Vice President Sara Duterte will not watch the State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Marcos because she says she can be so “triggered” by his words to the point that she wants to break a mobile phone.

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has arrested 268 foreign fugitives in the first six months of the year, the agency reported yesterday, noting a four-fold increase compared to 69 apprehensions made during the same period in 2024.

Australia is on the list of countries being considered for the interim release of detained former president Rodrigo Duterte.

Beating the deadline, the defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte submitted late yesterday afternoon her response to the summons of the Senate impeachment court “ad cautelam” or with caution.

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The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Vietnamese Coast Guard (VCG) will hold joint exercises on search and rescue (SAR) as well as fire and explosion prevention training in Manila Bay today.

Former Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) chair Greco Belgica supports the proposal of Sen. Robinhood Padilla to amend the 1987 Constitution through a constitutional convention (con-con).

Caritas Philippines yesterday urged Kingdom of Jesus Christ founder Apollo Quiboloy to submit to the Senate investigations on allegations of sexual abuse of women and children.

A Chinese vessel was seen “shadowing” two ships of the Philippine Coast Guard that conducted rotation and resupply missions to their outposts in the Kalayaan Group of Islands in the West Philippine Sea from Jan. 3 to 9, according to the PCG.

Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle on Sunday said his identity has been “stolen” and is being used in marketing gimmickry to sell tea, portable air-conditioning units and even medication for rheumatism.

About 5,400 people were stranded in various seaports in the Visayas and Mindanao as of noon yesterday as Tropical Depression Kabayan weakened and continued to move across the West Philippine Sea, according to the Philippine Coast Guard.

Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas has reminded Catholics to “give like Jesus” instead of splurge-spending on parties this Christmas.

The Philippine Coast Guard partnered with the United States Coast Guard, Malaysia and Japan for a 12-day Vessel Boarding Officer Course in San Fernando, La Union.

Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos said that having too many poll watchers is a sign of vote buying and barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections candidates should follow the Commission on Elections resolution on the maximum number of poll watchers.

The crude oil tanker that collided with a fishing boat in Pangasinan and resulted in the death of three Filipino fishermen is now in Singapore, Philippine Coast Guard Rear Admiral Armand Balilo said yesterday.

Five graduates of the Philippine Military Academy have been nominated to become the next commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard.

An ecumenical student group recently expressed its opposition to the proposal of the Department of Education (DepEd) to remove the term “Diktadurang Marcos,” referring to former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr., from the Grade 6 curriculum.

The Caritas Philippines Academy has organized a six-day executive course on “Servant Leadership and Pastoral Management in Our Times” in Tagaytay City from Sept. 18-23.