WATCH | ‘Pitch Perfect 3’ cast, ‘The Voice’ Top 12 in mash-up music video

The Bellas and 'The Voice' finalists collaborate in the 'Freedom! '90 X Cups' single.

Lawmaker worried subpoena powers for CIDG prone to abuse

A party-list lawmaker is worried the passage of a bill restoring the powers of the police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group to issue subpoenas could lead to abuses.

‘Motherland’ kicks off Active Vista Human Rights Film Festival

The acclaimed documentary will have a public screening on Thursday at 7PM at the Shang Cineplex.

South Korea considers scrapping military drill with U.S. for Olympics – Yonhap

South Korea is considering scrapping a regular military exercise with U.S. forces next year to minimize the risk of an aggressive North Korean reaction during the Winter Olympics in the South, the Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday.

WATCH | Duterte inviting people to rebel with threats vs legal groups – CPP...

President Rodrigo Duterte’s threat to go after organizations he claims are “legal fronts” of the communist revolutionary movement following his cancellation of peace talks with the rebels can only drive more people to armed struggle.

WATCH | ‘KAILANGANG MAY MANAGOT’ | DOTr’s Chavez quits over MRT woes

(UPDATE 5 - 9:07 p.m.) Transportation Undersecretary for Rails Cesar Chavez announced his “irrevocable” resignation Thursday, November 23, over the woes that have been hounding the Metro Rail Transit Line 3, or MRT-3.

Backstreet Boy Nick Carter denies girl group member’s 2002 rape allegation

Melissa Schuman, who was a member of girl group Dream in the 1990s, made the claim in a lengthy blog post earlier this month.

Jensen and the Flips, Ang Bandang Shirley apologize over sexual misconduct claims

'We know the things we did wrong; rest assured we have, and will continue to work on being better individuals moving forward...'

Suspected NPA kill construction site caretaker, fire at responding cops in Nueva Ecija

Suspected communist rebels shot dead the caretaker of a construction site and opened fire on responding policemen in Caranglan town, Nueva Ecija early Wednesday morning.

The future looks bright: light pollution rises on a global scale

The world is getting brighter, but scientists say that may not be a good thing.

WATCH | Returning war on drugs to PNP will mean more bloodshed – HRW

Returning the government’s war on drugs to the Philippine National Police, as President Rodrigo Duterte has suggested, would mean more of the bloodshed that has already claimed thousands of lives since he assumed office last year, a human rights watchdog warned.

Scrap ICBM arsenal, nuke strategists urge

Of all weapons in the U.S. nuclear arsenal, the ICBM is the one most likely to cause accidental nuclear war, arms-control specialists say. It is for this reason that a growing number of former defense officials, scholars of military strategy and some members of Congress have begun calling for the elimination of ICBMs.

Myanmar engaged in ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Rohingya – U.S.

The United States on Wednesday called the Myanmar military operation against the Rohingya population “ethnic cleansing” and threatened targeted sanctions against those responsible for what it called “horrendous atrocities.”
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Sen. Kiko: ‘Gaguhan na! Peke ang drug war’

(UPDATE - 11:10 a.m., November 23, 2017) 'Gaguhan na talaga!' Senator Francis Pangilinan remarked on Facebook, in reaction to the DOJ's dismissal of drug smuggling charges against former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and 11 other BOC officials in P6.4 billion shabu shipment caper.

Ex-Bosnian Serb commander Mladic convicted of genocide, sentenced to life in prison

A UN tribunal on Wednesday convicted former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic of genocide and crimes against humanity for orchestrating massacres and ethnic cleansing during Bosnia’s war and sentenced him to life in prison.