TWO LESS LONELY PEOPLE | KZ Tandingan, TJ Monterde dominate Billboard PH charts

The couple, who have been dating since January 2015, have five songs between them in the Top 10 and three more below it.

67th Palanca Awards: On trolls, fake news, and the role of writers today

Writers still play a big role in exposing current social realities and pressing issues, awardees and judges point out.

Enjoy Asian street food at Novotel Manila, get to win free Asian trips

Give in to your Asian hawker food cravings in this festival and get the chance to treat your family to a free AccorHotel stay as well.

Jane Fonda wishes sex scene with Robert Redford lasted longer

After playing a young couple in 1967's 'Barefoot in the Park,' Fonda, 79, and Redford, 81, reunite on screen 50 years later.

No proof ex-president Lula corrupt – Brazilian prosecutors

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva should be cleared of any wrongdoing in one of several corruption cases pending against him in federal court due to a lack of evidence, prosecutors said on Friday.

Displaced Rohingya face crisis after aid groups halt operations over Myanmar allegations

Around 120,000 displaced people -- mostly Rohingya Muslims -- in camps in Myanmar’s Rakhine state are not receiving food supplies or healthcare after the U.N. and aid groups suspended operations following government accusations of supporting insurgents.

WATCH | Cops shoot, kill West Visayas’ ‘top drug lord’

(UPDATE - 12:03 p.m.) The man alleged to be the new drug kingpin of Western Visayas was shot dead in what police claimed was a shootout in Iloilo City Friday night.

North Korea situation on verge of ‘large-scale conflict’ – Putin

President Vladimir Putin warned on Friday that the standoff between North Korea and the United States was close to spilling into a large-scale conflict and said it was a mistake to try to pressure Pyongyang into halting its nuclear missile program.
Kian cops face murder rap

WATCH | NBI presses murder rap vs cops in Kian case; Aguirre makes about-face

Kian did not die; he was killed. This was the finding that prompted the National Bureau of Investigation to recommend booking for murder the Caloocan City cops implicated in the August 16 killing of teener Kian Loyd delos Santos in the wake of a controversial drug operation.

Senate minority bloc, Sara Duterte agree on not filing complaint vs Trillanes

The Senate minority bloc and Davao Mayor Sara Duterte are one in saying that a complaint should not be filed against Sen. Trillanes in relation to his move to find out the truth about smuggling and corruption activities at Customs, which were recently linked to Sara's brother and husband.

UPDATED | List of 67th Palanca Awards winners

A total of 51 writers won this year—23 are first-time awardees while four writers took home prizes in two separate categories.
Leaders of AWEN

BIG SISTER | 10×10 Initiative links corporations to women-led startups in ASEAN

MANILA - The Department of Trade and Industry and the ASEAN Women Entrepreneur's Network (AWEN), are working to launch the 10x10 Initiative, a partnership...
DSWD distribution Balo-i

DSWD in Northern Mindanao warns beneficiaries against selling relief goods

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) office in Northern Mindanao on Friday warned recipients of disaster relief...

Stanley Pringle’s career game lifts GlobalPort over TNT

Stanley Pringle dropped a career-high 30 points to carry the GlobalPort Batang Pier to a 119-112 win over TNT KaTropa in the Oppo PBA...
Representative Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo

Rep. Dimaporo calls for more troops in Lanao del Norte as Congress deliberates new...

Butuan City - As President Rodrigo Duterte pushes for the passage and approval of a new version of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) being...