Notices by The Manila Times (themanilatimes@mastodon.social)

MANILA, Philippines —The Philippine National Police (PNP) has placed all units on heightened alert nationwide ahead of the start of dawn masses or Simbang Gabi on Dec. 16.

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LONDON, United Kingdom — Britain's King Charles III, who has broken royal taboos to talk openly about battling cancer, Friday revealed the "good news" that his treatment will be pared back next year.

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#SEAG2025 | PATHUM THANI, Thailand — The Philippines topped Thailand in a tightly-contested final, 5-3, to defend its crown and bagged the gold medal at the 33rd Southeast Asian Games men's baseball tournament at the Queen Sirikit Sports Center here Friday.

The Filipinos swept the entire tournament, 7-0.

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SANTA MONICA, California — Grammy-nominated singer Jubilant Sykes was stabbed to death at his home in Santa Monica, California, and his son was arrested on suspicion of murder, authorities said Tuesday.

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MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday announced that the warrants of arrest for those implicated in the massive corruption tied to flood control projects, including controversial contractor Cezarah “Sarah” Discaya, could possibly come out this week.

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MEMPHIS, Tennessee — Yang Hansen, the 7-foot-1 rookie out of China, made his first NBA start in a game Sunday against the Memphis Grizzlies.

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MANILA, Philippines — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said its no-contact apprehension cameras would soon be upgraded with speed-detection capability, as Chairman Don Artes noted that most fatal overspeeding incidents happened late at night.

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NORFOLK, Virginia — The Justice Department failed Thursday to secure a new indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James after a judge dismissed the previous mortgage fraud prosecution encouraged by President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter.

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TORONTO — LeBron James’ streak of 1,297 consecutive double-digit regular-season scoring efforts ended Thursday night, when the NBA’s career points leader was held to eight points in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 123-120 win over the Toronto Raptors.

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MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman recommended the filing of charges against 10 individuals, including officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways, and owners of a construction firm over the unfinished flood control project in Jose Abad Santos, Occidental Mindoro worth P96.5 million.

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So much about the future of Tiger Woods is uncertain.
Woods said Tuesday in the Bahamas he has just been cleared to chip and putt since a seventh back surgery on Oct. 10. He is not playing in his Hero World Challenge and said he won't be playing in the PNC Championship in two weeks with his son. Even the indoor TGL League will have to wait.

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MANILA, Philippines — Eight lawmakers at the House of Representatives are facing charges for alleged conflict of interest based on the recommendation of the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) after they were found to be contractors of the government's flood control projects that are under scrutiny for alleged corruption.

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MANILA, Philippines — Miss Universe Organization President Raul Rocha hasstrongly denied online allegations that the results of the recently concluded pageant were rigged.

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MANILA, Philippines —The Bureau of Customs (BoC) has intercepted eight containers of live millipedes at a warehouse in Pasay City.

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Donald Glover is opening up about a recent health scare that forced him to cancel his tour last year. At the time, he described it as an “ailment,” but Glover said Saturday night at a performance that a doctor told him he’d had a stroke.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Deni Avdija had 26 points, a career-high 14 assists and six rebounds as the Portland Trail Blazers held off the Golden State Warriors 127-123 in the NBA Cup on Friday night.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — A South Carolina man who pleaded guilty to three murders was put to death by firing squad on Friday, the third such execution in the southern US state this year.

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MANILA, Philippines — Former Ako Bicol Partylist representative Elizaldy Co said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. allegedly ordered the insertion of at least P100 billion worth of projects in the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA).

The President also asked Speaker Martin Romualdez to "stay out of the country" as he would be well taken care of, Co said in a video released by his office on Friday.

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MANILA, Philippines — Gasoline and diesel prices are again expected to go up for the fourth consecutive week due to the continued effects of the sanctions against Russia and current lack of supply, local oil industry sources said on Friday.

They said that gasoline prices may go up between P1.30 and P1.50 per liter, while diesel between P1.00 and P1.20 per liter.

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MANILA, Philippines — Roberto Bernardo, former Public Works undersecretary, linked incumbent and former senators to the flood control fund scandal.

Bernardo testified that these senators received "kickbacks" or commissions from flood control projects funded under the 2025 national budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

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https://tmt.news/2223914