Martin Romualdez to transfer to UP-PGH | The wRap

Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:

• Sandiganbayan orders Romualdez’s transfer to PGH for independent tests 

The anti-graft court Sandiganbayan orders the transfer of Leyte 1st District Representative Martin Romualdez to the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital or UP-PGH. 

• Sara Duterte’s arraignment for grave threats case deferred 

Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 98 defers the arraignment of Vice President Sara Duterte for her grave threats case.

• 5 paralegals arrested, 27 hurt in protest vs Pax Silica 

Authorities arrested five paralegals at an anti-Pax Silica protest. The paralegals were part of a group that held a rally outside a hotel where President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. met investors for the Luzon development project.

• COA finds irregularities in TUPAD payouts in 2025 

The Commission on Audit flags irregularities in the Department of Labor and Employment’s TUPAD cash-for-work payouts from 2025.

• Philippines tells China: Leave Panganiban, Zamora reefs in West PH Sea

The Philippines tells China, leave the militarized reefs in the West Philippine Sea. This, days after Chinese forces at Panganiban and Zamora Reefs fired flares at an unarmed Philippine Coast Guard aircraft en route to Pag-asa Island. – Rappler.com