WATCH | 37 missing in Davao City mall fire raging for more than 20...
At least 37 people, mostly employees of a call center on the fourth floor, remained missing and are feared to have perished in a fire that hit the NCCC Mall in Davao City Saturday morning, with the blaze still raging 12 hours after it started.
U.S. memo weakens guidelines for protecting immigrant children in court
The U.S. Justice Department has issued new guidelines for immigration judges that remove some instructions for how to protect unaccompanied juveniles appearing in their courtrooms.
READ | President Duterte’s Christmas message
President Rodrigo Duterte's Christmas message to the Filipino people, in both English and Filipino.
Chief of PNP anti-kidnap unit in Luzon slain in rescue operation
The chief of the Philippine National Police Anti-Kidnapping Group’s Luzon field office was killed while another officer was wounded in a firefight early Saturday morning, December 23, that also left four suspects dead but their victim safely rescued.
Christians prepare for holidays with an eye on security
Christmas church services and other celebrations are being held this weekend under the gaze of armed guards and security cameras in many countries after Islamic State gunmen attacked a Methodist church in Pakistan as a Sunday service began.
Congress leaders delaying enrollment of martial law resolution to thwart SC challenge – Lagman
Leaders of Congress have deliberately caused “undue delay in the preparation and enrollment” of the joint resolution extending martial law in Mindanao for another year to thwart attempts to challenge it before the Supreme Court, an opposition lawmaker said Saturday, December 23.
REVIEW | ‘Bright’ tackles too much and comes out underdeveloped
Netflix’s original movie has a lot of potential but its storytelling is rushed and more focused on letting Will Smith be Will Smith.
For small fishing community in Semirara, exempting locally produced coal from VAT is an...
For 36 years, Semirara has been the site of the Philippines’ largest open-pit coalmine. It is a farflung community that is host to highly bio-diverse flora and fauna, with 28 of the 35 known mangrove species in the country found on the island.
‘Hamilton’ takes center stage in London’s West End
The play is notable for casting black, Asian and Latin actors (including Rachelle Ann Go) to play the roles of white historical figures.
Sugar workers’ leader stabbed dead in Negros
A local leader of a sugar workers’ labor federation was stabbed dead in the lot she tilled in northern Negros Occidental Thursday, December 21.
Duterte’s satisfaction rating up even as most Pinoys oppose martial law extension
President Rodrigo Duterte’s net satisfaction rating increased as the year came to a close despite most Filipinos’ opposition to the yearlong extension of martial law in Mindanao, the results of the Fourth Quarter 2017 Social Weather Survey showed.
From a Chinese prison with love: Briton finds unexpected note in Christmas card
Snowy penguin Christmas cards sold by a major British retailer came under scrutiny on Friday after one shopper found a handwritten note ostensibly from a Chinese prisoner inside.
After arrest of Reuters journos, some Myanmar reporters fear ‘it could’ve been me’
Some human rights advocates say press freedom is under attack in Myanmar, even though decades of rule by a junta that tightly controlled the media has given way to a government led by Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
Give love to Marawi children through The Body’s Shop’s Play for Peace project
Help build play therapy centers for Mindanao's young war survivors by purchasing The Body Shop's iconic Tea Tree Oil from December 23, to 25.
Common blood pressure drug tied to increased risk of skin cancer
People who take a certain water pill prescribed to control fluid retention and treat high blood pressure may be more likely to get skin cancer than other individuals, a Danish study suggests.