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Satellite images indicate North Korea pursuing ‘aggressive’ work on ballistic missile submarine

Satellite images taken this month of a North Korean naval shipyard indicate Pyongyang is pursuing an “aggressive schedule” to build its first operational ballistic missile submarine, a U.S. institute reported on Thursday.

WEEKEND GUIDE | Nov. 17-19: ‘Hair,’ Pilita in concert, VegFest Pilipinas

Let the sunshine in! Relax and check out our list of the best weekend offers—from a 1960s cult musical, an OPM icon in concert, to a vegan festival.

WATCH | 3 alleged Abu Sayyaf members planning terror attack in NCR mall, park...

Authorities found out that one of the three alleged ASG members posted on his Facebook account hints of his supposed plan to launch terrorist attacks in Metro Manila.
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Car sales up 17% in Oct. ‘17

Automotive vehicle sales for October 2017 increased by 17.3 percent year-on-year. The Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines, Inc. (CAMPI) and Truck Manufacturers Association (TMA), in a joint report released Thursday, said car sales reached 36,511 units in October 2017 from 31,132 units in 2016.

73 arrested, 2 killed in PNP campaign vs motorcycle-riding suspects

The ongoing campaign of the PNP against motorcycle-riding suspects has so far resulted in the arrest of 73 and shooting down of two in the past 32 days, a PNP official said.

At 78, Pilita Corrales vows to go on ‘as long as people want to...

She will headline 'An Evening with Pilita,' her first solo concert in years, this Friday, November 17, at The Theatre at Solaire.

Consumer groups, Bayan ready graft raps vs DOTr execs over MRT-3 ‘crisis’

“We are readying the case so that we can file it and make the officials and private individuals answerable for the crisis in the train system. There has to be accountability,” Bayan's Renator Reyes Jr. said.

ILAN BA TALAGA? | Hontiveros quizzes DDB on real number of PH drug users

During the budget deliberations on Thursday, Sen. Hontiveros told the DDB that it needed to be "precise" on its figures "because they have budgetary implications, not only for your agency and the PDEA but also for the Department of Health."
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Trump’s ‘most prime piece of real state’ statement to ‘pull PH into vortex of...

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) criticized U.S. President Donald Trump for his allegedly straightforward statement that the Philippines is America's forward military base.

Who is to blame for Syria chemical weapons attacks? Russia blocks U.N. inquiry renewal

Russia on Thursday cast its 10th veto of United Nations Security Council action on Syria since the war began in 2011, blocking a U.S.-drafted resolution to renew an international inquiry into who is to blame for chemical weapons attacks in Syria.

REVIEW | In ‘Changing Partners,’ excellent filmmaking overshadows musical’s emotional strength

There is so much artistic and technical mastery at work in this film adaptation of Vincent de Jesus' play.

London theater says 20 men made allegations against Kevin Spacey

The actor, who served as artistic director of the Old Vic Theatre from 2004 to 2015, did not participate in the investigation.
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WATCH | SINADYA? DOTr probes if MRT-3 coach decoupling was a sabotage

The DOTr said that according to 

MRT-3 Safety Chief Technician Ruel Jose, who led the initial investigation, "there was no electrical fault, as there was no damage to the mechanical parts of the coupler."

Tesla to unveil electric truck

Tesla Inc on Thursday will unveil a prototype electric big-rig truck, which may be able to drive itself, throwing the company into a new market.

WATCH | MekaMon mixes robotics and AR gaming

World's first truly gaming robot combines augmented reality and artificial intelligence to turn your living room into a battlefield.