WATCH | NO KABIT, NO COFFEE SERVER, NO JUNKET: Ex-DDB chair Santiago answers,...

Below are ex-DDB chief Dionisio Santiago's point-by-point refutations of the allegations contained in a dubious letter complaint during his interview with News5 on Tuesday, November 21, as he denied that his trips to the U.S. and Austria were just junkets.
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Iran’s president declares end of Islamic State, ‘roots destroyed’

BEIRUT - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani declared the end of Islamic State on Tuesday while a senior military commander thanked the “thousands of martyrs”...

Chinese rights lawyer jailed two years for inciting subversion

A prominent Chinese rights lawyer was sentenced to two years jail on Tuesday after being found guilty of inciting subversion of state power, the latest in a series of similar verdicts amid a sweeping crackdown on activism.
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Alvarez repeats call to abolish appeals court

MANILA, Philippines - Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Tuesday repeated his earlier call to abolish the Court of Appeals (CA), saying it only serves as...

Seaweed farm gate price up

Average July-September farm gate price of seaweed rose this year to its highest level since 2015, fueled by traders' higher buying price.
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Top Eastern Visayas fugitive slain in Tarlac gun battle; 4 others arrested

CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga - Police on Tuesday gunned down a fugitive considered the Eastern Visayas' most wanted person during raid at Barangay San Vicente,...

Karapatan accuses gov’t of ‘illegally’ arresting rights workers amid Duterte crackdown on activists

Those arrested had been tagged as members of the New People's Army. But Kapatan said it was "a lie relegated as among the oldest tricks in the PNP and AFP's 'how to get away with illegal arrest and human rights violations' rulebook."

BETT ASIA 2017 | Digital transformation: Future-proofing the workforce

Are we training students in digital literacy to provide them the skills they need for a digital tomorrow?
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Chinese investors set eyes on aquaculture prospects in Palawan

A group of Chinese businessmen is expected to arrive here this week to check on the possibility of investing in aquaculture, particularly in the rearing of high-value export commodity fish.

Gilas arrives in Tokyo to begin FIBA World Cup qualifying quest

The Philippine national men's basketball team landed in Tokyo on Tuesday three days before kicking off its 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifying campaign. Gilas...
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WATCH | Sereno rejects invite to attend House impeach raps hearing; 11 lawyers to...

Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has stood her ground against showing up at the hearing of the House Committee on Justice on Wednesday, November 22.

VP Leni lawyer: Bongbong’s ‘witnesses’ not registered voters

The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo accused former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos of deceiving and lying to the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) after he submitted a list of witnesses from the provinces of Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao and Basilan whom Robredo's staff determined were not registered voters.

UAAP suspends 3 refs after Adamson’s protest in Final 4 loss vs La Salle

The UAAP has suspended the three referees who worked the Adamson-La Salle UAAP Final Four game last Saturday after the Falcons filed a protest...

REVIEW | ‘Justice League’ is by-the-numbers and lacks dramatic tension

It has funny moments and great fight scenes, but as a whole it is so uninteresting and bland as a superhero team film.

JUSTICE, FINALLY, AFTER 8 YEARS? | Ampatuan massacre victims’ kin hopeful of conviction by...

“We are fervently asking for help because the case is still pending and progressing very slow,” said Maguindanao Rep. Zajid Mangudadatu.