NET NEUTRALITY BLUES | Tech firms protest proposed changes in US rules

Dozens of other major technology companies protested online against proposed changes to US net neutrality rules that prohibit broadband providers from giving or selling access to certain internet services over others.

Kaspersky: A pawn in US-Russia geopolitical game?

Russian cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab, reacting to a U.S. government move restricting its activities, said it had fallen victim to U.S.-Russia global sparring.

WATCH | Bato all for martial law extension

Even as the military promised to do all it can to end the crisis in Marawi City, Philippine National Police chief Ronald Dela Rosa said he is all for extending martial law over Mindanao.

WATCH | Caloocan barangay captain gunned down on busy street

A barangay captain in Caloocan City was gunned down along a busy street Wednesday afternoon with the crime captured by a closed circuit television camera.

Lines of cocaine? No, says Kim Kardashian, it’s just the table design

First, she said they were sugar. Then she claimed they were mere markings on the marble table.

Ex-Brazil president Lula gets nearly 10 years for corruption

Former Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a top contender to win next year's presidential election, was convicted on corruption charges on Wednesday and sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison.

Giant iceberg the size of Bali breaks off from Antarctica

One of the biggest icebergs on record has broken away from Antarctica, scientists said on Wednesday, creating an extra hazard for ships around the continent as it breaks up.

Ormoc ‘lumad’ protest ‘forced evacuation’ from quake prone site

Residents of Barangay Lake Danao in Ormoc City, Leyte were relocated Wednesday, despite their protests, from what authorities have confirmed is an “unsafe” location in the wake of last week’s 6.5 magnitude earthquake and subsequent aftershocks.

Negros’ Mt. Kanlaon reopened to trekkers

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Negros Occidental has reopened the Mount Kanlaon Natural Park to trekkers, two months after the active volcano’s status was declared “normal.”

ONE MASTER FOR ANOTHER? | Experts wonder if Duterte’s foreign policy is really ‘independent’

Foreign affairs and maritime law experts wonder if "independent foreign policy" is the right description for President Rodrigo Duterte’s cozying up to China and his seeming aversion to the United States.

8 rebels, soldier slain in ComVal clash – Army

Eight communist rebels and a soldier were killed in a clash in Compostela Valley province early Wednesday morning, the military said.

Trump ‘unaware’ of Junior’s meeting with Russian lawyer but doesn’t fault son

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he did not fault his son Donald Trump Jr. for meeting with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 presidential election campaign and that he was unaware of the meeting until a few days ago.

WATCH | President again defends Marvin Marcos, promises to pardon cop if convicted of...

President Rodrigo Duterte won't let a Marcos down especially when the latter is a police officer who the chief executive thinks is just doing his job.

ANO’NG HR, HR? | Watch: Du30 warns inmates linked to drug trade: You’ll eat...

You don’t want to stop drug trade inside Bilibid? Then eat your cellphones or be ready to rot in dungeons or die on sinking ships.

WATCH | Du30 urged to place quake-hit E. Visayas under state of calamity

Rocked by a powerful earthquake last week and random aftershocks, President Rodrigo Duterte should place Eastern Visayas under a state of calamity, two lawmakers said Wednesday.