SCARAMUCCI’S BAD WEEK | After sacking, ex-White House communication chief listed as dead
Anthony Scaramucci is having a bad week. He was fired as President Donald Trump's communications director -- and listed as dead in Harvard Law School's alumni directory.
Trump dictated misleading statement on son’s meeting with Russian – Washington Post
U.S. President Donald Trump dictated a statement, later shown to be misleading, in which his son Donald Trump Jr. said a meeting he had with a Russian lawyer in June 2016 was not related to his father's presidential campaign, the Washington Post reported on Monday.
Doubts over Ozamiz justified by drug war deaths, Duterte’s vows of protection – HRW
The thousands of lives lost in the government’s war on drugs and President Rodigo Duterte’s repeated vows to shield police from accountability justify the doubts about the Sunday raids that left Ozamiz Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog and 15 others dead, a human rights watchdog said.
Angelina Jolie ‘upset’ over backlash to Cambodia film casting process
'I am upset that a pretend exercise... from an actual scene in the film, has been written about as if it was a real scenario.'
North Korea can hit most of United States – officials
North Korea's latest test of an intercontinental ballistic missile has shown that Pyongyang now may be able to reach most of the continental United States, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday.
WATCH | Disabling CCTV at Parojinog home ‘very suspicious’ – lawyer
A lawyer maintained that it was “very suspicious” for police to have disabled the closed circuit television system at the home of Ozamiz City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog, who was killed, along with 15 others, in what authorities insist were shootouts during simultaneous raids early Sunday morning.
Trump fires Scaramucci in new White House upheaval
U.S. President Donald Trump fired his communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, on Monday over an obscene tirade, just over a week after naming him to the job.
WATCH | Parojinog siblings to undergo inquest, CHR conducting own probe into Ozamiz raids
Ozamiz City Vice Mayor Nova Princess Parojinog-Echavez and her brother, Reynaldo Jr., will undergo inquest proceedings in Camp Crame Tuesday, Senior Deputy State Prosecutor Richard Anthony Fadullon said.
Hackers target ‘Game of Thrones’; data, script stolen — HBO
U.S. cable channel HBO said on Monday that hackers had stolen upcoming programming, and Entertainment Weekly reported that the theft included a script for an unaired episode of the hit fantasy show "Game of Thrones".
Banco de Oro posts P13.3-B net income in H1 2017
Sy-led Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. (BDO) registered a P13.3-billion net income in the first half of 2017, higher than the PHP11.7 billion in the same period in 2016.
Qatar launches wide-ranging WTO complaint against trade boycott
GENEVA - Qatar filed a wide-ranging legal complaint at the World Trade Organization on Monday to challenge a trade boycott by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain...
Abu Sayyaf bandits behead 7 captives in Basilan
Gunmen believed to be Abu Sayyaf bandits killed seven people they abducted 11 days ago in Basilan, police said Monday.
PH govt awaits Chinese regulators’ OK of maiden Panda bond issuance
The Philippine government is awaiting approvals from Chinese authorities of the former’s planned maiden Panda bond issuance. National Treasurer Rosalia de Leon said the government is “on track” in getting the approvals but declined to disclose when they really want to tap the Chinese capital market.
BDO to issue P5-B LTNCDs to diversify funding sources, support expansion
Looking to diversify the maturity of its funding sources and support business expansion plans, BDO Unibank, Inc. (BDO) is set to issue P5 billion of Long-Term Negotiable Certificates of Deposit (LTNCD).
Gordon seeks hold departure order vs shipper of PhP6.4B shabu from China to Manila
Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chairman Richard Gordon on Monday sought a hold departure order against Taiwanese national Richard Tan, the alleged shipper of the...














