Jetstar to open Clark-Singapore route

Saying it wanted to fill in the gap in air services, specifically the Clark-Singapore route, Jetstar announced Tuesday it has decided to join other airlines servicing Clark International Airport.

Lawyer of Reyes brothers, who handled drug cases, dies after Palawan gun attack

A lawyer based in Puerto Princesa City in Palawan died after he was attacked by a motorcycle-riding gunman on Tuesday, August 15.

NLEX lands Cyrus Baguio via three-team trade

NLEX is enjoying its first winning run this season, but the team isn't done tinkering its lineup. On Tuesday, the Road Warriors engineered another trade,...

NBI recommends prosecution of Mark Taguba, Kenneth Dong, Richard Tan over P6.4-B shabu shipment

The NBI has recommended to the DOJ the prosecution for drug trafficking of nine people led by customs broker Mark Ruben Taguba, Cebu-based businessman Kenneth Dong, and Chinese trader Richard Tan, who are being linked to the shipment of P6.4-billion worth of shabu.
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DA allots P50M assistance for Pampanga poultry raisers

Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol said on Tuesday that his department has allocated P50 million in financial assistance to poultry raisers in Pampanga affected by the outbreak of avian flu.

Taiwan on high alert after Chinese air force drills

Taiwan's military is on a high state of alert following three straight days of drills by the Chinese air force near to the self-ruled island which Beijing claims as its own, Taiwan's Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

South Korea ‘will block war by all means’ – president

South Korea's President Moon Jae-in said on Tuesday there will be no military action upon the Korean peninsula without Seoul's consent and that the government would prevent war by all means.

LOOK | DFA places Guam, Northern Marianas under ‘Alert Level 1’

The Department of Foreign Affairs has placed Guam and the Northern Marianas Islands under Alert Level 1, or the precautionary phase, and advised Filipinos living in the U.S. territories to “closely monito the news from reliable media outlets,” American authorities and the Philippine consulate general.

Gordon suspends shabu smuggling hearing as Faeldon refuses to answer Trillanes

Blue Ribbon committee chairman Senator Richard Gordon suspended the hearing into the smuggling of P6.4 billion worth of crystal meth or “shabu” Tuesday morning to try and convince Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon to respond to questioning by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV.

Merck and Under Armour CEOs resign from Trump council over Charlottesville

The chief executives of Merck & Co Inc and Under Armour Inc resigned from U.S. President Donald Trump's American Manufacturing Council on Monday, following Trump's initially tepid response to weekend violence at a rally of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia.

WATCH | Uber suspends – then resumes – operations as it seeks LTFRB reconsideration

(UPDATE 4 - 9:59 p.m.) Transport network firm Uber suspended its operations Tuesday morning in compliance with an order it received from the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board the evening before.

WATCH | ‘Star na si Van Damme Stallone’ hopes to raise Down syndrome awareness

The heartwarming comedy-drama is part of the Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino, which opens Wednesday in cinemas nationwide.

Venezuela’s Maduro calls for military exercises after Trump threat

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday called for military exercises after U.S. President Donald Trump's threat of a possible armed intervention in the country, but Maduro insisted he still wanted to hold talks with the U.S. leader.

Taylor Swift wins groping trial against DJ, awarded symbolic $1

Swift cried and hugged her mother as the verdicts were read in U.S. District Court in Denver.

Florida murders rise 22% in decade after `Stand Your Ground’ law

Murders climbed 22 percent in Florida in the decade after the state enacted its “Stand Your Ground” self-defense law, even after accounting for the expected spike in justifiable homicides, a new study suggests.