10TH ANNIVERSARY MODEL | Apple set to unveil iPhone 8 in major product launch

A decade after then-CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone, Apple Inc on Tuesday is set to introduce a completely redesigned top-of-the-line iPhone.
CHR livestream UN meeting

Netizens howl: #CHRBudgetCheaper than monthly budget for jeepney or lunch

Saan aabot ang P1,000 ng CHR? Netizens have a list.

TAYTAY TRAGEDY | Teen brothers, still in tight embrace, buried in landslide

Two brothers aged 17 and 14 died, embracing each other, after rescuers lost a race to retrieve them from mud and debris in a landslide spawned by overnight rains Tuesday in a small creekside community in Taytay, east of Metro Manila.

P1,000-budget for CHR? How did your Reps vote? Here’s a partial list – and...

Whom in the House of Representaives voted for or against the move to slash the CHR's budget? Not even House leaders could immediately say.
Pantaleon Alvarez

House endorses P1,000 CHR budget to bicam

MANILA, Philippines - Toeing the line of Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, the House of Representatives slashed the budget of the Commission on Human Rights...
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Senate minority backs Hontiveros call for resignation of Aguirre, who cries he’s being targeted

MANILA - Minority senators echoed on Tuesday Senator Risa Hontiveros' demand for Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre to resign for allegedly plotting against her, but...

Pop-up digital park teaches kids about prevention and nutrition

A giant digital coloring book, an interactive wall featuring falling junk food to throw balls at, and a family health history app are part of this unique pop-up exhibit.
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HB6215 | Malacañang tags P3.77T budget bill as urgent

MANILA, Philippines - President Rodrigo Duterte has certified the proposed P3.767 trillion budget for 2018 as an urgent measure, urging Congress to expedite its...

Director’s cut of ‘Puti’ now showing in cinemas under Cine Lokal

Director Mike Alcazaren says the new version of his acclaimed debut feature is darker and edgier.

DRAMATIC RESCUE | Army, PNP, civilian rescue units pluck 25 people from roof of...

A bus driver and his passengers' presence of mind, and prompt action by police, military and local civilian authorities made possible a dramatic rescue of 25 people stranded on the roof of a bus swamped by floodwaters in Pitogo, Quezon early Tuesday morning.

After roads and railways, China’s Silk Road dealmakers eye financial firms

After ports and industrial parks, the dealmakers leading China’s trillion-dollar push to build a modern Silk Road are turning to the financial sector, targeting Europe’s banks, insurers and asset managers to tap funds and expertise.

Calabarzon bears brunt of ‘Maring’; storm signals up over 17 areas, including NCR

(UPDATE 2 - 1:10 P.M.) MANILA - Tropical depression #MaringPH is expected to cross the vicinity of the National Capital Region sometime Tuesday afternoon after making landfall at Mauban, Quezon at 9 a.m., according to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Administration (PAGASA).
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#MARINGPH | Flights and some boat and bus trips cancelled by foul weather

(UPDATE 2 - 11:10 a.m.) Overnight rains and the threat of worsening weather caused the cancellation of several flights on Tuesday, as well as certain boat trips bound for Quezon and Marinduque.
Kim Jong Un

U.N. Security Council unanimously steps up sanctions on North Korea

UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations Security Council unanimously stepped up sanctions against North Korea on Monday over the country’s sixth and most...

Police backs off house-to-house drug testing in Quezon City: NUPL

The National Union of People's Lawyers (NUPL) has hailed the "backing off" by Quezon City police from the issue of house-to- house drug tests in urban poor communities including Barangay Payatas, but said it would hold them accountable nonetheless for harassing the resident.