WATCH, LOOK | Metro #SHAKEDRILL gets underway
The Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) grounds on Friday served as the locus of the Metro Manila north quadrant sector's disaster command post in...
Gilas Pilipinas bows to Canadian club to open Jones Cup campaign
The Philippine national men's basketball team suffered a 90-77 drubbing at the hands of 3D Global Sports Canada 150 to open its 2017 William...
Newbie actor steps up with major role in ‘What Home Feels Like’
Rex Lantano, 20, finds his sea legs in an OFW drama opposite acting heavyweights Irma Adlawan and Bembol Roco.
OFW ID: Not free for all OFWs after all
Sharjah resident and Migrante Middle East coordinator Nhel Morona, who tried to acquire the ID, reported: 'After I encoded my personal and employment details, I was asked to pay 501 pesos and another 200 pesos to have it delivered at my hometown.
Indonesia renames part of South China Sea
JAKARTA - Indonesia renamed the northern reaches of its exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea as the North Natuna Sea on Friday,...
Aguirre ready to face charges filed by de Lima
Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said Saturday he is ready to face the criminal and administrative complaint filed by detained Senator Leila de Lima against him before the Office of the Ombudsman.
US House backs massive defense spending increase
The U.S. House of Representatives passed its version of a massive annual defense bill on Friday, leaving out controversial amendments on transgender troops and climate policy but backing President Donald Trump's desire for a bigger, stronger military.
Maltese parliament legalizes same-sex marriage
Maltese lawmakers voted on Wednesday to legalize same-sex marriage on the Roman Catholic Mediterranean island, fulfilling Prime Minister Joseph Muscat's campaign promise to make this the first law brought before parliament in his new term.
Mayweather, McGregor wrap up profane PR tour in London
Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor wrapped up the four-day promotional tour for their boxing match in Las Vegas in August with another foul-mouthed press...
With terrorism the ‘new norm,’ Koko urges upgrade in intel capabilities
Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III is urging intelligence agencies to submit proposals to increase their capabilities to deal with terrorist activities, which he said have become the “new norm.”
With ‘too many U.S. spies in Moscow,’ Russia mulls expulsions
Russia said on Friday that too many American spies operated in Moscow under diplomatic cover and said it might expel some of them to retaliate against the United States over Washington's expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats last year.
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China says Nobel laureate Liu cremated, wife ‘free’
Deceased Chinese Nobel Peace Prize-winning dissident Liu Xiaobo was cremated on Saturday and his wife is "free," a government official said, as a state-run newspaper attacked him as a "despised" criminal out of step with Chinese society.
At least 3 dead, 2 hurt in Honolulu high-rise blaze
(UPDATED - 12:27 p.m.) At least three people were killed and two suffered smoke inhalation on Friday as a fire consumed several floors of a 36-story condominium tower in Honolulu, media said.
Russian-American lobbyist met with Trump Jr., Russian lawyer – reports
A lobbyist who was once a Soviet counter-intelligence officer participated last year in a meeting with senior aides to U.S. President Donald Trump, including his eldest son, and a Russian lawyer, NBC News reported on Friday, adding to allegations of possible connections between Moscow and the November election.