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15 policemen held in sabungero case

By Izel Abanilla,Franco Jose C. Baroña - July 8, 2025

Photo from www.congress.gov.ph/

Frasco name in mix for speakership

July 8, 2025

Makati Mayor-elect Nancy Binay tells a press conference in Pasay City on May 22, 2025 that she is open to reconciliation with sister and former mayor Abby Binay who lost in her senatorial bid in the midterm polls. PHOTOS BY RENE H. DILAN

New Makati govt seeks to stop subway deal

July 8, 2025

Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri says online gambling is turning into a silent epidemic. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN

Lawmakers file bills banning online gambling

July 8, 2025

Abucuma-Class destroyer. PHOTO FROM PHILIPPINE NAVY

Navy confirms ‘possible transfer’ of destroyers

July 8, 2025

Senator Robinhood Padilla talks to The Manila Times, Wednesday, at the TMT Newsroom. PHOTO BY J. GERARD SEGUIA

Dela Rosa, Go sign resolution seeking Duterte repatriation

By Bernadette E. Tamayo

Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero answers questions from the media during a press briefing on Monday, June 2, 2025. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN

`Escudero has 13 votes to remain Senate head’

By Bernadette E. Tamayo

17 bets for ombudsman face JBC screening

By Franco Jose C. Baroña

Gasoline prices decline for 2nd straight week

By Ed Paolo Salting

Lawyer Teofilo E. Guadiz 3rd, Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) chairman, answers questions during a press conference on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023 regarding the fare matrix of the EDSA bus carousel, the ticketing system and updates on the public's land transport in Metro Manila.
PHOTO BY JOHN ORVEN VERDOTE

LTFRB seeks relief talks for PUV operators

By Franco Jose C. Baroña

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman Don Artes launched the MayHuliKa WebApp SMS/Email Notification under the No Contact Apprehension Policy Text Notification, which aims to help inform motorists if they have committed a violation, on July 7, 2025 at the MMDA office in Pasig City. PHOTO BY ISMAEL DE JUAN

Alert system for traffic violations launched

By James Daniel Danio

Commission on Elections

Comelec issues certificate of finality for Abante

By William B. Depasupil

Quezon City Mayor Josefina 'Joy' Belmonte

QC launches second dialysis center

By Arlie O. Calalo

Kawasaki defends pay rule amid labor strike

By Franco Jose C. Baroña

Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). File Photo

House probe on NAIA privatization sought

By Reina C. Tolentino

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. welcomes delegates from the Philippine-Japan Economic Cooperation Committee (PHILJEC) and the 14th Asian Business Summit (ABS) during a courtesy call at the President’s Hall in Malacañang Palace on July 3, 2025. PHOTOS BY YUMMIE DINGDING / PPA POOL

New phases of fiber backbone launched

By Moises Cruz,Kristina Maralit

PCO chief affirms decision on TV reporter’s case

By Kristina Maralit

PH waters stayed hot months after El Niño – study

By Arlie O. Calalo

For better cooperation Lt. Gen. Rommel Roldan, AFP Deputy Chief of Staff, and Maj. Gen. Robert Krushka, commander of Joint Force New Zealand, discuss enhancing military cooperation during a courtesy visit on July 7, 2025. AFP PHOTO

PH, New Zealand eye closer defense ties

By Izel Abanilla

WEAKENED BY STRONGMEN

CHED ready for a reset

By The Editorial Board

Antonio Contreras

Pity not Duterte, but those who died without due process

By Antonio Contreras

Orlando Mercado

The future under construction — but for whom?

