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Suspected drowning victims found

BY JEN BAYLON ILOILO – Two senior citizens died of drowning in separate incidents recently. A man's lifeless body was found in a river in Sitio...

Return to ICC: Debate swirls around whether Senate OK needed again

MANILA – The Philippines, pushed by then President Rodrigo Duterte, withdrew from the international treaty Rome Statute creating the International Criminal Court (ICC) in...
National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea said Saturday’s water cannon attack by China Coast Guard (CCG) caused “significant damage” to Datu Bankaw (left). It condemned the CCG’s action as “not as only illegal but also inhumane” for it was directed at a humanitarian mission. SCREEN GRAB FROM PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD VIDEO

US tells China to stop ‘dangerous and destabilizing conduct’ in WPS

MANILA — United States (US) once again upheld its commitment to its defense treaty with Philippines following China’s reckless maneuvers against Philippine vessels in...
Dr. Gao Yaojie holds a magazine which features her in the cover. She refused to keep quiet about the spread of HIV in China. GETTY IMAGES

China’s AIDS whistleblower dies in exile

NEW YORK – Gao Yaojie, a renowned dissident doctor who exposed the AIDS epidemic in rural   China, has died aged 95. Dr. Gao died of...
Young children take shelter inside Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip. REUTERS

Half of Gaza population starving

GAZA STRIP – A senior United Nations (UN) aid official has warned that half of Gaza’s population is starving, as fighting there continues. Carl Skau,...
Alberto Fujimori (left), Peru’s former president, left, and his daughter Keiko Fujimori depart the Barbadillo prison in Lima, Peru. GETTY IMAGES

Peru’s ex-president freed after 15 years in prison

LIMA – Peru’s former president, Alberto Fujimori, has been released from prison in the country’s capital having spent more than 15 years incarcerated. Hundreds of...
People wear facemasks in front of the Social Security System in Iloilo City in this file photo. With the rise in pneumonia cases in the country, the Department of Health advised the public to wear facemasks or just stay home if they have symptoms such as fever, cough and colds. PN PHOTO

‘DON’T PANIC’: DOH-6 urges public vigilance vs ‘walking pneumonia’

ILOILO City – “Walking pneumonia” is not something the public should panic over, according to the Department of Health (DOH) Region 6. Medically known as...
The MV Norwegian Jewel Cruise Ship, carrying around 1,600 passengers, according to the Malay Tourism Office, made a port call on Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan, in November this year. PN FILE PHOTO

RDC pushes for Aklan as cruise hub

KALIBO, Aklan – The Regional Development Council 6 (RDC-6) is pushing for the province of Aklan to be the tourism cruise hub in Western...
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Petition vs VP Sara’s secret funds seeks refund

MANILA – The Makabayan bloc will join the fray and ask the Supreme Court to declare the P125-million confidential expenses of Vice President Sara...
VILLAMOR VISAYA JR./INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

Prepare for El Niño, NegOcc LGUs told

BACOLOD City – The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) of Negros Occidental urged local government units (LGUs) to prepare for next year’s El...