LP: Aguirre ‘investigation’ of opposition figures meant to divert attention from hard issues
The Liberal Party said Tuesday the threat of prosecution of key opposition members by the Justice secretary is a "sorry, hardly unbiased attempt" to divert attention away from corruption, drug smuggling and extra-judicial killings - issues in which the Duterte administration has been mired the past several months.
Foreign delegates confident of PH’s hosting of international math contest
Foreign officials and math experts have expressed confidence and trust in the Philippines in hosting the 2017 International Teenagers Mathematics Olympiad (ITMO) in November.
WATCH | Japan’s tech show offers vision of connected, robotic future
Japan's largest electronics exhibition, CEATEC, has re-branded itself away from consumer electronics, offering a vision of a connected, AI robotic future.
DOJ chief Aguirre helps launch ‘Citizen National Guard’ vs ‘Yellowtards’ and other ‘Enemies of...
With the Department of Justice and the Public Attorney's Office looking on, retired soldiers, military reservists, and Muslim representatives on Tuesday launched a group they called Citizen National Guard that calls for protection from "enemies of the state," including "Yellowtards."
‘No substitute for human rights’ – retired Chief Justice Panganiban
Former CJ Panganiban took the opportunity to remind the audience that human rights are not limited to political rights, such as the rights of the accused, the right to vote, and the right to be voted into office. Prosperity was also a human right.
Facebook says 10 million US users saw Russia-linked ads
Some 10 million people in the United States saw politically divisive ads on Facebook that the company said were purchased in Russia in the months before and after last year’s US presidential election, Facebook said on Monday.
HELP WANTED: HOUSEWIVES, RETIREES WELCOME | Japanese firms struggle to hire, retain staff as...
Companies in Japan’s service industries are struggling to hire and retain staff as the labor market becomes the tightest in decades, and are increasingly taking unorthodox steps to alleviate the shortage.
WATCH | Trillanes: ‘Duterte bank transactions amounted to P2.2B from 2006 to 2015’
(UPDATED 10:02 p.m.) Senator Antonio Trillanes disclosed in a privilege speech the details of alleged Duterte bank transactions amounting to PhP2,207,257,961.79 covering the period September 2006 to December 2015.
Are drug crimes punishable by death? Nearly half of Pinoys give the wrong answer...
Notwithstanding the abolition of capital punishment in 2006, nearly half of Filipinos mistakenly believe drug use is punishable by death and even more, almost 60 percent, believe this of drug peddling, results of a recent survey by the Social Weather Stations showed.
Complainants in Gadon disbarment case prod SC: It’s been a year, what happens to...
Two lawyers have written the Supreme Court seeking to expedite action on a disbarment complaint they filed against Atty. Larry Gadon, who had earlier filed an impeachment complaint against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno.
Expert surgeon who transformed Marlou into Xander not always successful
Dr. Samuel Eric Yapjuanco of The Icon Clinic was involved in a botched operation earlier this year that resulted in the patient's death.
WATCH | Bato dares CBCP to present to Senate cops who sought sanctuary
(UPDATED - 10:13 p.m.) Director General Ronald dela Rosa challenged the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines to have policemen who reportedly sought sanctuary with church official execute affidavits and testify before the Senate.
WATCH | Beauty queen Gwendoline Ruais sues wives, girlfriends of TnT players
The lawsuit stemmed from an altercation between Ruais and several women during a PBA championship match three months ago.
Presidential son-in-law to compete in Ironman 70.3
DAVAO CITY – The presidential son-in-law and husband of Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio is among the more than a thousand participants who registered during the...
DILG drop box tips will need validation, says Bato as rights group warns of...
Philippine National Police chief Ronald dela Rosa called community drop boxes into which tips on drugs and other crime can be dropped anonymously a good idea but stressed that reports would need validation to ensure they are not meant to even scores.














