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The low pressure area that formed off Batanes early morning Friday developed into Tropical Depression Igme on Friday afternoon, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) reported. According to the state weather bureau, Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 is up in Batanes.
Alice Guo, whose real name is Guo Hua Ping, will be transferred to Pasig City jail, Philippine National Police (PNP) spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said Friday. The PNP is attempting to transfer Guo from its custodial center in Camp Crame, Quezon City, to the Pasig City Jail Female Dormitory by Friday.
An alleged former member of “Angels of Death,” reportedly the armed followers of preacher Apollo Quiboloy, is now under the custody of the Philippine National Police (PNP). Former senator Leila de Lima accepted the nomination as the lead nominee of Mamamayang Liberal (ML) party-list, the sectoral wing of the Liberal Party. De Lima’s co-nominees are former Reps.
Teddy Baguilat and Erin Tañada. Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. is Lakas-CMD’s first candidate for the 2025 Senate race, the political party announced on Friday.
During the national convention of Lakas-CMD in Malacañang presided over by Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, the party adopted Resolution No. 3 which nominated Revilla as the group’s candidate. Former Iloilo mayor Jed Mabilog was not on the initial list of police generals and government officials supposedly aiding the illegal drug trade, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said.
Instead, PDEA officials told the House of Representatives’ quad committee on Thursday that the former local chief executive’s name was only included in the list produced by then-President Rodrigo Duterte. Subscribe to our daily newsletter By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy .
Victims of rape do not need to prove that they resisted if the act was committed by force, threat, or intimidation, the Supreme Court (SC) has ruled. In a statement on Thursday, the SC cited a June 2024 decision penned by Associate Justice Maria Filomena D. Singh where a father was found guilty of raping his daughter from when she was nine years old until she was sixteen years old.
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