By Orlando Mercado

A model privatization deal

A comparative reflection on two flawed nations

By Rafael Alunan III

‘Wild’ religiosity in the Philippines

By Michael “Xiao” Chua

Still worth visiting despite price odds

By Charlie V. Manalo

The Isko Effect

By Ma. Lourdes Tiquia

Public parks as crime-prevention infrastructure

By Arnel Casanova

The 2026 Asean Summit: Manila as host

By Lloyd C. Bautista

By Alvin Santos

Marcos orders DPWH to speed bridge repair

By Kristina Maralit

NEVER FORGOTTEN The descendants of Hobart Dator, the teenage leader of the Anderson Guerilla 43 during the Japanese occupation, offered flowers to Dator’s monument at the entrance of the municipal hall in Lucban, Quezon, on July 4, 2025. PHOTO BY BELLY OTORDOZ

Lucban’s war hero commemorated

By Belly M. Otordoz

Treñas eyes extension of 40% RPT discount

By Rjay Zuriaga Castor

Go proposes employment assistance program

By Bernadette E. Tamayo

NPA admits burning dump trucks, backhoe

By Eugene Y. Adiong

GAME PLAN Gov. Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. presides over the 14th Full Council Meeting of the Provincial Development Council on June 27, 2025. ZAMBALES FOR THE PEOPLE PHOTO

Zambales gives aid, trains local fishers

By Mahatma Randy V. Datu

Department of Education (DepEd)

DepEd-6 alarmed over stabbing incidents

By Rjay Zuriaga Castor

TOURIST SPOT Participants of the tourism program ‘Suroy-Suroy Sugbo: Enchanting One Camotes Island’ leg visited the majestic Bukilat Cave in Tudela town, Camotes Group of Islands, in May 2024. PHOTO BY KAISER JAN FUENTES

Cebu’s tourism programs to continue

By Kaiser Jan Fuentes

DSWD program to feed 89.8K kids

By Philippine News Agency

Mayor Benjie Magalong of Baguio City. TMT FILE PHOTO

Magalong warns erring PUJ drivers

By Gaby B. Keith

7 injured in CAVITE jeepney accident

By Dennis Abrina

DOST brings solar electrification project to remote Quirino village

By Leander C. Domingo

IT’S FINALLY OVER Lead barrister Colin Mandy is surrounded by members of the media as he leaves Latrobe Valley Magistrates’ Court in Morwell on July 7, 2025. AFP PHOTO

Australian woman guilty of ‘mushroom murders’

By Agence France-Presse

SKorea court to deliberate on Yoon’s case

TOPSY- TURVY A general view of a night market sign after being knocked down by Typhoon Danas in Chiayi on July 7, 2025. AFP PHOTO

Two dead, hundreds injured as typhoon pounds Taiwan

NKorea bans Western influencers from trade fair

By Agence France-Presse

1,600 quakes rock remote Japan islands

By Agence France-Presse

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupts, as seen from Nangahale village in Sikka, East Nusa Tenggara on July 7, 2025. AFP PHOTO

Indonesia volcano emits 18-kilometer ash tower

By Agence France-Presse

CALLING FOR ACTION A protester portraying Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Pinocchio during an anti-government protest in Tel Aviv on July 5, 2025. AFP Photo

Netanyahu, Trump talks can help seal truce deal

NON-STOP OPERATIONS Military personnel carry a camp trunk salvaged down river from Camp Mystic along the Guadalupe River in Hunt, Texas, on July 6, 2025. AP PHOTO

Texas flash floods death toll rises to 82

By Associated Press

MEETING OF MINDS Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the first plenary session of the Brics summit in Brazil on July 6, 2025. AF Photo

Brics leaders call for global reforms

INCLUSIVE FINANCIAL GROWTH Now in its 32nd year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas stays steady in driving digitalization, financial inclusion and economic resilience amid global and domestic challenges. PHOTO BY J. GERARD SEGUIA

Room for deeper cuts seen

By Niña Myka Pauline Arceo

Higher US tariffs to kick in August 1

ERC Chairman Monalisa Dimalanta. PHOTO: MIKE ALQUINTO

Transmission rate hike could start next month

By The Manila Times

Palace Press Officer and Undersecretary Claire Castro

Palace: Govt debt at ‘sustainable level’

By Kristina Maralit

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. Photo from Department of Agriculture FB page

Farm sector recovering – DA chief

By Giselle P. Jordan

EEI wins P16-B DPWH contract

By Earl John Alfaro

Digital payments use up in 2024 – BSP

By Niña Myka Pauline Arceo

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Eli Remolona Jr. Photo from BSP

