What's going on in the news today.
Sep 29, 2026
The Sandiganbayan Second Division has junked the government prosecutors" bid to discharge former Public Works chief Manuel Bonoan as an accused in the graft case over his alleged involvement in a flood control kickback scheme.
The Philippines is preparing to give its coastguard more responsibilities in the contested South China Sea even as the agency faces a more basic problem: whether it has enough ships, aircraft and personnel to carry them out. The proposed overhaul comes as the coastguard is being stretched by increasingly demanding operations around Philippine-claimed waters, while funding constraints threaten to limit its ability to keep its existing assets at sea. That tension is evident in the 2027 budget. The...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) Trial Chamber III denied the request of former President Rodrigo Duterte to include an expert verification for open-source or user-generated evidence that will be submitted to the chamber.
A 30-year-old man was charged on Tuesday over an AI-generated image of a crocodile at Pandan Reservoir in Singapore that prompted authorities to search for the reptile and suspend water activities there. Ye Lin, a Myanmar national, was handed two charges – one count of communicating a false message and one count of obstructing the course of justice. Speaking through an interpreter, he told the court that he intended to plead guilty, and would not be engaging a lawyer. On August 20, Ye Lin...
While the VAT removal is still welcome relief, expect savings to be modest as the much larger underlying system loss charge is unlikely to disappear from electricity bills anytime soon
Former senator Sonny Trillanes is among the prosecution's key witnesses in the Vice President's alleged unexplained wealth
House prosecutor and San Juan Rep. Bel Zamora drew misogynistic remarks online after a clip of her cross-examining a witness during Vice President Sara Duterte"s impeachment trial went viral.
For 28-year-old Indonesian professional Evelyn Clarissa Siregar, asking strangers to help fund her MBA in Singapore was a gamble: she knew the request was unconventional but hoped putting her dream out in public might open a door. Instead, her appeal for more than S$100,000 (US$78,000) to fund her business programme at Singapore Management University (SMU) drew fierce online criticism, with some labelling her entitled and questioning her plans. “I never expected the backlash to become this big,”...
Chinese researchers are drafting standards for autonomous satellite coordination and data sharing in a move analysts say could speed up military targeting and make People’s Liberation Army satellite networks more resilient. An expert panel convened by the Chinese Institute of Command and Control (CICC) in Beijing on September 21 approved work on 10 proposed voluntary standards, clearing the way for draft texts to be released for consultation. In an account of the meeting published last Thursday,...
Global Witness released its annual report on the state of the world’s environmental defenders, and the Philippines again recorded the most killings in Asia for the 13th straight year, with 12 cases
A Vietnamese high school student in the northern province of Lang Son won the Asian championship and placed among the world's top three at the Chinese Bridge competition.
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