- Sotto takes oath as Senate president
- Bonoan freezes DPWH travel passes
- International media protest over journalist deaths in Gaza
- Philippine forces deliver supplies and personnel to disputed South China Sea shoal despite tensions
- Former Bulacan district engineer admits going to casinos
- Pope Leo XIV to Israeli president: 2-state solution needed to end Gaza war
- Manila mayor warns against mobs, orders police to maintain peace and order
- ICC postpones Duterte's hearing, reviews fitness to stand trial
- Chinese sleeper agents' and PLA operatives a threat, Lacson warns
- Pope demands end to 'collective punishment' and forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza
