Here鈥檚 a quick roundup of today鈥檚 top stories:
Magnitude 4.6 earthquake jolts Quezon town
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake jolted General Nakar Quezon on Tuesday afternoon, May 27.
The China Coast Guard (CCG) on Tuesday issued a radio challenge to a Philippine civilian ship and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessels en route to Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea.
鈥淎ccording to China鈥檚 domestic law and international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, China has indisputed sovereignty over islands in the South China Sea and adjacent waters. The so-called South China Sea arbitration is illegal. China neither accepts nor recognizes this,鈥� the CCG said.
The number of motorists flagged for violating traffic rules on the first day of the No Contact Apprehension Policy (NCAP) reimplementation on Monday was 鈥渞elatively low鈥� compared to the previous week, when the policy was suspended, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said Tuesday.
MMDA Traffic Enforcement Group Director Atty. Victor Nu帽ez said that throughout the entire day up to midnight, 鈥渨e recorded 1,112鈥� violators, noting that this is more than 50 percent lower than last week鈥檚 figures.
Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Gen. Rommel Marbil said he does not know where reports originated claiming International Criminal Court (ICC) investigators were pressuring retired officers to implicate former President Rodrigo Duterte.
Former PNP Chief and Sen. Ronald 鈥淏ato鈥� dela Rosa made the claim in a press statement Friday that the ICC had an 鈥渙ngoing mission鈥� at a Pasay City hotel to threaten ex-cops into signing an affidavit implicating him and Duterte in the latter鈥檚 brutal war on drugs.