UAE arrests three Koreans in $2.3B gambling case tied to former Premier League shirt sponsor

VNExpress - Oct 16, 2026

Three South Korean suspects linked to illegal gambling websites that handled a combined 3.1 trillion won (US$2.3 billion) in bets have been arrested in the United Arab Emirates.

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MANILA, Philippines — In-person classes were suspended in Philippine Science High School – Main Campus in Quezon City on Friday, Oct. 16, until Tuesday next week, due to reported cases of influenza-like illnesses. In an advisory, the campus announced that club and homeroom meetings on Friday will be held online. However, its card-giving activity to

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MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte continued to post the highest net satisfaction rating among four top government officials, despite a 10-point decline, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. The SWS conducted the survey from Sept. 21 to 27 through face-to-face interviews with 1,500 Filipino adults ages 18 and older nationwide. The

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MANILA, Philippines — Here are INQToday’s top stories this evening: The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency says a politician from Mindanao financed the chartered flight linked to the seizure of 521 kilograms of suspected shabu in Laos. A witness also told a court that a “maleta” was allegedly sent to Senators Vicente Sotto III, Stella Quimbo

Anti-crime group chief, 4 others face arson charges at DOJ

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MANILA, Philippines — United Pilipino Against Crime and Corruption (UPACC) Chairperson Pyra Nucum Lucas and four other individuals face an “destructive arson” complaint before the Department of Justice (DOJ) for allegedly intentionally burning a couple’s newly-built home in Capas, Tarlac. Complainants Emil and Analyn Cadiang — the couple who filed the complaint against Lucas, Arthur

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MANILA, Philippines — House prosecutors should still prefer to get 16 votes to convict Vice President Sara Duterte even though the Senate impeachment court had already adopted a lower threshold that will allow a verdict with 14 votes. Former Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, House impeachment adviser and trial spokesperson, explained in a statement that getting

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Kapunan: Were VP Duterte’s earlier bank balances declared?

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MANILA, Philippines — Bank balances in Vice President Sara Duterte’s accounts that were later withdrawn would not show whether she correctly declared the money she allegedly held in previous years, private prosecutor Lorna Kapunan said on Tuesday in an interview on ANC’s “Headstart.” Kapunan challenged a hypothetical defense explanation that money could have passed through an

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MANILA, Philippines — The government plans to raise the mandatory bioethanol blend in gasoline to 15 percent (E15) to help curb high fuel prices and boost domestic production, an energy official said. According to Department of Energy (DOE) undersecretary Alessandro Sales, the National Biofuels Board (NBB) has begun studying the possibility of increasing the blend to

Benitez hits “cruelty” vs Josh Aquino: Respect the autistic people

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BACOLOD CITY — House Deputy House Speaker and Bacolod City Rep. Alfredo Benitez on Thursday strongly condemned the discriminatory and insulting remarks directed at Josh Aquino in a viral podcast. He warned that freedom of expression is not a license to demean persons with special needs. In a statement posted on his official Facebook page,

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