Chinese military causing regional instability – Taiwan’s president
China’s frequent military activity is causing regional instability, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Thursday, adding that the island’s forces have been keeping a close eye on what they are up to.
‘Ang Larawan,’ ‘Siargao’ lead MMFF honor roll
'Ang Larawan' bagged six awards including Best Picture and Best Actress for Joanna Ampil.
Public satisfaction with Robredo stays ‘good’ as Pimentel hits new personal high – SWS
With the year drawing to an end, public satisfaction with Vice President Leni Robredo remained “good” while Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III scored a new personal high, the latest survey of polling firm Social Weather Stations showed.
PDEA chief surprised over Mark Anthony Fernandez’s drug raps acquittal
Aaron Aquino was PNP regional director for Central Luzon when the actor was busted in Angeles City for marijuana possession.
Israel envoy asks to meet New Zealand pop star Lorde over canceled show
The singer canceled a concert in Tel Aviv in response to calls for 'an economic, intellectual and artistic boycott' of Israel.
South Korea’s Moon says 2015 ‘comfort women’ agreement with Japan flawed
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday that a 2015 agreement with Japan over South Korean “comfort women” was seriously flawed and urged follow-up measures to resolve the issue.
The ‘Chop Shop’: Where bodies were butchered, packaged and sold
For a decade, Arizona-based Biological Resource Center persuaded dying Americans to donate their bodies to science. More than 5,000 did. Here’s what happened to thousands of them.
10 hurt in Russian supermarket blast
A blast ripped through a supermarket in Russia’s St. Petersburg on Wednesday evening, injuring at least 10 shoppers, investigators said.
Less than a thousand IS fighters remain in Iraq and Syria – coalition
Fewer than 1,000 Islamic State fighters remain in Iraq and Syria, the United States-led international coalition fighting the hardline Sunni militant group said on Wednesday, a third of the estimated figure only three weeks ago.
DOJ to charge military officers, several others for slay of Italian missionary
The Department of Justice will be filing murder charges against two military officers, a militia commander, and several others over the 2011 killing of an Italian priest in Arakan, Cotabato after the National Bureau of Investigation asked to withdraw the original case it filed before the provincial prosecutor.
South Korea prosecutors seek 12 years jail for Samsung heir Lee in corruption case
South Korean prosecutors sought a 12-year jail term on Wednesday for Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee, in a corruption case that led to the ouster of the nation’s president earlier this year.
WATCH | Senator Nancy Binay asks BSP to delay release of new coins
Senator Nancy Binay on Wednesday asked the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to temporarily hold in abeyance the distribution of a new set of coins...
WATCH | Man falls to his death from Makati high rise
A small crowd milled about at the corner of Ayala Avenue and Rufino Street in Makati City at 9 a.m. Wednesday morning, puzzling over...
Peso climbs to six-month high, briefly breaches P49 level
The peso soared against the dollar on Wednesday, hitting its strongest level in six months as it briefly breached the P49 level intraday, as it strengthened in the offshore market.
BSP confirms probe of ‘faceless’ bills under way
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is investigating how the so-called "faceless" bills -- or P100 notes where the spot showing the face of the late President Manuel Roxas appears blank -- ended up, allegedly, in an ATM booth of a leading commercial bank.