ESSAY | Ignore the mean words, tell an adult, and other ways to stop...

Have you ever been bullied before? Bullies say mean things and even hurt you physically so you can feel bad about yourself. Here are the ways you can stop bullying, says a graduating student.

BSP managing excessive volatility as peso trades at 11-year lows

The Philippines central bank is selling its dollar reserves as a defensive measure to manage excessive volatility driven by speculation against the peso, which is hovering near 11-year lows, the bank’s governor said on Sunday.
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Lagman: annulment, legal separation don’t give full relief

Not quite the same. That's the response of Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, who has forged a rare united front with Speaker Pantalein Alvarez in pushing absolute divorce, to remarks from opposers that the latter is not necessary since annulment of marriage is allowed in the country.

‘Touch Me Not’ wins Golden Bear top prize at Berlin film festival

Romanian director Adina Pintilie said she had not expected to win the award for her 'sexperimental' film.

Bank of America takes aim at gun-making clients; partners cut cord with NRA over...

Bank of America Corp on Saturday became the latest financial heavyweight to take aim at gunmakers, saying it would ask clients who make assault rifles how they can help end mass shootings like last week’s massacre at a Florida high school.

REVIEW | Incubus still a hit with Manila fans the fifth time around

One week later, fans are still talking about the band's fifth concert in the Philippines.

Rappler may file new incorporation papers, says Herbosa as she rues ‘political’ angle in...

Online news site Rappler.com may reorganize and file new incorporation papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) anytime, as long as the company would no longer have foreign ownership.

OFW reported comatose in Kuwait back in PH safe and sound: DFA

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Saturday reported that the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) reportedly found comatose in a hospital in Kuwait, which had gone viral in Facebook, is safe and now back home in the Philippines.

PH seeks speedy justice as employers of Joanna Demafelis, OFW found in freezer, are...

Philippine government officials announced late Saturday the arrest of the employers of OFW Joanna Demafelis, whose body was found in a freezer in their home in Kuwait, and the chief Senate prober of her case said authorities should immediately determine the couple's culpability.

Thai activists in Pinocchio masks call junta leader ‘liar’

Hundreds of pro-democracy activists in Thailand wore cartoon masks portraying the country’s junta leader with a long nose on Saturday, calling him a “liar” for delaying a general election promised this year.

NOW Telecom, one of those looking to get 3rd telco slot, gets franchise extension...

NOW Telecom Company, Inc.’s legislative franchise has been extended for another 25 years. The NOW Corporation affiliate said in a disclosure to the stock exchange that on Feb. 22, President Rodrigo R. Duterte signed into law Republic Act No. 10972 which extends NOW Telecom’s franchise until 2043.
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MMDA starts alternating Marcos Highway closures at Cainta due to LRT2 extension work

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will start implementing this weekend an alternating road closure scheme on a portion of Marcos Highway as the...

MWC 2018 | Mobile industry promises smarter everything at Barcelona show

Two words - artificial intelligence - promise to upstage familiar technology industry themes like 5G, the Internet of Things and virtual reality at next week’s Mobile World Congress, Europe’s biggest annual technology industry gathering.

U.S.-bound ‘BuyBust’ gears up for international release, moves PH playdate

The crime drama starring Anne Curtis and Brandon Vera will no longer open in Philippine cinemas on Feb. 28.

Coach Louie Alas remains optimistic as Phoenix now in the brink of elimination

The Phoenix Fuel Masters gave up 40 free throws to the Blackwater Elite and lost an important game, putting coach Louie Alas and his...