop group to perform at the music festival.
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[2026-05-18 22:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The vice-president’s impeachment trial starts amid chaos in the Senate from leadership battles and the fallout from her father’s ICC case
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[2026-05-18 22:51 UTC+10:00] [Senate] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The vice-president’s impeachment trial starts amid chaos in the Senate from leadership battles and the fallout from her father’s ICC case
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[2026-05-18 22:28 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Complaints poured in on the final day of voter registration for the 2026 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) after some Commission on Elections (Comelec) offices stopped accommodating applicants hours before the official closing time.
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[2026-05-18 22:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-18 21:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano on Monday said the Senate leadership would push through with the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte without unnecessary delays, even as he intensified accusations against the National Bureau of Investigation over last week’s shooting inside the Senate complex.
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[2026-05-18 21:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: CEBU CITY — A Cebuano business process outsourcing executive admitted before a United States federal court that he participated in a multi-million dollar publishing and film adaptation fraud scheme that victimized more than 800 aspiring authors across the US.
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[2026-05-18 21:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines—The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Monday condemned the “terror-grooming” of the Communist Party of the Philippines, New People’s Army, and National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) as another former student leader died in an encounter between military forces and insurgents in Negros Occidental recently.
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[2026-05-18 21:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. speaks with Japanese media, including Nikkei Asia, in Manila on May 18. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
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[2026-05-18 21:34 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-18 21:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-18 20:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Opposing groups gathered outside the Senate complex as lawmakers began the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. One side near the Senate gates was occupied by supporters of Duterte and Senator Bato dela Rosa. They called for the dismissal of the impeachment case. On the opposite side, members of labor and progressive groups demanded the impeachment of the Vice President.
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[2026-05-18 20:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, directed Vice President Sara Duterte to reply within 10 days on the Articles of Impeachment. The prosecution may file a reply within a non-extendible period of five days from receipt of the response. Cayetano is serving as the presiding officer of the impeachment court.
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[2026-05-18 20:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The Senate has convened as an impeachment court. Cayetano will serve as presiding officer in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. He took his oath, vowing to administer “impartial justice according to the Constitution and the laws of the Philippines.” The 22 senators present also took their oath as senator-judges.
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[2026-05-18 20:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines —The Department of Justice (DOJ) has recommended the filing of criminal charges against Senator Jinggoy Estrada, several officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways, and other individuals over their alleged involvement in a multi-billion-peso corruption scheme tied to flood control and national infrastructure projects.
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[2026-05-18 20:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday held off any comment amid the unpredictability in the Senate, particularly the issue on leadership.
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[2026-05-18 19:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine national selections for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest Asia have been announced.
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[2026-05-18 18:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Protesters from opposing groups started gathering outside the Senate in Pasay City on Monday as lawmakers began the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.
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[2026-05-18 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Members of youth and other groups march along Diokno Boulevard in Pasay City to demand the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, May 18, 2026, as the Senate prepared to convene as an impeachment court.
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[2026-05-18 18:18 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — More than 5.1 million voter registration applications have been processed nationwide by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) as of Friday, May 16, according to the latest data shared by the poll body.
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[2026-05-18 18:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Police personnel stand behind their shields outside the Senate of the Philippines, in Manila, Thursday May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerard Carreon)
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[2026-05-18 18:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: This is The Manila Times, where we bring you stories that shape our world.
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[2026-05-18 17:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Manila says it sent a plane over the South China Sea reef in an effort to ‘drive away’ those carrying out ‘unauthorised’ research activity
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[2026-05-18 17:06 UTC+10:00] [Spratly Islands] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Manila says it sent a plane over the South China Sea reef in an effort to ‘drive away’ those carrying out ‘unauthorised’ research activity
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[2026-05-18 16:50 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-18 16:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The new secretary of the Department of Budget and Management, Kim Robert De Leon, holds a Guinness record for having the biggest collection of pope stamps.
