Gilas Pilipinas opens FIBA World Cup qualifying campaign against Japan
The Philippine national men's basketball team aims to kick off its FIBA World Cup qualifying campaign on a high note as it takes on...
Duterte orders gov’t agencies to start lifting, easing foreign business restrictions
The directive, made public on Thursday, said the aim was to pursue stronger economic growth, create fairness and to enable partnerships to develop.
PAMPABANGO LANG | Lagman belittles Roque’s appointment as Duterte’s rights adviser
“The appointment of presidential spokesman Harry Roque as the President’s adviser on human rights is to apparently deodorize the Duterte administration’s unabated violation of human rights," said Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman.
WATCH | Koko, Kiko puzzled, dismayed by DOJ resolution clearing Faeldon et al in...
Senate President Koko Pimentel wants Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre to explain the Department of Justice's decision to clear former Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and several of his top aides of culpability in the smuggling last May of P6.4 billion worth of methampethamine hydrochloride (shabu) into the country via the Bureau of Customs green lane.
NATION ON THE BRINK | Of massacres, impunity and looming martial rule
Rights advocates warned that the country could be on the brink of tyranny as it was 45 years ago and urged people to set aside their differences and unite to defend their freedoms.
Gilas Pilipinas’ 12-man lineup vs Japan all set
Philippine national men's basketball team coach Chot Reyes revealed the 12 players who will go up against Japan in Gilas Pilipinas' first game in...
Stand with the people, defend their rights, Sereno urges lawyers
“Make your stand” and “lend your lives to the poor and the oppressed,” Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno challenged lawyers.
The media and the Duterte presidency: Impunity acute and benign, fettered flow of information
The Press in the Philippines has been described to be among the freest in Asia if not in the world, robust, almost rambunctious in...
Abella named DFA undersecretary, Roque concurrent rights adviser
(UPDATE - 1:12 p.m.) Former presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella has been named undersecretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs.
WATCH | ‘Pitch Perfect 3’ cast, ‘The Voice’ Top 12 in mash-up music video
The Bellas and 'The Voice' finalists collaborate in the 'Freedom! '90 X Cups' single.
Lawmaker worried subpoena powers for CIDG prone to abuse
A party-list lawmaker is worried the passage of a bill restoring the powers of the police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group to issue subpoenas could lead to abuses.
‘Motherland’ kicks off Active Vista Human Rights Film Festival
The acclaimed documentary will have a public screening on Thursday at 7PM at the Shang Cineplex.
South Korea considers scrapping military drill with U.S. for Olympics – Yonhap
South Korea is considering scrapping a regular military exercise with U.S. forces next year to minimize the risk of an aggressive North Korean reaction during the Winter Olympics in the South, the Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday.
WATCH | Duterte inviting people to rebel with threats vs legal groups – CPP...
President Rodrigo Duterte’s threat to go after organizations he claims are “legal fronts” of the communist revolutionary movement following his cancellation of peace talks with the rebels can only drive more people to armed struggle.
WATCH | ‘KAILANGANG MAY MANAGOT’ | DOTr’s Chavez quits over MRT woes
(UPDATE 5 - 9:07 p.m.) Transportation Undersecretary for Rails Cesar Chavez announced his “irrevocable” resignation Thursday, November 23, over the woes that have been hounding the Metro Rail Transit Line 3, or MRT-3.