Alvarez apologizes for call to military to withdraw Marcos support

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

Alvarez: ‘Sorry, I got carried away by strong emotions’

Former speaker and Davao del Norte Representative Pantaleon Alvarez apologizes for calling on the military to withdraw support from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Visayas power grid on the brink: 13 plants halt operations, more outages feared

More outages are feared in the Visayas with the suspension of operations of thirteen power generation plants while five others are running at derated capacities.

TikTok takes down videos, accounts reported by Rappler; commits to better tracking

TikTok takes down 43 videos spreading health-related disinformation and terminated accounts found propagating this content.

California university cancels Muslim valedictorian’s speech, citing safety concerns

The University of Southern California, citing safety concerns and passions around the Middle East conflict, cancels the valedictorian speech of a Muslim student.