Want to stop smoking? Call DOH’s Quitline at 165-364 or text 29290-165-364
Do you want to quit smoking? The Department of Health can help. With the World Health Organization, it has launched the DOH Quitline, a service that you can access by dialing 165-364. Counselors from the Lung Center of the Philippines are available to take your call 24/7.
WATCH | Imelda pleads for liberty of Ilocos 6; House committee refuses to budge
Ilocos Norte 2nd District Representative Imelda Marcos has asked House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez to release on humanitarian grounds the "Ilocos 6," detained for contempt since May 29. Her plea-letter was read at Tuesday's resumption of the House panel inquiry into the alleged misuse of tobacco excise taxes.
WATCH | Bato says Marvin Marcos’ liberty a ‘victory for me,’ but 2 senators...
One is happy but two others are protesting about Police Supt. Marvin Wynn's Marcos' recent release from prison.
Tesla driver in fatal ‘Autopilot’ crash got numerous warnings – US govt
A man killed in a crash last year while using the semi-autonomous driving system on his Tesla Model S sedan kept his hands off the wheel for extended periods of time despite repeated automated warnings not to do so.
Expanded US role in Marawi unlikely – Palace
The government has no plans of expanding the role of the US in the continuing campaign to rid Marawi City of extremist gunmen, Malacañang said Tuesday.
Celtics, 76ers finalize trade of No. 1, No. 3 picks in 2017 NBA Draft
The Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers made their agreed-upon trade official Monday, a deal that will see the teams swap the Nos. 1 and...
No word from Duterte on scrapping peace talks with Reds – Abella
President Rodrigo Duterte is mum on calls by some officials to terminate peace talks with communist rebels following the weekend raid on an Iloilo town police station by the New People’s Army.
WATCH | Military mounts renewed offensive to end Marawi battle by weekend; Duterte ‘very...
Aircraft bombed rebel positions and ground troops launched a renewed push against extremist gunmen holed up in Marawi City on Tuesday, and a military spokesman said the aim was to wrap up the fighting before a weekend festival.
Meet Jake Zyrus, the artist formerly known as Charice
It's the name the transgender singer is now using on his social media pages starting Tuesday morning.
POINT OF VIEW | Buwis(et)! DOF’s Top 5 tax reform lies
The DOF's TRAIN is grossly anti-poor, brazenly pro-rich, and should be derailed.
WATCH | Pinay acquitted of murder in UAE
A Filipino overseas worker has been acquitted of murder charges and, thus, spared the death penalty in the United Arab Emirates.
China’s two supercomputers world’s fastest; US squeezed out of 3rd place
China's Sunway TaihuLight and Tianhe-2 are still the world's fastest and second fastest machines.
NCRPO scrambles to contain spread of ‘police memo’ on supposed Maute attack plan
The National Capital Region Police Office appealed to the public Tuesday to stop further spreading a memorandum from the Valenzuela police station on a purported plan by the Maute group to carry out bombings in Metro Manila.
Facebook to set up local unit in Indonesia
Facebook Inc has received an in-principle approval to set up a domestic unit in Indonesia, said a senior government source from the Southeast Asian nation, home to the social networking giant's fourth-largest user base.
‘GHOULISH’ | UN exec slams Duterte, as he sounds alarm over backsliding human rights...
The thousands of deaths associated with the government’s war on drugs and President Rodrigo Duterte’s assurance that soldiers need not worry about rape earned special mention in a United Nations official’s lament that “human rights around the world are currently under major attack.”














