U.S. judge blocks Trump move to end program young for immigrants

A U.S. judge blocked President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday from ending a program that shielded from deportation children brought to the United States illegally by their parents.

Magnitude 7.6 quake strikes off Central America – USGS

An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck near remote Caribbean Islands belonging to Honduras on Tuesday, sparking a tsunami warning for the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

Don’t peg tutors’ pay hike on tax reform, lawmaker asks but Diokno says wage...

An activist lawmaker urged the government not to make President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to increase the salaries of public school teachers incumbent on the passage of a new tax reform package even as Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno junked the notion as “not our priority this time.”

Lolit Solis stands by report of John Lloyd Cruz-Ellen Adarna wedding plans

The couple mocked the columnist and radio host on Instagram but neither confirmed nor denied her report.
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Jail officer dies as Traslacion winds down

A jail officer died early Wednesday morning, January 10, as he waited to worship the Black Nazarene as this year’s Traslacion, the procession to return the religious icon to the Quiapo Church, was winding down.

Contaminated water downs 56 in Benguet village

Fifty-six residents of a village in Atok, Benguet were rushed to hospital during the first week of the year in what was initially suspected to be a case of mass food poisoning but which health officials later attributed to contaminated water used for cooking.

1 soldier slain, 3 civilians wounded by IEDs in Maguindanao

A soldier was killed and three civilians, including a child, were wounded in separate bombings in the towns of Datu Hoffer and Datu Unsay, Maguindanao on Tuesday, authorities said.

France’s Catherine Deneuve denounces #MeToo campaign for ‘puritanism’

'This urge to send men to the slaughterhouse, instead of helping women be more autonomous, helps the enemies of sexual freedom.'

Steve Bannon steps down from Breitbart News after drawing fire from Trump

Steve Bannon has stepped down as executive chairman of Breitbart News, the right-wing news website said on Tuesday, after the former White House chief strategist drew fire from President Donald Trump for harshly criticizing his eldest son.

Federalism a ‘political swindle’ to mask ‘fascist dictatorship’ – Sison

(UPDATE - 8:48 a.m.) The impending move to amend the Constitution to allow the shift to a federal form of government is a “political swindle” to “make way for a fascist dictatorship” with all powers of government “over-concentrated” in the hands of President Rodrigo Duterte, the founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines said.

Iranun clans in Maguindanao settle decade-old ‘rido’

Several clans belonging to the Iranun tribe in the first district of Maguindanao province settled a more than decade-old “rido” or feud that had claimed at least seven lives.

Israel to approve hundreds of new settler homes in West Bank

Israel will approve construction of hundreds of new settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Tuesday.

Lorenzana says PH to protest Fiery Reef airbase as Roque says ‘no breach in...

The Philippines will make a diplomatic protest to China, which Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana described as having reneged on a promise not to militarize artificial islands in the busy South China Sea waterway.

Ex-AFP chief Año takes over DILG

Former Armed Forces chief Eduardo M. Año took over as officer-in-charge of the Department of Interior and Local Government from his predecessor, Catalino Cuy, who is the new Dangerous Drugs Board chairman.

‘Yeah I’ll beat Oprah’ – Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he could beat Oprah Winfrey in a presidential race, while one of Winfrey’s closest friends said the media mogul and actress was “intrigued” by the possibility of running but was not considering it now.