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Explosion, 'Suspected Bomb' in Philippine Capital Before Marcos Speech
Police said no one was hurt, and investigators removed a second suspected device near the Senate before Ferdinand Marcos’s annual address.
- On Monday, a homemade bomb exploded near the Philippine Justice Ministry in Manila, while a second suspected device was discovered near the Senate hours before Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos was due to deliver his annual address.
- Heightened political tensions preceded the incidents, with Vice President Sara Duterte facing an impeachment trial and voters roiled by a corruption scandal tied to bogus flood control projects affecting the nation.
- No casualties resulted from the midnight blast; personnel removed a second device containing a "brown powder" for testing, Manila police spokesman Philipp Ines told AFP while noting investigations into the explosion's scale continue.
- National Police Chief Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. reported a "big possibility or probability that the two are related," acknowledging that despite contingency plans, a device detonated at the Department of Justice.
- These security concerns follow Manila's hosting of a recent Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit attended by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, occurring as the country manages increasing diplomatic clashes with China.
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(Hanoi=Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Jin-hyung = In the Philippines, where the political situation is unstable due to large-scale corruption scandals involving government projects, President Ferdinand Marcos's annual State of the Nation Address...
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Leaning Left5Leaning Right10Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution59% Right
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- 59% of the sources lean Right
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L 29%
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