NewsWatch Plus Staff, Author at newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph Tue, 30 Jun 2026 08:04:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 /wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-logo-nwp-32x32.png NewsWatch Plus Staff, Author at newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph 32 32 China’s initial aggression in the West Philippine Sea believed to be a calculated setup https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2026/06/30/chinas-initial-aggression-in-the-west-philippine-sea-believed-to-be-a-calculated-setup/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:28:15 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p=715747 Metro Manila, Philippines – What began as confrontations at sea would eventually lead to one of the most significant legal victories in modern maritime history. On July 12, 2016, the Philippines won its landmark arbitration case before an arbitral tribunal constituted under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in The

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]]> Metro Manila workers to get ₱85 daily wage hike in 2 tranches https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2026/06/30/metro-manila-workers-to-get-%e2%82%b185-daily-wage-hike-in-2-tranches/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:14:12 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p=715744 Metro Manila, Philippines – Labor Secretary Francis Tolentino on Tuesday, June 30, announced an ₱85 daily wage increase for workers in Metro Manila. According to Tolentino, the wage adjustment will be implemented in two tranches. The first hike of ₱60 will take effect on July 19, while the remaining ₱25 is scheduled to take effect

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]]> Thousands of INC rallyists occupy EDSA amid looming plunder raps vs. Marcoleta https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2026/06/30/thousands-of-inc-rallyists-occupy-edsa-amid-looming-plunder-raps-vs-marcoleta/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 01:53:15 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p=715742 Metro Manila, Philippines – Thousands of protesters, many of them members of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC), gathered at the EDSA People Power Monument on Tuesday morning, June 30. This comes a day after Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla announced that his office would file plunder charges against Senator Rodante Marcoleta over ₱75 million in undisclosed

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]]> Ombudsman wants ex-DPWH chief Bonoan to turn state witness in flood control mess https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2026/06/29/ombudsman-wants-ex-dpwh-chief-bonoan-to-turn-state-witness-in-flood-control-mess/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 09:06:58 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p=715732 Metro Manila, Philippines –  Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla on Monday, June 29, said Manny Bonoan, former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) secretary, will turn state witness in the flood control scandal.  He said that the office had a standing agreement with Bonoan and that the ombudsman filed a motion to discharge him as

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]]> Plunder charges vs. Sen. Marcoleta to be filed this week – ombudsman https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2026/06/29/plunder-charges-vs-sen-marcoleta-to-be-filed-this-week-ombudsman/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:39:34 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p=715731 Metro Manila, Philippines – Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla on Monday, June 29, said his office will file plunder charges in relation to campaign contributions against Senator Rodante Marcoleta with the Sandiganbayan sometime this week.  “Hinog na hinog na para i-file sa Sandiganbayan…For resolution na, we’re about to file it already” Remulla said in a press

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]]> DOLE to subpoena Ateneo officials over Tab Baldwin work status, lack of foreign work permit https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2026/06/29/dole-to-subpoena-ateneo-officials-over-tab-baldwin-work-status-lack-of-foreign-work-permit/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 05:11:44 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p=715717 Metro Manila, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment on Monday, June 29, said it would subpoena officials of the Ateneo de Manila University to attend next month’s special panel hearing into the work status of former men’s basketball team head coach Tab Baldwin. During the Monday hearing, US-born Baldwin admitted that he did

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]]> ‘Sense and Sensibility’ adaptation to open in Philippine cinemas in October https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2026/06/26/sense-and-sensibility-adaptation-to-open-in-philippine-cinemas-in-october/ Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:10:23 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p=715698 Metro Manila, Philippines – A new film adaptation of Sense and Sensibility is set to open in Philippine cinemas on Oct. 28, distributor Universal Pictures Philippines announced on Friday, June 26. The film stars Daisy Edgar-Jones as Elinor Dashwood and Esmé Creed-Miles as Marianne Dashwood, the sisters at the center of Jane Austen’s classic novel

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]]> Tacloban schools tighten security ahead of return to face-to-face classes after deadly shooting https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2026/06/26/tacloban-schools-tighten-security-ahead-of-return-to-face-to-face-classes-after-deadly-shooting/ Fri, 26 Jun 2026 08:42:15 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p=715694 Metro Manila, Philippines – Authorities in Tacloban City are ramping up security at San Jose National High School and other public schools ahead of the resumption of face-to-face classes following last week’s shooting that killed three students and injured more than a dozen others. Mayor Alfred Romualdez announced the move after he met Thursday, June

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]]> OWWA opens OFW lounge at Mactan-Cebu airport, expands services https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2026/06/26/owwa-opens-ofw-lounge-at-mactan-cebu-airport-expands-services/ Fri, 26 Jun 2026 08:36:56 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p=715690 Metro Manila, Philippines –  The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration has opened an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) lounge at Mactan-Cebu International Airport, expanding services for migrant workers in Central Visayas. The facility, inaugurated Thursday, June 25, is the third international OFW lounge operated by OWWA after those at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 and Terminal

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]]> DepEd orders tighter school security after deadly Tacloban shooting https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2026/06/26/deped-orders-tighter-school-security-after-deadly-tacloban-shooting/ Fri, 26 Jun 2026 05:43:46 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p=715680 Metro Manila, Philippines – The Department of Education on Friday ordered tighter security measures in public schools nationwide following last week’s deadly shooting at a high school in Tacloban City, including the deployment of handheld metal detectors, campus safety audits and stricter visitor screening. Education Secretary Sonny Angara announced the measures days after three students

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