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(Inquirer.net) Kim Chiu marked her 36th birthday by giving back to transport workers, distributing free gasoline, meals, and grocery packs to hundreds of jeepney and tricycle drivers.

On Tuesday, April 21, Chiu shared photos on her Instagram Story showing the initiative, which benefited around 600 drivers. The donations were funded through proceeds from her recent closet sale.

“Thank you to everyone who supported my #KimChiuClosetBazaar dahil sa tulong niyo nakapagbigay po tayo sa 600 Jeepney and Tricycle drivers ng gas, meal and grocery pack (We were able to provide gas, meal, and grocery pack to 600 drivers). Maraming salamat (Thank you so much),” she wrote… Read More

(APNews) MANILA — The Philippines unveiled a major coast guard base Thursday on an island in the South China Sea to serve as a “steadfast sentinel of our sovereignty” in a disputed region closely guarded by China’s forces.

Chinese officials did not immediately react to the Philippines’ opening of its coast guard district command on Thitu Island, which has been occupied by Filipino forces and civilians for decades but is also claimed by Beijing.

Chinese coast guard and other government-linked ships frequently patrol outlying waters off the island, which is also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan. Chinese and Filipino forces have had tense but mostly minor confrontations in outlying waters in the past.

In new incidents on Thursday afternoon, the Philippine coast guard accused Chinese forces of firing flares toward its patrol aircraft in what it said was “a clear and deliberate act of bullying” that endangered Filipino personnel over the disputed Subi Reef and Mischief Reef, which are occupied by China… Read More

(SunStar) ‘Beyond Hostage Crisis’, set to open in Hong Kong next month, draws mixed reactions, with some raising trauma concerns and others defending it.

A Hong Kong film adapted from the 2010 Manila hostage crisis, which led to the deaths of eight Hongkongers, has stirred online debate, with some questioning whether it could cause “secondary trauma” and others saying it offers lessons from the past.

Titled Beyond Hostage Crisis, the film was released in Malaysia in April and is set to open in Hong Kong on May 28.

Information about the 90-minute film starring newly crowned Hong Kong Film Awards best actress Fish Liew Chi-yu is available on the MCL Cinemas website.

The plot is based on the August 23, 2010 hostage crisis, in which a 55-year-old former police officer armed with an M-16 rifle hijacked a tour bus carrying 22 Hong Kong tourists and three Filipinos in Manila…. Read More

(SunStar) A KNOWN drug dealer was killed in a shootout with authorities that resulted to the confiscation of some P340,000 worth of illegal drugs in the Bangsamoro’s Special Geographic Area (SGA), the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said Wednesday, April 22… Read More

(BBCNews) A key suspect at the heart of a corruption scandal that sparked widespread anger in the Philippines has been arrested in the Czech Republic, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said.

Zaldy Co, a former lawmaker, was detained by authorities in Prague after crossing into the country “without proper documentation”, Marcos said on Thursday.

Massive protests erupted last year after widespread floods paralysed daily life across the country – sparking allegations that billion of dollars in funding for flood-control projects were lost to corruption.

Marcos has made holding corrupt officials to account a priority as some opinions polls show the scandal has hurt his popularity.

Co is among those who have been accused of earning kickbacks from such projects. He was a lawmaker in the House of Representatives from 2019 until his resignation last September. He has been out of the Philippines since July 2025, local media reported.

Last year the Philippines cancelled Co’s passport and reached out to Interpol to catch him… Read More

(ABSCBN) Mariing kinondena ng Viva artist na si Christine Li ang kumakalat na espekulasyong siya ang bagong nobya ni dating Ilocos Sur Governor Chavit Singson.

Noong April 19, 2026, kumalat online ang video ni Chavit na nasa isang restaurant habang may katabi at ka-holding hands na babae.

Walang pagkakakilanlan ang nasabing babae sa video, ngunit tantiya ng netizens ay nasa edad 20 lamang ito batay sa hitsura at pananamit.

Malayung-malayo raw sa edad ngayon ni Chavit na 84, kaya naman napataas ang kilay ng ilang nakapanood sa video sa paniniwalang may espesyal na relasyon ang dalawa.

Kalaunan, isang Facebook page ang nag-post ng diumano’y pagkakakilanlan ng babaeng kasama ni Chavit sa video.

Ayon sa post, ang bagong nobya umano ng kilalang businessman ay walang iba kundi ang Viva actress na si Christine Li…. Read More

(ABSCBN) MANILA (UPDATE) — Former House Speaker and Leyte 1st District Rep. Martin Romualdez has not left the country following the Sandiganbayan’s issuance of a precautionary hold departure order against him, his spokesperson said Thursday.

“We categorically clarify: Rep. Romualdez is in the Philippines and has not left the country. Any report or insinuation that he has fled is false and irresponsible,” Romualdez’s lawyer and spokesperson Ade Fajardo said in a statement.

Romualdez was blocked from leaving the country after the Sandiganbayan on Wednesday issued a precautionary hold departure (PHDO) order against him as he faces investigation over an alleged kickback scheme involving flood control projects.

The anti-graft court’s Seventh Division, chaired by Associate Justice Lorifel Pahimna, granted the Office of the Ombudsman’s application for a PHDO after conducting a hearing on the same day…. Read More

(CBSNews) Manila, Philippines — A ferry with more than 350 people on board sank early Monday near an island in the southern Philippines, killing at least 18 people, officials said. Rescuers saved hundreds more, while a fleet of coast guard and naval ships searched for those still missing.

Coast guard officials said the cargo and passenger ferry apparently encountered technical problems and sank after midnight. The steel-hulled vessel abruptly tilted to one side and took on water, hurling people into the sea in the darkness, according to a rescued passenger who lost his 6-month-old baby.

“My wife lost hold of our baby and all of us got separated at sea,” a distraught Mohamad Khan told a volunteer rescuer, Gamar Alih, who posted a video of Khan’s remarks on Facebook.

He said he and his wife, who had been holding their child, were rescued, but the baby drowned. His wife wept by his side as Khan recounted their ordeal.

The M/V Trisha Kerstin 3 was sailing in good weather from the port city of Zamboanga to southern Jolo island in Sulu province with 332 passengers and 27 crew members. It sank about a nautical mile from the island village of Baluk-baluk in Basilan province, coast guard Commander Romel Dua told The Associated Press.

“There were two coast guard safety officers on board and they were the first to call and alert us to deploy rescue vessels,” Dua said, adding that the two safety marshals survived…. Read More