A Philippine court has sentenced former Bamban Mayor Alice Guo identified as a Chinese national who had posed as a Filipina to life imprisonment on human trafficking charges. The ruling, delivered on Thursday in Manila, also handed life sentences to seven co-accused linked to a large-scale criminal enterprise. Guo was…
The Philippines is bracing for the arrival of Typhoon Fung-wong, prompting the evacuation of more than 900,000 people ahead of its expected landfall on Sunday evening, November 9, 2025. The storm, locally known as Uwan, has been upgraded to a super typhoon, with sustained winds of approximately 185 km/h (115…