NOT LEAVING. Tamae Takahashi, the woman caught on video with David Lim Jr. during a traffic altercation last March 19, is not hiding and "

has no intention of leaving the country to avoid prosecution," said her lawyer.

RESPECT. China has assured the Philippines that it has no plans to build an environment monitoring station on the disputed Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea "out of respect for our friendship," President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday.

EARTH HOUR. The Cebu City Government will host Earth Hour 2017 celebration, or the switching off of lights for an hour tomorrow, March 25.