Govt council reviews financial sector risks

By Niña Myka Pauline Arceo

Lazada PH sellers learn about AI tools, marketing

By Michael Din Dela Cruz

Peso plunges, PSEi rebounds to start the week

By The Manila Times

DTI issues trust seal for online businesses

By Michael Din Dela Cruz

Del Monte financially sound, exchange told

By Earl John Alfaro

AirAsia eyeing more hubs outside metro

By Ed Paolo Salting

DigiPlus OKs share buyback amid moves to curb online gambling

By Earl John Alfaro

InfiniVAN rolls out home fiber service

By Ed Paolo Salting

Nestlé PH welcomes new CEO

By Michael Din Dela Cruz

IRENE L. CASTRO

Why your Netflix subscription has gone up

By IRENE L. CASTRO

Samsung Electronics sees plunge in Q2 income

Buses cross Waterloo Bridge with the City of London financial district seen behind, in London, Britain, on March 5, 2024. REUTERS PHOTO

UK firms lose taste for US investment

Indonesia flour mills OK $1.25-B wheat deal

By Agence France-Presse

Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus serves to Belgium’s Elise Mertens during a fourth round women’s singles match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London on July 6, 2025. AP PHOTO

Sabalenka storms into Wimbledon quarters

By Agence France-Presse

LA Tenorio PBA PHOTO

Coach Tim Cone: Miracles do happen

Quiambao locked in for fierce 5150 clash

By The Manila Times

PH to host World Pole Vault Challenge

By The Manila Times

Albert Ian Delos Santos ASIAN WEIGHTLIFTING FEDERATION PHOTO

Delos Santos bags gold at Asian Youth

By Philippine News Agency

WINNER Brian Campbell (right) of the United States and his girlfriend Kelsi McKee celebrate with the trophy after Campbell won the John Deere Classic 2025 at TPC Deere Run on July 6, 2025, in Silvis, Illinois. AFP PHOTO

Campbell tops Grillo in playoff to claim PGA title

By Agence France-Presse

EMOTIONAL WIN Britain’s Daniel Brown poses with the winner’s trophy for the European Tour-International Golf Open in Munich, Germany, on July 6, 2025. AP PHOTO

Brown wins BMW International Open

By Associated Press

Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Zack Wheeler delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, on July 6, 2025, in Philadelphia. AP PHOTO/CHRIS SZAGOLA

Wheeler’s 1-hitter lift Phillies past Reds

By Associated Press

Durant’s record-setting trade to Houston now official

By Associated Press

Rhenz Abando TMT PHOTO

Cone adds Abarrientos, Rosario, Abando, Lucero added to Gilas pool

A source of artist manager and vlogger Ogie Diaz (inset) claims Kathryn Bernardo is the apple of Lucena City Mayor Mark Alcala’s eye. PHOTOS FROM INSTAGRAM/BERNARDOKATH, MARKALCALA10, OGIE_DIAZ

Fans should let Kathryn bide her time on love life reveal

By Ronnie Carrasco 3rd

Miss Grand International Philippines 2025 candidates together with National Director Arnold Vegafria and reigning Miss Grand International 2024 Christine Juliane ‘CJ’ Opiaza. PHOTO FROM FACEBOOK/MSGRANDPHIL

Miss Grand Philippines 2025 reveals 32 official candidates

By Iza Iglesias

Whether for studying, creating or staying connected, Cyberzone offers something for every student to make the most of the academic year. PHOTO FROM CYBERZONE

Kickstart the school year with premium tech

Upgrade living spaces with a great home sale

PREMIUM DESTINATIONS Located at the heart of Ortigas Center, Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria has consistently provided an ideal venue for major local and international gatherings. PHOTO FROM CROWNE PLAZA MANILA GALLERIA

Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria receives international nominations

ELECTRIC OPTIONS Toyota offers Filipino customers competitively priced electrified options with the Yaris Cross, Corolla Altis and Corolla Cross. PHOTO FROM TOYOTA MOTORS PHILIPPINES

