Day: November 16, 2025

Manila: Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin denied Sunday that he is set to resign or be replaced. ‘Not true until it actually happens. I don’t know how the speculation started,’ Bersamin told reporters when asked about circulating talks on a supposed shake-up in Malaca±ang. According to Philippines News Agency, the Executive Secretary, who heads the day-to-day operations of the Office of the President, has been a subject of resignation talks since issues on illegal infrastructure and flood-control projects surfaced. Bersamin stressed he remains focused on his duties. Malaca±ang has not issued any official statement on the matter.

Cilacap: The death toll from a landslide that struck Indonesia’s Central Java province has risen to 11, with 12 others still missing as search and rescue operations continued on Sunday, according to an official. M. Abdullah, head of the Search and Rescue Office in Cilacap, where the landslide occurred, stated that authorities are persisting in their efforts to locate the remaining 12 victims after 11 bodies have been recovered. According to Philippines News Agency, Abdullah expressed hope that all victims who are still buried would be found. During Sunday’s rescue operation, his team deployed hundreds of personnel and several pieces