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Rains will continue over major parts of the country until the end of the week as the monsoon trough enhances the southwest monsoon, the weather bureau said Monday.

Annual inflation is seen to have fallen to a one-and-a-half-year low in May, a Reuters poll showed, cementing expectations of another rate cut in July, which some analysts said could be the last for the year.

Hours after suspected Pentagon gang members on Sunday morning freed a Chinese woman they seized in North Cotabato, the same group abducted another woman in Cotabato City, authorities here said Monday.

TOKYO–The dollar lost its footing on Monday and headed back to multi-month lows against commodity-related currencies, the euro and sterling as investor appetite for higher-yielding assets continued to recover.

Defying international pressure, North Korea was reported Monday to have moved a long-range missile to a military base for a planned launch that would deepen tensions in the wake of its nuclear test.

(UPDATE 2) Senator Ana Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal on Monday told the Senate committee of the whole that Senator Manuel Villar Jr. and his wife Las Pinas Representative Cynthia Villar pushed for the realignment of the C-5 road extension project to their advantage.

A real estate agent in Houston who blogged about Anna Nicole Smith was jailed for contempt last week in a defamation case brought by the late Playboy model’s mother.

SINGAPORE–Oil prices rose in Asian trade Monday to near seven-month highs, fuelled by a rise in regional equities markets and a weakening US dollar, dealers said.

(UPDATE) Senator Ana Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal testified Monday before the committee of the whole investigating allegations of corruption against a colleague over a government road project.

WASHINGTON DC, United States—General Motors will declare bankruptcy Monday, marking the end of an era of American manufacturing dominance as what was once the world’s largest corporation collapses under the weight of its mistakes and debts.