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WATCH | Experts find World War 2 shipwrecks from Battle of Leyte Gulf and...

Experts have located quite a few shipwrecks from the Battle of Leyte Gulf as well as war vessels that sank at the Surigao Strait. The...
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LOOK | USTP President Dr. Ricardo Rotoras laid to rest

Cagayan de Oro City - An estimated 2,000 people, together with family, relatives and friends, gathered here to pay their last respect to the...
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WATCH | DOH chief confirms 12-year-old girl from Tarlac suffered from severe dengue after...

Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque on Friday confirmed that a 12-year-old student from Tarlac had suffered from severe dengue after she was injected with Dengvaxia, supposedly the world's only vaccine to protect people from the dreaded mosquito-borne disease.
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Senator Drilon: Martial Law extension unconstitutional

Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon on Friday "strongly opposed" a prospective second extension of martial law in all of Mindanao, arguing that the...

TORTURE DIN BA? | UN watchdogs call for probe of Taser assaults in US...

GENEVA - The UN special rapporteur on torture urged US authorities to investigate and weigh criminal charges against jail officials in Ohio, Tennessee, Oklahoma...

CLIMATE-SMART PROJECTS | BDO issues first green bond for $150M

The Philippines’ largest bank, BDO Unibank Inc. (BDO), has issued its first green bond, raising $150 million to expand financing for private sector investments that help to address climate change. It is the first green bond issued by a commercial bank in the Philippines.
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‘BESO BESO LANG’ | Sereno, House impeachment prober Umali meet at JBC rites

She may have snubbed hearings thus far conducted by the House Justice committee on the impeachment complaint against her, but on Friday, Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno found herself in the same room as the panel chair, Rep. Reynaldo Umali. He gave her a quick buss; she smiled but didn't look at or talk to him.

WEEKEND GUIDE | December 8 to 10: Cine Latino, Alab ng Puso, and holiday...

Enjoy the metro's many holiday activities—check our merry round-up of things to do for the next two days.

Roxas Holdings’ income up 18% to P120M

Listed sugar and ethanol producer Roxas Holdings, Inc. (RHI) posted a consolidated net income of PHP120 million for the year ending Sept. 30, up 18 percent from PHP102 million in the same period last year.

DOH creates task force to address Dengvaxia mess, to ask P3-B refund from Sanofi

The Department of Health has created a task force that will address concerns related to the government's controversial school-based dengue vaccine program.

De Lima lawyers accuse DOJ of covering up ‘fatal defects’ in drug raps with...

Lawyers of detained Senator Leila de Lima accused government prosecutors of seeking to cover up “fatal defects” in the drug charges they filed against the lawmaker by seeking to file an amended information against her.

PASYALANG PASKO | Watch: ‘Tree of Life’ is Naga City’s newest modern attraction

Internationally renowned Fil-Am artist Jefre Manuel creates an enchanting presentation on the magic of life and nature.

Bangladesh Bank, NY Fed discuss suing RCBC for damages from $81-M heist

Bangladesh’s central bank has asked the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to join a lawsuit it plans to file against a Philippines bank for its role in one of the world’s biggest cyberheists, several sources said.

Martial law extension needed to address continuing armed threats – AFP

The Armed Forces of the Philippines has recommended the extension of martial law in Mindanao, saying it is needed to decisively resolve the various armed threats in the south.

YouTube to launch music subscription service next year: Bloomberg

Alphabet Inc’s YouTube plans to introduce a paid music streaming service in March 2018, Bloomberg reported.