Who’s who: A rundown of votes during ABS-CBN franchise renewal final hearing
(Updated July 11, 4:48 p.m.) The House Committee on Legislative Franchises on Friday denied ABS-CBN’s request to be granted a 25-year year extension of...
Final verdict: House committee rejects ABS-CBN’s franchise renewal
(Updated 4:21 p.m.) Philippine lawmakers on Friday voted against the renewal of a 25-year franchise for top broadcaster ABS-CBN Corp, ensuring a media conglomerate...
What’s in a name? These Filipino siblings became talk of the town for their...
Abcde "Abby" Reynado shared her and her siblings' identification cards in response to the post of Abcde Aeiou Mendoza, an incoming college student who went...
Kuya Kim spews trivia on Twitter as he responds to ABS-CBN critics, trolls
TV host Kim Atienza popularly known as "Kuya Kim" once again used his wit and knowledge, this time, against an alleged online troll who opposes the...
Mayor of South Korea’s capital found dead amid impropriety allegation
SEOUL — One of South Korea's most prominent elected officials, the longtime mayor of the capital Seoul, was found dead on Friday after he was reported missing...
House nears vote on fate of ABS-CBN that clashed with Duterte
MANILA — Philippine lawmakers concluded a hearing on Thursday on the license renewal of top broadcaster ABS-CBN, paving the way for a critical vote on whether...
‘Glee’ star Naya Rivera presumed drowned as search continues for body
LOS ANGELES — Former "Glee" star Naya Rivera is presumed to have drowned while boating on a lake near Los Angeles, authorities said on Thursday,...
The ‘hammer and dance’ theory vs coronavirus, according to Harry Roque
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque presented a graph that represents the "hammer and dance" theory to justify his earlier remark on "dancing off" the novel...
If health equals happiness, will coronavirus make the world an unhappier place?
More and more politicians are starting to recognize that happiness rather than wealth might be a better way to measure their countries’ success. But...
Amid high unemployment, pandemic layoffs, Dela Rosa tells ABS-CBN workers to find other jobs
Sen. Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa remarked that thousands of ABS-CBN employees should just "find other jobs" if the Congress fails to renew the network's...
Couple privilege: Motorcycle backriding allowed in GCQ, MGCQ areas starting July 10
(Updated 7:36 p.m.) The national government finally allowed backriding or pillion riding for couples starting this Friday, July 10. The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging...
Police ignored George Floyd’s ‘I can’t breathe’ plea — transcript
The former U.S. police officer charged in the death of George Floyd told him to stop shouting and save his breath as he knelt...
Eric Yap’s P200-million bribe claim questioned as House vote on ABS-CBN franchise nears
Rep. Eric Yap (ACT-CIS party-list) claimed that an alleged representative of embattled media giant ABS-CBN offered to bribe him P200 million to vote in...
‘Glee’ actress Naya Rivera missing at California lake, authorities say
Actress Naya Rivera, who played Santana Lopez in the hit TV musical show "Glee," was missing feared drowned on Wednesday at Lake Piru, California, authorities said. Ventura...
KathNiel fans launch #WeAppealAsOne e-mail campaign ahead of franchise renewal voting
Several fans of the popular love team and real-life couple Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla mobilized online and urged lawmakers via email to vote in...