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[Updated Oct. 1, 2026, 2:22 p.m.] MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said it successfully disrupted the activities of a Chinese research vessel off Batanes on Thursday, compelling it to leave a position it had occupied for days within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Thursday said it is ready to defend before the Supreme Court (SC) the postponement of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) and maintained that it was the right course of action. This statement comes after the SC directed the respondents in

MANILA, Philippines — A five-member Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) team drove away a Chinese maritime militia vessel and 24 smaller boats spotted fishing within the territorial waters of Kota Island in the West Philippine Sea on Monday. In a statement on Tuesday, the PCG said its personnel statio

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of National Defense (DND) has referred to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) a fake letter purportedly signed by Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. concerning an operation at Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, saying its circulation was part of a foreign

MANILA, Philippines — Lawmakers from the House of Representatives’ Young Guns bloc have questioned China’s latest interference during a rotation and resupply (RoRe) mission to Ayungin Shoal, saying that local authorities do not need to seek permission to operate in an area that belongs to the Philip

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said it was able to drive out a Chinese vessel and 24 smaller boats that were surrounding Kota Island in the West Philippine Sea on Monday. PCG spokesperson Rear Adm. Jay Tarriela said the smaller boats were deployed around the Philippine-occupi

MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is investigating the reported pre-shaded ballots during the first Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections, Comelec Chair George Garcia said during a media briefing on Wednesday.  Comelec said it discovered more than 16,000 pre-shaded ballots in

MANILA, Philippines — Military indicators point to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or its proxies as possibly having a hand in the circulation of a fake letter purportedly signed by Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr., an Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) official said on Wednesday. AFP spo

COTABATO CITY – The major regional political parties in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have held talks to form a majority coalition party that will rule the first elected regional legislature. The BARMM Grand Coalition (BGC) separately met with the United Bangsamoro Just

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is ready to comply with whatever decision the Supreme Court may issue on the law setting the terms of barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials, Comelec Chair George Garcia said during a media briefing Wednesday. President Ferdinand