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WATCH | Inday Sara sees no need for rapprochement with Alvarez, whom she did...

Reporters on Friday pressed for details on the brewing feud between Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio and House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, a day after...
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Kilos Maralita asks Duterte to support proposed informal settlers’ socialized housing projects

There are some 500,000 informal settler families in Metro Manila, many of whom are threatened by eviction and demolition. Many have been relocated outside...
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‘No quickie divorces’ in dissolution of marriage bill, says Lagman

Under the proposed Act Providing for Absolute Divorce and Dissolution of Marriage in the Philippines, there will be no “drive-thru,” “no-contest” or “quickie” divorces, one of its main authors, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman said.

PALAYAIN, NOW NA! | Free De Lima calls grow louder on eve of her...

Calls for the release of Sen. Leila de Lima snowballed as she marks her first year in detention on February 24, which coincides with the 32nd anniversary of the 1986 people power rising that toppled the Marcos dictatorship.

ANTI-TRAIN SHOCK | PH gov’t to release P200 monthly subsidy to 7.4M families

A total of 7.4 million families will start receiving in March a cash subsidy of P200 per month to help them tide over rising prices with the implementation of the Tax Reforms for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law.

Southern Tagalog rebels urge ‘people power’ against Duterte

Communist rebels in the Southern Tagalog region commemorated the 32nd anniversary of the 1986 EDSA “People Power” uprising that ousted the dictator Ferdinand Marcos and urged for a similar movement to boot out President Rodrigo Duterte.

‘Tomb Raider’ star Alicia Vikander greets Philippines

The Oscar-winning actress opens up about her fascination with Lara Croft, the female-empowering hero of 'Tomb Raider.'

Traffic woes costing PH P3.5B daily, but Q3 rollout of metro subway project seen...

The government targets to roll out the first subway system in the Philippines by the third quarter of 2018, months earlier than planned, in an effort to ease the traffic congestion in Metro Manila and reduce losses, Philippine officials said. This, as JICA completed the feasibility study for the Japan loan-funded subway project, while expressing hope it could ease traffic congestion in Metro Manila, estimated as costing the economy P3.5 billion a day, up from PHP2.4 billion in 2014.

Duterte on Rappler reporter’s ban: ‘I’m invoking executive action based on SEC ruling’

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said he was “invoking executive action” when he issued directive to ban Rappler’s reporter Pia Ranada from covering Malacanang events.

PH corruption: Report shows worsening perception, a slide to lower third in Asia-Pacific

The Philippines dropped 10 spots globally and languished in the lower third of the Asia-Pacific list in an annual report of businessmen’s corruption perception that tagged the country “among the worst” in terms of dealing with those who “dare to challenge the status quo.”

Steven Soderbergh thriller shot on iPhone premieres in Berlin

After shooting 'Unsane' on an iPhone, the Oscar-winning director said he would find it hard to go back to conventional filmmaking.
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LRMC, Voith sign deal for P450-M repair of more trains for LRT-1

Rail operator Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) recently signed a P450-million agreement with engineering and industrial company Voith Digital Solutions Austria GmBH and Co KG for the rehabilitation and upgrade of the generation-2 trains of Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1).
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Duterte offers P50K for every NPA squad leader killed

President Rodrigo Duterte has offered a PHP50,000 reward to anyone who can eliminate a New People’s Army squad leader or any official of the NPA.

North Korea says U.N. chief ‘picking a quarrel’ with sanctions remarks

North Korea on Thursday accused United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres of “picking a quarrel” with Pyongyang by praising international sanctions for putting pressure on the country over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
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IRRI pillar Ben Juliano, pioneering rice scientist, 81

The world-renown Bienvenido O. “Ben” Juliano, 81, cereal chemist and Philippine National Scientist, passed away on the morning of 21 February in Los Baños,...