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Carpio pushes new case vs China over fishing rights

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has yet to go back to the arbitration court to demand damages from China for harassing and preventing Filipinos from fishing in Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, nearly 10 years since winning the case against China, over contentious claims in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). According to former Supreme Court Associate Justice

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Daily Gospel, March 22, 2026

This is the Daily Gospel for March 22, 2026, which is the Fifth Sunday of Lent. READ MORE: Daily Gospel, March 21, 2026 Daily Gospel, March 20, 2026 Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, according to Saint John 11,1-45. Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was

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SC: AI must only help, ‘not replace,’ human judgment

MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court has crafted a framework that will guide courts in the use of artificial intelligence (AI)—or what it chooses to refer to as “augmented intelligence”—to ensure that judges, lawyers and employees and their cognitive abilities are only aided and not replaced by technology. The high tribunal en banc on Feb.

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How diesel overtook gasoline in prices

MANILA, Philippines — For jeepney and delivery truck drivers, trips to fuel stations have been jarring nowadays as diesel—which for the longest time had been cheaper than gasoline in the Philippines—is already becoming the costlier fuel between the two. Since the war in the Middle East broke out on Feb. 28 when the United States

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Agri chief sees ‘slight’ food price hike due to transport cost

MANILA, Philippines — Despite sufficient supply, retail food prices may slightly rise as the escalating conflict in the Middle East drives up freight and transport costs, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. In a statement on Saturday, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. noted heightened concerns over costs due to rising oil prices linked to

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