Canadian pharmaceutical billionaire, wife found dead in Toronto

(UPDATE - 10:54 a.m.) Canadian police said they were investigating the mysterious deaths of the billionaire founder of Canadian pharmaceutical firm Apotex Inc, Barry Sherman, and his wife, Honey, who were found dead in their Toronto mansion on Friday.

Pressure mounts on Myanmar to release Reuters journalists

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Friday that the United States was demanding “the immediate release” of two Reuters reporters arrested in Myanmar “or information as to the circumstances around their disappearance.”

Harvey Weinstein denies blacklisting actresses Ashley Judd, Mira Sorvino

'Lord of the Rings' director Peter Jackson said he was told by Miramax that Judd and Sorvino were 'a nightmare to work with.'

Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to marry on May 19

Markle, 36, will be baptized and confirmed into the Church of England before the wedding. She intends to become a British citizen.

COMMENTARY | TRAIN ‘ diverted to protect vested interests’

The ratified TRAIN bill is set to be signed into law by the President next week. We continue to hope that the President will strike out provisions that will be damaging to our tax system and, ultimately, the Filipino people.
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Tillerson urges halt to North Korea tests before talks but Mattis says ICBM not...

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged North Korea on Friday to carry out a “sustained cessation” of weapons testing to allow the two countries to hold talks about Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs. But U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said did not believe its intercontinental ballistic missile posed an imminent threat to the United States.

LOOK | UP Lantern Parade 2017 glares with social and political statements

Burning issues such as Metro Manila's unsolved traffic problems, human rights, and the violent war on drugs stood out in this year's event.
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Half-billion pesos in fake goods seized in Pasay

The Bureau of Customs said it had seized more than half a billion pesos’ worth of fake products, reportedly from China, from a Pasay City warehouse.

3 fishermen missing as ‘Urduja’ intensifies, makes landfall on Eastern Samar

(UPDATE 3 - 1:48 p.m.) Tropical storm “Urduja” intensified and accelerated Saturday morning, December 16, as it headed towards its expected landfall in the Northern Samar-Eastern Samar area in the afternoon.
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WOTL | Three Christmas buzzwords: Regalo, Ninong, Ninang

It has become customary, nay, mandatory to associate the Christmas holiday season in our part of the multiverse with three words: Regalo. Ninong. Ninang....
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WATCH | Terrorist elements recruit without letup in Marawi despite martial law

Reports filtering out of the Islamic City of Marawi indicate that terrorist elements associated with the Maute Group continue to conduct their recruitment drive...

DANCING CJ | Watch: Sereno lets her hair down at SC Xmas party while...

On Friday, Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno attended the Supreme Court's Christmas party and bonded with the high tribunal's employees, her face lighting up with a sweet smile as if there were no moves to oust her from power.
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Red tide scourge up at Lianga Bay, Surigao del Sur

Butuan City - The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has hoisted a warning and ban on the harvest and consumption of shellfish...

JV Ejercito believes PNoy acted ‘in good faith’ when he allowed Dengvaxia purchase

Senator Joseph Victor Ejercito on Friday said he believed former President Benigno Aquino III acted “in good faith” when he allowed the purchase of P3.5-billion worth of Dengvaxia vaccine during his term.

US regulators ditch net neutrality rules as legal battles loom

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines on Thursday to repeal landmark 2015 rules aimed at ensuring a free and open internet, setting up a court fight over a move that could recast the digital landscape.