1+ hour, 26+ min ago  (731+ words) MANILA, Philippines " The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Friday rejected claims that the April 19 encounter in Toboso, Negros Occidental was a massacre, insisting that New People's Army (NPA) members were repeatedly urged to surrender…...

1+ hour, 46+ min ago  (826+ words) Justice or political sequencing? At the heart of this spectacle are legal questions that cannot be drowned out by press conferences, moral slogans or selective outrage. First, if the National Bureau of Investigation acted against a sitting senator, did it…...

5+ hour, 13+ min ago  (214+ words) Good day. Here are the stories of The Manila Times for Saturday, May 23, 2026. Today's episode is brought to you by Wilcon Depot, The Philippines' leading home improvement and construction supplies retailer'your Trusted Building Partner. BANNER: PNP tracker teams join hunt…...

5+ hour, 12+ min ago  (268+ words) The ceremonial meetings with Emperor Naruhito and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will carry symbolic weight, but the substantive stakes lie in defense cooperation, maritime security and energy development. Each of these domains offers genuine opportunity " and genuine risk. What matters…...

3+ hour, 33+ min ago  (882+ words) MONDAY was a day of failed expectations. As a consequence, this unexpurgated personal view of the Trump-Xi confrontation stays. After the China summit, one reporter was all it took to get a good glimpse of what transpired in the bilateral…...

3+ hour, 57+ min ago  (799+ words) Global Times: Xi and Putin advanced higher-quality China-Russia ties with new cooperation and global governance goals. Beijing, CHINA, May 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Military band performances, a 21-gun salute, a march-past by the honor guard, as well as children waving flowers, together…...

3+ hour, 58+ min ago  (346+ words) THE HAGUE, Netherlands " Shell and climate activists went head-to-head in the Dutch Supreme Court on Friday, the latest hearing in a long-running legal battle over whether the fossil fuel giant should be forced to cut its carbon emissions. Pressure group…...

4+ hour, 8+ min ago  (352+ words) The Manila Times TPA, NCPA Applaud Tennessee Law Banning PBMs from Owning Pharmacies Alexandria, Va. , May 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gov. Bill Lee signed the Freedom, Access and Integrity in Registered Pharmacy (FAIR Rx) Act (Senate Bill 2040/House Bill 1959) into law today,…...

4+ hour, 15+ min ago  (545+ words) It added that, based on a viral video circulating on social media, the vehicle could be seen traveling at night while using rear auxiliary lamps that emit intense light. It was also observed that the auxiliary lamps lit up simultaneously…...

4+ hour, 59+ min ago  (592+ words) JERUSALEM " Israel said on Thursday it had deported all the foreign activists seized by its forces from a Gaza-bound flotilla, as the first group arrived in Turkey following global outcry over their treatment in custody. Hundreds of activists from countries…...