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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice is eyeing deportation of four Japanese fugitives next week as additional cases, which have been keeping them in Philippine soil, have been dismissed. In an interview with reporters, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said Friday that two to three cases involving two Japanese …

MANILA, Philippines — Forensic pathologist Raquel Fortun said on Thursday that authorities only conducted a “superficial” and incomplete autopsy on the body of Kian delos Santos, who was killed in the bloody "war on drugs" of the government in 2017. Fortun shared at a press conference that her re-autopsy of …

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday approved the creation of an agency that will manage the country’s water resources and deal with environmental issues associated with water. The Water Resource Management Office will be under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and will be a transitory …

MANILA, Philippines — Teachers are trained to list objectives and standards in lesson plans but the Department of Education's Basic Education Report failed to include "specific and time-bound" plans to address issues in the school system, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers said Tuesday. The group said the departmen should have …

MANILA, Philippines — Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Salen Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah condemned the killing of overseas Filipino worker Jullebee Ranara, who was found dead in the desert last week. Jose Cabrera III, chargé d’affaires at the Philippine Embassy in Kuwait, visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday, where Sheikh …

MANILA, Philippines — Leaders of the House of Representatives have filed a bill seeking to give the president the power to suspend and adjust the premium rate hikes for direct contributors of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. as they said the scheduled increases will burden members of the state health …

MANILA, Philippines — Officials project another uptick on oil prices in the Philippines as demand for oil "picks up" with easing COVID-19 restrictons globally. Taking the brunt of the biggest estimated spike will be gasoline prices at P1.30 to P1.50 per liter, while diesel is said to likely go up …

MANILA, Philippines — COVID-19 was not among the top 10 causes of death in the Philippines in the first nine months of 2022, preliminary data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed. Ischemic heart diseases remained the leading cause of mortality among Filipinos, with 77,173 deaths recorded from January to September …

MANILA, Philippines — Migrant Workers Secretary Susan Ople floated on Tuesday a possible review of the Philippines’ labor agreement with Kuwait to better secure overseas Filipino workers there following the brutal killing of yet another Filipino domestic worker. "We will reach out to the Kuwaiti government. Maybe it’s time to …

MANILA, Philippines — Phivolcs said there is no tsunami threat to the Philippines following the magnitude 7.3 quake that struck Wednesday afternoon near Indonesia, but warned of aftershocks and damage. The Philippines’ volcanology and seismology service said the tectonic tremor, which was located 352 kilometers off Sarangani, Davao Occidental, struck …