SANTA ROSA, California -- The flames that raced across California wine country left little more than smoldering ashes and eye-stinging smoke in their wake. House after house is gone, with only brick chimneys and charred laundry machines to mark sites that were once family homes.
Read more: California wildfires leave chimneys, charred appliances in their wake
(Editor’s Note: Below is the statement of Edgardo J. Angara, special envoy of President Duterte to the European Union, in reaction to the Inquirer banner story, “Int’l groups press probe of drug kills.”)
Read more: Angara: EU delegation’s warning is a gross misinterpretation
MARAWI CITY -- Government security forces recovered 24 remains suspected to belong to pro-Islamic State terrorists following aerial bombings and ground assaults that lasted until late Tuesday, Oct. 10.
Read more: More slain Maute, Abu men recovered from battle zone
President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Oct. 12, told ambassadors of European Union countries to leave the Philippines after he slammed the EU for being critical towards his administration.
Read more: Duterte to EU ambassadors in PH: Leave my country in 24 hours
Noting that blaming the Catholic Church is a “convenient excuse,” Church officials stressed on Thursday, mOct. 12, that the decline in President Rodrigo Duterte’s approval and trust ratings is not their fault.
The European Union (EU) has distanced itself from the recent visit in Manila of a handful of European parliamentarians who warned the Duterte administration of sanctions over its bloody antidrugs campaign.
Hours after Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Andres Bautista announced on Wednesday, Oct. 11, his plan to resign on Dec. 31, the House of Representatives voted 137-75-2 to impeach him.
Read more: House impeaches Comelec chief after he said he was resigning
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has formally ordered the termination of Oplan Tokhang after Malacañang transferred all the anti-drugs operations to the jurisdiction of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).
Foreign portfolio investments swung to a net inflow of $112.63 million in September as investors looked forward to the passage of the first tax reform package pending in Congress, even as more “hot money” left the country than came in during the first nine months mainly due to developments overseas.
Read more: PH posts $112.6-million net inflow of ‘hot money’ in September
The email accounts of the staff of opposition Senators Bam Aquino and Francis Pangilinan have been hacked by still unknown individuals, who were attempting to plant messages containing alleged plans to demolish President Rodrigo Duterte.
Read more: Bam: Opposition senators’ staff accounts planted with ‘LP destab’ mails