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EFFUSIVE ERUPTION. Speed-up
camera footage and snapshots of short-lived lava fountaining from the Mayon Volcano summit crater, recorded at 9:36 am yesterday by the PHIVOLCS Quick Response Team and the Mayon Volcano Observatory. An effusive eruption at Mayon Volcano continues for the 189th consecutive day, generating incandescent lava flows, pyroclastic density currents (PDCs), locally known as ‘uson,’ and rockfalls. Alert Level 3 remains in effect over Mayon Volcano, and entry into the 6-km Permanent Danger Zone (PDZ) should remain prohibited. PHIVOLCS
VOL. XL • NO. 150 • 3 SECTIONS 18 PAGES • P20 • TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2026
MARCOLETA FIT TO TRAVEL – PNP NEWS / A2
Dr. Jose Pujalte Jr.
Herbosa out, Jose Pujalte Jr is DOH chief By Charles Dantes and Ram Superable PRESIDENT Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has appointed orthopedic surgeon and veteran public health official Dr. Jose Pujalte Jr. as the new secretary of the Department of Health, replacing Teodoro Herbosa who resigned due to health reasons, Malacañang announced Monday. Meanwhile, the Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) demanded accountability following Herbosa’s resignation, insisting that stepping down does not clear him of pending allegations. Presidential Communications Office Undersecretary Claire Castro confirmed Pujalte’s appointment during a press briefing following reports that Herbosa has stepped down. Pressed whether Herbosa resigned voluntarily or was dismissed by the President due to multiple graft complaints reportedly filed against him, Castro said the former Health Next page
DOE warns of renewed oil price spikes
‘VP’s kill rant serious, real national security concern’ Defense vows to present ‘Oplan Romanov’ witness
By Maricel V. Cruz, Joel Zurbano, Charles Dantes and Katrina Manubay
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HE kill threat of Vice President Sara Duterte against the First Couple was considered “serious, real and actual,” an official of the National Bureau of Investigation on Monday testified before the Senate impeachment court.
NBI regional director Jeremy Lotoc said security agencies considered Duterte’s assassination threats against President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. “a matter of national security.” Defense lawyer Mark Vinluan, for his part, said they are ready to present a witness and evidence on the existence of “Operation Romanov” -- a supposed threat against the life of
the Vice President and her family that reportedly prompted her kill rant. Vinluan said Duterte’s public remarks against the President, First Lady Liza Marcos and former Speaker Martin Romualdez on November 23, 2024 were warranted as she and her family were also facing threats. Next page
Criminal raps vs. VP Sara still pending, says DOJ chief Vida By Pot Chavez JUSTICE Secretary Fredderick Vida yesterday said the the sedition and grave threats complaints filed by the
National Bureau of Investigation against Vice President Sara Duterte remain pending before the department’s panel of prosecutors. In February 2025, the NBI filed the
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INVESTIGATORS combed on Monday through the wreckage of a huge fire at a Bangkok bar that killed at least 27 people and injured dozens, Thailand’s worst such incident for almost two decades.
HONORED. President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. together with First Lady Liza
Araneta Marcos honor Filipina tennis star Alex Eala with a citation during a dinner reception yesterday in Malacanang. With Eala were her parents Mike and Risa. Revoli Cortez/ PPA Pool
LPA east of Visayas to enter PAR – PAGASA By Rio N. Araja and Rex Espiritu A LOW pressure area (LPA) has developed into a tropical depression internationally named “Haishen” that formed east of the country or outside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) on Monday morning. Meanwhile, deaths due to Typhoon Inday and the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) has risen to 20,
complaints in connection with the alleged kill threats made by the Vice President against President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos and former House
Speaker Martin Romualdez. In an interview with reporters, he explained that the criminal case process is separate from what the imNext page
Huge Bangkok bar fire kills 27, hurts dozens
By Alena Mae S. Flores THE Department of Energy (DOE) warned of renewed increases in pump prices due to escalating tensions in the Middle East as it announced the latest fuel price adjustments effective Tuesday. Meanwhile, renewed US-Iran fighting and Iran’s weekend announcement that it was closing the Strait of Hormuz—a vital route for global oil trade—sent crude prices higher on Monday and further undermined an interim peace agreement. Oil prices, which had fallen after the June peace agreement was announced, climbed 4.5% when futures trading opened Monday in Asia. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. Atty. Jeremy Lotoc, Regional Director of the National Bureau of Investigation–Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (NBI-BARMM), swears to tell the truth as he takes the stand as the House prosecution panel’s second witness during the 4th day of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte at the Senate of the Philippines in Pasay City. Lino Santos
according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Haishen” may enter the country either Monday evening or Tuesday morning. Once “Haishen” enters the PAR, it will be named “Josie.” Pagasa said even with its entry into the PAR, the tropical depression is less likely to directly
affect the country’s weather and sea conditions over the next several days. As of Monday mid-morning, the weather disturbance was located 1,265 kilometers east of Eastern Visayas. It was moving west northwest at 30 kph with maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour, and gustiness of up to 70 kph. “Haisen” is forecast to intensify into a tropical storm before entering the Next page
BANGKOK BLAZE. This
screen grab taken from a video released by Kan Kutirat on July 12, 2026 shows people fleeing a fire at the Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao bar in Bangkok. A massive fire in a Bangkok bar late on July 12 night killed at least 27 people and injured dozens, sending screaming patrons fleeing as flames shot from the entrance, according to officials and video verified by AFP. AFP
People ran screaming out of the venue on the outskirts of the Thai capital on Sunday evening as flames shot out of the entrance, several with their clothing burned or ablaze. Next page