Explosion, 'suspected bomb' in Philippine capital before Marcos speech

MANILA: A homemade bomb detonated near the entrance of the Philippine justice ministry early on Monday (Jul 27), officials said, hours before a suspected unexploded device was found near the country's Senate.The explosion just after midnight, which resulted in no casualties, and the discovery of the second suspected bomb came hours before Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos was due to give an annual State of the Nation address.National police chief Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr told reporters on Monday there was a "big possibility or probability that the two (incidents) are related".He said that, while police had contingency plans for "bomb threats, actual bombings and other (things) ... something got past us and exploded in front of the Department of Justice". It was not immediately clear h