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[2026-05-18 16:40 UTC+10:00] [Philippine News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-18 16:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano on Monday said he was not sure whether he would be the shortest serving Senate chief in Philippine history as he claimed that groups are ganging up on him.
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[2026-05-18 16:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines —The prosecution at the International Criminal Court (ICC) is preparing a multi-pronged expert witness strategy in its case against former president Rodrigo Duterte to prove that the killing of thousands in connection with his anti-drug campaign was part of a deliberate and state-backed policy amounting to crimes against humanity.
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[2026-05-18 16:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — MIGUEL Ricardo Lagac III and Claudwin Seven Tonacao ruled their respective categories in the Philta National Age Group Championships which concluded Monday at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center.
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[2026-05-18 16:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Mel Oragon, the suspect arrested in the May 13 Senate shooting, tested positive for gunpowder, the Southern Police District (SPD) confirmed Monday.
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[2026-05-18 16:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Actress Kaye Abad revealed that she quietly battled breast cancer over the past year and has now been declared cancer-free.
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[2026-05-18 15:59 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said the country should adopt a mindset that it is already in a “political war” amid the ongoing dispute with China in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
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[2026-05-18 15:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Cris Nievarez is setting his sights on a bigger goal, channeling all his efforts toward a breakthrough performance in the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan.
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[2026-05-18 15:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Erika Santos, the 2025 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) On Tour Most Valuable Player (MVP), has been tapped to join the new pool of the Alas Pilipinas women’s national volleyball team.
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[2026-05-18 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Energy on Monday said that diesel and gasoline prices will go up on Tuesday, May 19, due mostly to the market reacting to developments in the Middle East.
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[2026-05-18 15:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Jonvic Remulla stays as DILG secretary, at least for now. This was stated by Palace Press Officer Claire Castro. Castro noted that President Marcos still trusts Remulla. She said there was no indication that the President would replace Remulla anytime soon. The Palace press officer likewise brushed off talks that former senator Antonio Trillanes IV and Remulla’s predecessor, Benhur Abalos, would soon take over the leadership of the DILG.
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[2026-05-18 15:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Olympic champion Carlos Yulo delivered another statement performance, powering Olympique Antibes-Juan-les-Pins (OAJLP) Gymnastique to a championship victory in the French Men’s Artistic Gymnastics scene.
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[2026-05-18 15:26 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines – The Senate is set to convene as an impeachment court Monday, May 18, for the highly anticipated trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, a political showdown expected to test not only the strength of the administration coalition but also the stability of the chamber’s leadership.
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[2026-05-18 15:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Ladies Philippine Golf Tour resumes Tuesday with the staging of the ICTSI Caliraya Springs Championship, featuring a loaded cast of leg winners, seasoned campaigners and rising stars all eager to make an early statement.
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[2026-05-18 14:42 UTC+10:00] [Editorials] [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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[2026-05-18 14:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines—President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. named former budget official Kim Robert de Leon as the new secretary of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), Malacañang announced on Monday.
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[2026-05-18 14:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Secretary Juanito Victor “Jonvic” Remulla stays as Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) chief, Malacañang said on Monday.
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[2026-05-18 14:29 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-18 13:39 UTC+10:00] [Fact Check] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-18 11:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday said it is “ready and on alert” for the possible entry of the Ebola virus in the country.
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[2026-05-18 10:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Filipina tennis standout Alex Eala is steadily climbing back up the WTA rankings after moving up four spots from her previous position.
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[2026-05-18 02:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — FRANCIS Erl Jud Abundo and Kathleya Elaine Bustamante saved the day for hometown bets with a gold each, capping a prolific outing for country at the close of the Karate One-Youth League presented by the Philippine Sports Commission at the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City.
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[2026-05-18 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Alex Eala begins her campaign at the Internationaux de Strasbourg with a first-round clash against Ukrainian qualifier Oleksandra Oliynykova in France.
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