TWO senior members of a powerful political clan in southern Philippines were sentenced yesterday to life in prison for the massacre of more than 50 people a decade ago, in what a global media watchdog has called the single deadliest attack on journalists.

THE country’s anti-graft court has ordered the family of the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos to surrender to the Philippine government 146 paintings worth $24.3 million, including works by Pablo Picasso and Vincent Van Gogh.

PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte is still open to peace talks with Maoist rebels despite increasing attacks on government officials, his spokesman said on Thursday.

AGRICULTURE SECRETARY William D. Dar said on Thursday that cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) in the country is already on the decline.

GRACIANO Lopez Jaena is recognized as the first Filipino propagandist who rallied and sought Philippine independence from Spain alongside national heroes Jose Rizal and Marcelo H. Del Pilar.

THE CAGAYAN de Oro City government announced that it has started processing business permit renewals, ahead of the usual January period.

THE BANGSAMORO Transition Authority’s Special Committee on Marawi will hold a series of public hearings starting January to put together a report intended to help improve the slow implementation of the rehabilitation plan for the city that was devastated in 2017.

A GROUP of farmers and scientists expressed disappointment over the approval of the biosafety permit of Golden Rice despite health issues related to its consumption.

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MORE than a hundred cops will secure the police headquarters at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City as a trial court hands down today its verdict on the massacre of more than 50 people, including 32 journalists, in Maguindanao province in southern Philippines a decade ago.

THE Senate may investigate the government’s failure to recover billions of pesos worth of assets that the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos and his family allegedly stole when they were still in power, a senator said on Wednesday.

A US SENATE committee resolution urging the government to drop the charges against two of President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s staunchest critics won’t affect their criminal cases, Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra said on Wednesday.