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Robie Ann Garcia Solacito, appointed in October 2025 as the first LGBTQ member to serve as full-fledged provincial prosecutor of Sultan Kudarat, said her identity helped her earn respect in her role.

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President Lee Jae Myung expressed condolences on Thursday over powerful earthquakes in Venezuela that killed at least 32 people. The Foreign Ministry issued a similar statement.

The United States is focused on ensuring that necessary conditions for the transfer of wartime operational control to South Korea will be met as soon as possible, a senior U.S. diplomat said.

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Mainland Chinese authorities have rejected criticism from the United States, Britain, France and Germany over coastguard deployments near Taiwan. The rebuke follows joint statements expressing concern about regional stability.

The mothers and lawyers of missing University of the Philippines students visited former Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan at the New Bilibid Prison on Thursday. They aimed to confirm his presence after court notices returned unserved. Investigators from the Commission on Human Rights also arrived to conduct their own inquiry.

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Severe Tropical Storm Gardo is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Friday while the habagat continues to bring rain to parts of Luzon and the Visayas.