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Ambulance blast in Kabul kills at least 63, with 151 wounded

KABUL - The casualty toll in Saturday’s ambulance bomb attack in the Afghan capital Kabul has, so far, risen to at least 63 dead...
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DSWD warns against scammers taking advantage of Mayon calamity relief situation

The Department of Social Welfare and Development issued a warning on Saturday for the public in general to be watchful in dealing with possible...

3 burglary suspects slain in shootout with cops in Cabanatuan City

Police in Cabanatuan City killed three burglary suspects who allegedly shot it out with law enforcers during an entrapment operation early Saturday morning, January 27.

Martial law, end of talks with Reds set stage for more U.S. military presence,...

With martial law in Mindanao and the scrapping of peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte has provided the perfect excuse “for the reentry of U.S. troops and their permanent basing in the country without a signed treaty,” communist rebels claimed.

South Korea agonizes over latest tragedy as it probes hospital blaze

South Korean officials rushed to identify 37 victims of a hospital fire and pinpoint the cause of the worst blaze in years on Saturday as opposition politicians blamed the president for failing to avoid the latest in a series of tragedies.

Radio Veritas on government’s ‘curtailing of free speech and press freedom’

It is not proper for the Office of the President to use government agencies to harass or silence any media outfit or institution that do not subservient to the administration's wishes.

Turkish military operation to make big sweep east across Syria – Erdogan

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday Turkish forces would sweep Kurdish fighters from the Syrian border and could push all the way east to the frontier with Iraq -- a move which risks a possible confrontation with U.S. forces allied to the Kurds.

Chinese scientists clone monkeys, break key barrier to possible copying of humans

Chinese scientists have cloned monkeys using the same technique that produced Dolly the sheep two decades ago, breaking a technical barrier that could open the door to copying humans.

Four senior BBC male journalists take pay cuts after inequality row

The UK broadcaster was forced to disclose last year that two thirds of the highest earners on air were men.

Trump warns Davos on unfair trade, says U.S. ‘open for business’

U.S. President Donald Trump took his “America First” message to the world’s elite on Friday, telling a summit of business and political leaders that the United States would “no longer turn a blind eye” to what he described as unfair trade practices.
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Phivolcs warns of possible lahar flows as heavy rains drench Albay

(UPDATE 3 - 2:12 p.m. Saturday, January 27) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology warned of potential lahar and sediment-laden flows in river channels draining the slopes of Mayon Volcano as heavy rains drenched Albay Saturday, January 27.
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WATCH | PAO believes vaccine figured in Caloocan boy’s dengue death

An 11-year old boy in Caloocan City, Aejay Bautista, died after a five-day bout with dengue hemorrhagic fever, while his sister, Ashley, is seriously...
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WATCH | Glitch in power supply regulator interrupts MRT3 in Cubao; full-blown fire prevented

The already problem-plagued MRT3 southbound service on Friday afternoon lurched to a stop at around 1:40 p.m. when smoke suddenly issued from the power...
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WATCH | ‘NOW IS BBL’S CHANCE’: Senators visit MILF HQ, Marawi ground zero, conduct...

While in Mindanao for a two-day joint public hearing on the Bangsamoro Basic Law from Thursday to Friday, some senators visited the headquarters of...

Cayetano assails HRW anew for making it appear PH is Asia’s ‘Wild Wild West’

DFA Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Friday slammed international non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch anew "for skewing real numbers" on the deaths associated with the Duterte administration's campaign against illegal drugs