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MANILA, Philippines — China has granted its Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) the authority to detain foreigners it suspects of "trespassing" its borders — including disputed areas in the South China Sea that it claims to be its territorial waters — for up to 60 days without trial.
MANILA, Philippines — Deniece Cornejo's father, Dennis Cornejo, said his daughter was a victim of "trial by publicity."
MANILA, Philippines — Following the granting of the motion to quash by a Quezon City court on the charge of offending religious feelings against Dominican exorcist Fr. Winston Cabading, the case’s plaintiff, former SandiganBayan Associate Justice Harriet Demetriou, announced her intention to appeal.
MANILA, Philippines — A suspect in the ambush of photojournalist Rene Joshua Abiad in June 2023 in Quezon City, who was arrested last year for illegal possession of a firearm, is back in police custody.
MANILA, Philippines — After 13 years, two bus drivers involved in the accident that killed journalist and professor Lourdes “Chit” Estella-Simbulan were convicted by a Quezon City court.
(UPDATE) TWO more complainants have come forward to ask for help in filing a case against a private hospital in the city of Valenzuela for alleged illegal detention, Mayor Wes Gatchalian said.
THE Chinese who filed a case for kidnap-for-ransom (KFR) and serious illegal detention against his former business partner lauded the Department of Justice (DoJ) for rejecting the dismissal plea filed by the accused.
The Philippines central bank, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), has given the green light for controlled trials of a national stablecoin that will be pegged 1:1 to the local peso.