Toyota Motor Philippines empowers Filipinos with the power of choice

HONORING VOLUNTEERS Employee volunteers from Nutriasia’s Cebu Plant, led by HR Operations Manager for Visayas and Mindanao Julie Quiñanola (sixth from left), together with volunteers from other participating companies receive their Certificates of Appreciation from school officials of Maguikay Elementary School during the culminating activities of Brigada Eskwela. PHOTO FROM NUTRIASIA

A tasty twist for Brigada Eskwela 2025

SPREADING RICHNESS IN SM The 10 Yen King team, led by the owners, proudly pose during the grand opening of their newest branch at SM Bicutan. PHOTO ROM 10 YEN KING

10 Yen King expands footprint in Metro Manila

REACHING COMMUNITIES Members of Bacolod’s Manuel M. Abello Masonic Lodge No. 260 deliver needed school supplies at Miguel S. Mondia Elementary School. PHOTO FROM MANUEL M. ABELLO MASONIC LODGE NO. 260

Carabao power: Bridging the last mile with heart, grit

PROMOTING FILIPINO WEAVING Native accessories from Isinay weaves of Nueva Vizcaya. PHOTO FROM BELMONT HOTEL

Belmont Hotel Manila launches ‘Paghabi at Kape’

ECO-SANCTUARY Rediscover your revitalized eco-sanctuary with exclusive savings at Lagen Island Resort. PHOTO FROM LAGEN ISLAND RESORT

Lagen awaits: A special homecoming offer

THE POWER OF SPONTANEITY 'Unscripted Strokes' reflects the power of spontaneity in visual storytelling — where emotion, memory, and instinct guide the artist's hand. Each work resists rigid planning, instead embracing vulnerability, fluidity, and the imperfections that make creation deeply personal. PHOTO FROM GRUPO DIBUJO

Grupo Dibujo unveils its latest collective exhibition ‘Unscripted Strokes’

REDEFINING MARKETING With a mission to redefine network marketing, Ascendra International is led by a powerhouse team of seasoned professionals with proven track records in direct selling and multi-level marketing, which are CEO Jurgen Daniel Gonzales, Chief Strategy Officer Joseph Lim, Chief of Operations Miko Imson, and Chief Financial Officer Francesca Fugen. PHOTO FROM ASCENDRA

Ascendra International sets stage to redefine PH’s network marketing

All-New Nissan Patrol Nismo on track.

2026 Nissan Patrol Nismo: A track-capable off-roader for eight

By Isaac Atienza

From left: Willy Tee Ten, Autohub Group president; Sylva Yu, new CEO of Geely Motor Philippines; Philan Sun of Geeling International; and Michael Goho, vice president of Gateway Group.

New boss, new energy

By Mika Fernandez-David

Fort San Felipe in Cavite City.

Cavite heroes trail by Cavitex

By Joseph T. Bautista

Honda extends promo this month

Lexus rolls out exclusive offers this July

Isuzu Philippines President Mikio Tsukui together with the mu-X. PHOTOS BY MIKA FERNANDEZ DAVID

From dirt to drive

By Mika Fernandez-David

From clunkers to comebacks

Jetour opens in Santa Rosa

Lubang Island roars to life with first-ever AAP-sanctioned inter-island rally

Mitsubishi rolls out prepaid maintenance parts package for worry-free ownership

Isuzu PH boosts mangrove rehab and education in Alaminos with dual CSR initiatives

Raymond-Gregory-Tribdino

Pedestrians are the problem. Aren’t they?

By Raymond Gregory Tribdino

Embracing adventure with the new mu-X in Palawan: A firsthand perspective

By Ira Panganiban

Architects in a state of endless innovation

Artist’s perspective of Mactan Expo slated to open in Q4 2025. IMAGE FROM MEGAWORLD.

Game-changer for tourism in Cebu

Antonio Contreras

On the Contrary

Pity not Duterte, but those who died without due process

By Antonio Contreras

Orlando Mercado

O RLY?

The future under construction — but for whom?

By Orlando Mercado

Rough Trade

A model privatization deal

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