Rights group raises alarm over military’s vilification, harassment of Abra NGO workers

A human rights organization has raised the alarm over the vilification of nongovernment organization workers in Abra, who the Army's 24th Infantry Battalion has accused in public social media posts of being “terrorists” operating in the guise of outreach programs.

Ashley Ortega goes from viral burger ad to It Girl role in horror film

The girl from Jollibee's viral 'Crush' plays her first major movie role in 'Spirit of the Glass 2.'

CHOW BUZZ | Legendary Chef Auguste Escoffier’s great grandson visits Manila

Check out the 'epicurious dinner' prepared by Discovery Primea's David Pardo de Ayala and Chef Luis Chikiamco.

Tuesday classes suspended in Cagayan province as floods, rains persist

Cagayan Governor Manuel Mamba ordered the suspension of classes on all levels in both private and public schools in the province on Tuesday because of the floods and unabated rains brought by the northeast monsoon or amihan.

Sony pulls Spacey film from festival, going ahead with December release

'All the Money in the World' features Kevin Spacey as the late U.S. oil billionaire Jean Paul Getty.
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MEL STA.MARIA | Chief Justice Sereno shouldn’t resign

For presidential spokesman Harry Roque to suggest that Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno resign “ to spare the institution from any further damage” is ridiculous.

P15M shabu seized in women’s jail, condo raids

Government agents seized more than P15 million worth of crystal meth, or “shabu,” from an inmate of the Correctional Institutional for Women in Mandaluyong City and her daughter, who conducted her illicit operations in a condominium a stone's throw away from Malacañang Palace.

Riding high, Xi looks to soothe Trump as U.S. pressures China

“Trump is very popular with the (Chinese) military,” said a Chinese official with ties to the military, speaking on condition of anonymity. “It’s great for China that the United States is in chaos. It means we don’t have to worry about them challenging us.”

CDO businessman nabbed with ecstasy at airport

A young Cagayan de Oro businessman was arrested Monday, November 6, at the Laguindingan airport by anti-narcotics agents who found a quantity of the party drug ecstasy on the suspect.
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WATCH | Harry says it’s important for PH to have free press, wants Mocha...

"I will forever consider individuals as under my tutelage on important matters. So I hope Asec Mocha will accept being a student of the spokesperson," said acting presidential spokesperson Harry Roque.

WATCH | Police identify suspect in slay of Grab driver Gerardo Maquidato

Authorities are now pursuing 25-year-old Narc Tulod Delemios also known as "Miko" and Real Nikolo Delemios, who was Maquidato's last passenger before the victim was found dead along the city's Brgy. Bonanza.

WATCH | 14-year-old boy shot dead in Taguig City

Mark Angelo Estacio, who was said to have been fetched Friday night by a friend from his residence in Brgy. Calzada, was walking on the street with his companion when the killers approached him and repeatedly shot the victim.

Ernesto Abella still with Palace as PCOO usec, says Roque

Though President Rodrigo Duterte already has a new spokesperson, Ernesto Abella will remain part of Malacañang as undersecretary under the Presidential Communications and Operations Office headed by Secretary Martin Andanar.
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WILL DOTS LEAD TO TRUTH? | Watch: Poe notes ‘connections’ of Divina law firm...

Connecting the dots: that's what Sen. Grace Poe sought to do Monday, at the resumption of the Senate hearing on the fatal hazing of Horatio "Atio" Castillo III. Citing the “connections” of the high-profile law office headed by lawyer Nilo Divina of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Faculty of Civil Law, the senator said such may provide critical links in the case of the freshman UST law student who died early morning of Sept. 17, 2017.

Northrail settlement spares PH from payment of P5-B claims to Chinese firm: DOTr

After a series of negotiations that started in January 2017, Philippine officials and the Chinese firm that had won the contract to build the Northern Luzon railway - conceived 22 years ago - have reached a settlement, sparing the country the obligation of having to pay P5 billion more in damages the next few years.