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WATCH | Legislators seek probe of Navy’s PhP15.7B frigate scandal

MANILA - A group of opposition senators has sought a public inquiry into the Navy’s PhP15.7 billion ($310 million) acquisition of a frigate from...

LTFRB spokesperson Lizada resigns

Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board spokesperson Aileen Lizada has resigned from her post on Friday but will still remain as a member of the regulatory board.

Growing pains for #MeToo as Aziz Ansari tale sparks backlash talk

A woman’s account of a date with the comedian has prompted debate about whether sexual assault and bad sex were being conflated.

British pop rock trio New Hope Club calls Manila fans ‘wildest of all’

They will perform a series of shows for Megaworld Lifestyle Malls this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Join 100-plus beloved Disney characters at Hong Kong Disneyland

All-new larger-than-life “We Love Mickey!” nighttime projection show to debut plus enjoy special hotel and park ticket offers to delight guests this season.

Nokia signs its first official 5G equipment deal with NTT DoCoMo

Finland’s Nokia said on Friday it signed its first major deal to supply new 5G wireless radio base stations to Japanese telecom operator NTT DoCoMo, which boasts nearly half of the country’s mobile subscribers.

LP says SEC, like Marcos, resorted to ‘unacceptable legalism’ to justify Rappler shutdown

The Liberal Party called the Securities and Exchange Commission’s decision to cancel news site Rappler’s registration “unacceptable legalism to justify its closure,” and likened this to what the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos did “to justify his trampling of our people's civil and political rights.”

SERENO IMPEACHMENT | ‘May tililing,’ Speaker says of Chief Justice

Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez insinuated on Friday, January 19, that Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno is suffering from mental health problems.

Cambodia’s Hun Sen appoints son-in-law to senior police post

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has appointed his son-in-law as deputy national police chief, in a move apparently aimed at consolidating his power ahead of an election this year.

WATCH | BLACK FRIDAY: ‘Bloggers for Freedom’ blast ‘moves to silence, scare’ media as...

Some of the Philippines’ most prominent bloggers came out Friday, January 19, to support the first of a series of “Black Friday” protests against the threatened closure of news site Rappler and other threats to freedom of the press and expression as Malacañang vowed to observe maximum tolerance.

Fariñas protests ‘railroading’ raps on con-ass resolution

"Nothing at all had been railroaded," Fariñas said, insisting in a statement that House Concurrent Resolution No. 9 was the "product of democratic and exhaustive debates not just in the plenary hall … but in nationwide public consultations."

Baby killed, 15 hurt as car plows through Copacabana sidewalk

A speeding car plowed through evening strollers on a crowded sidewalk of Rio’s famed Copacabana beach on Thursday in an apparent accident, killing an 8-month old baby and injuring 15 people, police said.

OFW deployments to Kuwait suspended over deaths

(UPDATE 2 - 7:05 a.m., January 20, 2018) The government suspended the deployment of workers to Kuwait on Friday, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte said abuse by employers there had driven several domestic helpers to suicide.

WATCH | Ysabelle and Hashtag’s Wilbert Ross sing duet from ‘The Greatest Showman’

The YouTube sensation and her friend performed 'Rewrite the Stars' live during a recent media screening of the movie.

‘HE WAS MY HERO’ | Dylan Farrow details molestation claim against Woody Allen

In her first television interview, the director's adopted daughter said Allen touched her private parts when she was 7 years old.