Trump with Saudi Crown prince and Xi Jinping

U.S.-China trade talks: Where they are and what’s at stake

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are due to meet on Saturday at the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Japan...
Bidet shower

Angeles, Pampanga’s bid for all establishments to install bidets

Establishments in Angeles City, Pampanga would soon be required to install bidets in their restrooms as mandated by a newly-approved ordinance. Angeles City Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan...
Matteo Guidicelli in the Army

Matteo Guidicelli graduated from military reservist training with flying colors

Filipino-Italian actor Matteo Guidicelli felt much more respect for the Philippine military after he finished his one-month training as a reservist for the Armed...
2020 Tokyo Olympics

Alleged Tokyo Olympics emblem recalls buzz about SEA Games logo

An alleged emblem for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is making the rounds on the internet and prompting some Filipinos to recall the highly-criticized logo...
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A construction mishap in Ortigas and how to prevent a similar one

Something fell on the road from a contruction site in Ortigas Center on Wednesday, June 26, 2019.  It caused injury to six workers and...
Lolo Larry

Heart Evangelista’s search for a sidewalk painter in Iloilo has a happy ending

Heart Evangelista sought the help of her followers to look for a painter in the province of Iloilo whose works went viral online. A certain...
34th ASEAN Summit in Bangkok

Impeach me, I’ll jail you — Duterte dares foes to test him

President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened opponents with prison if they try to impeach him, the latest in what a top U.N. official and an...
Duterte with Delfin Lorenzana

Duterte after Reed Bank incident: Checking his views on Philippines’ rights, duties

(Updated at 1:42 p.m. on July 2) President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent pronouncements in connection to the incident involving a Chinese boat ramming a Filipino...
Colin Crowell, Twitter's Global Vice President of Public Policy, poses for a photograph at a hotel in New Delhi

Twitter to de-emphasize, label politician tweets that break rules

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter Inc said on Thursday it would identify and de-emphasize tweets that broke its rules but came from important sources such...
Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook CEO says delay in flagging fake Pelosi video was ‘execution mistake’

Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday said his social media company took too long to flag as false an altered video of U.S....
water dipper

Japanese budget store joins ‘tabo’ war and plugs ‘less than P365’ dipper

A Japanese budget store joined the online water dipper wars and declared that it is selling the household item at a cheaper price compared...

Ramon Tulfo redirected ire over P60-million ad mess to brother Ben

Ramon Tulfo, special envoy to China, took a jab at his younger Ben Tulfo for the tourism ad scandal his brothers got involved in...
SongSong couple

‘Korean Wave’ celebrity couple to split, fans mourn

SEOUL — South Korean actors Song Hye-kyo and Song Joong-ki are splitting up less than two years after their fairytale marriage, the couple said on Thursday, shocking...
Imee Marcos waving at crowds

It rings a bell: Imee Marcos’ ‘school’ remarks on senate orientation

Senator-elect Imee Marcos, whose campaign was set back by inaccurate academic credentials on her CV, recently quipped that attending the Senate orientation for neophytes...
Mangoes

Filipinos amused that foreigners have no clue how to cut mangoes in viral video

A video clip of several foreigners having a difficult time cutting and peeling mangoes was noticed by some Filipinos online and poked fun at...