John Paul Solano

WATCH | DOJ orders Solano freed temporarily, sets Oct. 4 preliminary investigation on Atio’s...

The Department of Justice has ordered the release from detention of John Paul Solano, the only suspect in the fatal hazing of UST law student Tomas Horacio Castillo who is in custody, but ordered him to attend the preliminary investigation set Oct. 4 at the Department of Justice.

Rain or Shine survives TNT rally to set up do-or-die match for semis spot

The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters lived to fight another day after weathering a huge run by TNT KaTropa, 106-102, in their Oppo PBA...

16-year-old teener’s remains inside a sack found beside a creek in Cabuyao City

The body of a sixteen-year-old teener was found beside a creek in Brgy. Marinig, Cabuyao City, Laguna last Friday, Sept. 22.

116 YEARS AFTER MASSACRE | Group wants Balangiga bells and other PH possessions back...

On the 116th anniversary of the attack of Filipino revolutionaries on American troops in the Municipality of Balangiga in Eastern Samar, a group is echoing previous calls made for the return of the Balangiga bells by the United States to the Philippines.

14-year-old boy hit in alleged police shooting in Manila

(UPDATED) A fourteen-year-old boy was rushed to a hospital after he was hit in an alleged police shooting early Wednesday in Manila.

CRACKDOWN ON CAMPUS? | Removal of PUP student regent, student paper ‘takeover’ spark row

Student activists and organizations at the state-run Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) in Manila are reporting a "wave of attacks" on democratic rights, which they describe as “tyrannical” and “Marcosian.”

Village chief, cop and soldier among 4 injured in Maguindanao IED blast

Four people - a barangay chairman and a councilman, a soldier and a policeman - were injured after an improvised explosive device detonated as they were responding to an earlier roadside explosion in Datu Odin Sinsuat town in Maguindanao province early Wednesday morning.

‘NANLABAN?’ | Watch: Majority of Pinoys doubt PNP accounts of drug kills – SWS...

More than half of Filipinos believe many suspects slain in police anti-narcotics operations did not fight back contrary to official accounts, the results of a Social Weather Stations survey showed.

A WEEK TO CROSS A STREET | How IS pinned down troops in Marawi

Military officers who have skirmished for years with Islamic insurgents in the southern Philippines say the battle in Marawi has been more intense and difficult than earlier encounters.
Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales

Uphold truth in post-truth world of fake news – Ombudsman to communicators

In a post-truth world where “dubious, albeit popular, bloggers” dish out fake news, there is an urgent need for communications scholars and practitioners to craft strategies to deliver messages that reflect the truth and inspire hope, Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales said.

‘Drug personality’ was target of operation that triggered Marawi crisis – Duterte

As soon after fighting broke out between extremist gunmen and government troops in Marawi City on May 23, authorities said the violence was triggered by an operation to serve a warrant of arrest on Abu Sayyaf commander Isnilon Hapilon.

iFlix launches new Channels feature

'We want to be that SVOD provider that offers everything in one app,' says iFlix Head of Content and Operations Georgette Tengco.

Duterte ‘amnesty’ fooling no one – NDFP

Communist rebels mocked President Rodrigo Duterte’s latest hint of a general amnesty, calling it “absolutely unacceptable” for being “nothing but a psywar (psychological warfare) tool to create division within the revolutionary movement and to spread the illusion of magnanimity among the general public.”

Sanctions sought vs Myanmar for ‘crimes against humanity’

Myanmar is committing crimes against humanity in its campaign against Muslim insurgents in Rakhine state, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, calling for the U.N. Security Council to impose sanctions and an arms embargo.

Military option, though not preferred, would be ‘devastating’ for North Korea – Trump

President Donald Trump warned North Korea on Tuesday that any U.S. military option would be “devastating” for Pyongyang, but said the use of force was not Washington’s first option to deal with the country’s ballistic and nuclear weapons program.