PH not giving up claim to Spratlys, Duterte to tell China’s Xi at APEC

President Rodrigo Duterte said he would stress that the Philippines is not giving up its claim to its territory in the Spratly Islands when he meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam this week.

MICROBLOGGING | Twitter to roll out 280-character tweets worldwide

Twitter said it ran a test on 280-character tweets in September that showed users spent less time editing their tweets and were less likely to abandon them.

Texas church gunman escaped mental facility in 2012 – police report

The man who carried out one of the deadliest U.S. mass shootings escaped from a mental health facility in 2012, the same year he was convicted by a U.S. Air Force court-martial of domestic abuse, according to a police report.
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WATCH | Diehard Duterte supporters waste no time bashing Presidential Spokesman Roque

Hardly had he warmed his post as Presidential Spokesman when Harry Roque, a former partylist representative in Congress, when he was faced by a...
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LOOK | Butuanons bid farewell as Bishop Pueblos is laid to rest

Butuan City - An estimated 3,500 parishioners, together with hundreds of priests from different parts of the country, paid their last respect during funeral...
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WATCH | Trillanes is out to sue ‘Thinking Pinoy’ Nieto for libel; Gordon for...

Senator Antonio Trillanes intends to sue the so-called DDS blogger, RJ "Thinking Pinoy" Nieto for libel after he purportedly spread "fake news" on October...
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Kin of 3 killed in Payatas ask IAS for deeper probe of cops involved

Relatives of three Brgy. Payatas, Quezon City residents who were killed allegedly by policemen in August last year filed a letter-complaint before the Philippine...
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Philippines starts military upgrade at Pagasa Island in the disputed Spratlys

MANILA, Nov 7 - Philippine authorities have started upgrading military facilities on the biggest features it occupies in the disputed Spratly islands group ...

Shakey’s Pizza 9-month net income grows 15%

Shakey’s Pizza Asia Ventures Inc. (PIZZA), which bills itself the Philippines’ leading chained full-service restaurant, delivered recurring net income of P519 million for the first nine months of 2017, a 15% increase versus the comparable period last year. Net income grew primarily on the back of a bigger revenue base and improved operating profitability.

Aegis Juris fratman Arvin Balag challenges Senate detention in SC petition

Aegis Juris fraternity leader Arvin Balag has challenged in the Supreme Court his detention - for contempt - by the Senate, saying the ongoing inquiry into the fatal hazing of law student Horacio Castillo III is not in aid of legislation but "prosecution."

China’s former top graft-buster warns of plots to seize power

China must step up vigilance against plots to grab power, as political corruption is the worst form of corruption, Wang Qishan, the country’s still influential former top graft-buster, wrote on Tuesday.

Asec Mocha wants power to accredit Rappler as “social media”

Presidential Communications and Operations Office (PCOO) Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson has written PCOO Secretary Martin Andanar to request that Rappler - which bills itself as a "social news network" - "be reclassified and moved from Malacañang Press Corp (sic) to social media," which Uson's office handles.

ASEAN summit targeted by hackers: report

A hacking group previously linked to the Vietnamese government or working on its behalf has broken into the computers of neighboring countries as well as a grouping of Southeast Asian nations, according to cybersecurity company Volexity.
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PSBank reports PhP1.88 billion net income as of 3Q 2017

Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank), the thrift-bank arm of the Metrobank Group, saw its net income inch up by 1 percent to PhP1.88 billion as...
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Century Pacific revenues up 21%; earnings growth remain flat

Century Pacific Food, Inc. (CNPF), the Philippines’ largest canned food company and leading exporter of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) tuna and coconut products,...