Guatemala congressman arrested for journalists’ murders
The Guatemala attorney general’s office confirmed on Saturday the arrest of congressman Julio Juarez Ramirez, who is accused of plotting the murders of two journalists in 2015.
‘HUMAN ERROR’ | Hawaii mistakenly sends out missile attack warning
An emergency alert was sent mistakenly on Saturday to Hawaii’s residents warning of an imminent ballistic missile attack when an employee at the state emergency management agency pushed the “wrong button,” Hawaii’s governor said.
5 reasons to catch Resorts World Manila’s ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’
A terrific cast, spectacular production numbers, a cartoonish set, and that flying car are among the reasons to catch the British family musical.
Facebook changes News Feed
Shares of Facebook Inc fell more than 4 percent on Friday and were on track for their worst session in more than three months...
800 PUVs tagged in ‘Tanggal Bulok, Tanggal Usok’ drive
The Inter-Agency Council for Traffic said it has apprehended 800 public utility vehicles since the January 8 launch of its “Tanggal Bulok, Tanggal Usok” campaign in compliance with the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program.
Leaked policy draft shows Trump could pursue development of new nukes
President Donald Trump’s administration could pursue development of new nuclear weaponry and explicitly leave open the possibility of nuclear retaliation for major non-nuclear attacks, if a leaked draft policy document becomes reality.
Trump ditches London visit, blames Obama for embassy deal under Bush
U.S. President Donald Trump canceled a trip to London scheduled for next month to open a new embassy, saying he did not want to endorse what he understood was an Obama-era decision to move out of the old one.
‘Window closing’ for California mudslide searchers as death toll rises to 18
Rescue crews expanded their search on Friday for five missing people as the death toll rose to 18 from mudslides in Southern California that damaged hundreds of buildings and caked highways with sludge.
Govt forms panel to look into Manila ‘comfort women’ statue
The Department of Foreign Affairs said a government panel has been formed to look into the fuss over a newly erected “comfort women” monument in Manila that has irked Japan, a major source of aid and investment.
US envoy to The Netherlands admits comments on Muslims was ‘just wrong’
U.S. President Donald Trump’s new envoy to the Netherlands said on Friday a comment he made two years ago about Dutch politicians being set on fire by Muslim immigrants was “just wrong,” two days after he refused to answer questions about what he had said.
NOT FAKE NEWS | PH media fare very well in Pew survey on global...
Although constantly accused of being “biased” and even peddling “fake news,” Philippine media fared very well in a survey of 38 countries whose publics were asked how they viewed the quality and fairness of news coverage.
DiCaprio to star in Charles Manson-era Tarantino movie
He will not play the cult leader but an aging, out-of-work actor in the summer of 1969 when the Manson murders happened.
Japanese pop group chants cryptocurrency choruses
'Be careful about your password! Don’t use the same one!' sang the eight 'Virtual Currency Girls', or Kasotsuka Shojo in Japanese.
Burning Iranian oil tanker drifts into Japan’s EEZ – coast guard
A stricken Iranian oil tanker continued exploding on Friday, hampering rescue efforts, Chinese state media reported, as Japan’s Coast Guard said the ship drifted away from the Chinese coast and into Japan’s exclusive economic zone.
Martian ice deposits could sustain human outposts in the future
Scientists using images from an orbiting NASA spacecraft have detected eight sites where huge ice deposits near the Martian surface are exposed on steep slopes, a potential source of water that could help sustain future human outposts.














