Two weeks after a deadly fire swept through the NCCC mall in Davao City, killing 37 people, another mall fire is raging, this time in Cebu City, and firefighters were reported to be having difficulty controlling it because of the similar closed-box design of the mall.

Haggis, 64, won screenplay and best picture Oscars in 2006 for 'Crash.' He also wrote 'Million Dollar Baby.'

Detained senator Leila de Lima is prepared to attend all hearings before a Muntinlupa court, despite the rigors of traveling from her Quezon City detention place, should the Supreme Court reject her motion for reconsideration and allow her trial on drug-related cases to proceed.

The Department of Finance (DoF) said the peso remained among the “most stable” currencies in Asia and “finished strongly” in 2017 despite a 0.5% depreciation against the dollar.

Dozens of passengers were evacuated from an aircraft at Toronto’s Pearson Airport on Friday, after a plane under tow struck an arriving jet that was waiting to park, sparking a small fire, the airport authority said.

Twitter Inc on Friday reiterated its stance that accounts belonging to world leaders have special status on the social media network, pushing back against users who have called on the company to banish US President Donald Trump.

The six-episode series will also feature interviews with George Clooney, Jay-Z, Howard Stern, Tina Fey, and Malala Yousafzai.

President Nicolas Maduro said on Friday that Venezuela would issue 100 million units of its new oil-backed cryptocurrency in coming days, although it is unclear whether any investors will want to purchase the “petro” at a time when the OPEC member is going through a deep economic crisis and its leftist government has little credibility.

Ridesharing firm Grab has petitioned the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) for a fare increase to mitigate the impact of higher excise taxes on petroleum products under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law.



A member of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) executed a couple by beheading in a remote area of Basilan province, a top police official disclosed Friday.

The general increase in prices of widely used goods and services sustained its pace in December from the preceding month, the government reported on Friday, even as core inflation eased to a four-month low.

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