WATCH | Cimatu gets CA confirmation for DENR post

After a week's deferment, the Commission on Appointments confirmed nomination of Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, whom President Duterte appointed to replace Gina Lopez, his first DENR nominee who was rejected by the bicameral body.

WATCH | Customs employee: BOC intel officers ordered me to receive grease money for...

A Bureau of Customs (BOC) employee on Wednesday claimed that she collected tara or grease money from Customs broker Mark Taguba for her superiors Customs intelligence chief Neil Estrella and intelligence officer Joel Pinawin.
Maria Lourdes Sereno

CJ’s lawyers say barring them from cross ‘unconstitutional’

A day before the continuation of hearings on the impeachment complaint against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, her lawyers insisted on being allowed to speak and cross examine witnesses against her, saying barring them from doing so violated her constitutional rights.

Nancy to Mocha: Decide – blogger or Asec?

Because the law does not allow government personnel to dissociate from their official identities, Senator Nancy Binay told Communications Assistant Secretary Margaux “Mocha” Uson “it’s high time for you to decide if you want to be a blogger or an asec.”

Yahoo says all 3 billion accounts hacked in 2013 data theft

Yahoo on Tuesday said that all 3 billion of its accounts were hacked in a 2013 data theft, tripling its earlier estimate of the size of the largest breach in history, in a disclosure that attorneys said sharply increased the legal exposure of its new owner, Verizon Communications Inc.

Netizens react to Marlou Arizala’s transformation as Xander Ford

Days after his impressive transformation as Xander Ford, the pop singer continues to be a hot trending topic among netizens.
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It’s the 11th Senate hearing on Customs corruption, yet no one has seen alleged...

Who's Jojo Bacud and where in the world is he? The question arose Wednesday at the 11th Senate blue ribbon hearing on corruption at the Bureau of Customs, after Senate probers asked the law enforcement agencies why the name of the alleged big-time "fixer" keeps cropping up and yet he cannot be found to testify.

Don’t let Mid-Autumn Festival pass without these 4 delectable mooncakes

From the fancy to classic-baked ones, there's a mooncake in this list that you'll really like.
Marilou Danely

Marilou Danley has returned to U.S. – BI

Marilou Danley, who U.S. authorities described as the girlfriend of Stephen Paddock, the gunman responsible for the massacre of concert-goers in Las Vegas early this week, has left the Philippines for the United States, the Bureau of Immigration said.

ICT UPDATE | Overcoming obstacles to automation

Many micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the Philippines’ manufacturing sector may be left behind in the fourth industrial revolution as they are...
Reuters file photo of President Rodrigo Duterte

WATCH | Duterte signs law postponing barangay, SK polls – Fariñas

(UPDATE - 10:53 a.m.) President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law the postponement of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections originally scheduled for this month.

U.S. trio win Nobel for finding Einstein’s gravitational waves

Three U.S. scientists won the 2017 Nobel prize for physics on Tuesday for opening up a new era of astronomy by detecting gravitational waves, ripples in space and time foreseen by Albert Einstein a century ago.

Spanish king condemns Catalan leaders as thousands take to streets vs police crackdown

Spain’s King Felipe VI on Tuesday accused Catalan secessionist leaders of shattering democratic principles and dividing Catalan society, as thousands took to the streets to protest against a violent police crackdown against the banned independence referendum held on Sunday.

‘OUR LIVES ARE AT STAKE’ | Ex-BOC intel chief to go into hiding if...

The former intelligence chief of the Bureau of Customs said he would go into hiding should the drug trafficking charges filed against him and 11 others over the smuggling of P6.4 billion worth of crystal meth, or “shabu,” reach the courts.

REVIEW | Dream Theater in Manila: Prog metal dreams do come true

The concert was a once-in-a-lifetime experience that couldn’t be missed by die-hard fans.