GAMING | 60.4 million PlayStation 4 users can’t be wrong
Sony PlayStation 4 sales surpass 60.4 million units worldwide.
WATCH | In Marawi: braving sniper fire, civilians escape in mad dash for freedom
MARAWI CITY - More than three weeks after Islamist militants stormed this Islamic city wracked by the violent standoff with government forces, civilians trapped...
Lawmaker seeks P10B additional budget for war-ravaged Marawi; kin of slain Marines to get...
A party-list lawmaker on Tuesday sought an additional budget of P10 billion to help Marawi City get back on its feet. Meanwhile, each of the family of the 13 Marines slain in the war-torn city will receive P700,000 worth of assistance.
WATCH | Du30’s nod not needed by U.S. forces in Marawi because of VFA,...
The U.S. government's military assistance to Philippine government troops fighting terrorists in Marawi doesn't need President Rodrigo Duterte's approval because the two countries have existing mutual defense pacts.
Jerald Napoles confident about reprising gay role in ‘Caredivas’
The sought-after TV and film actor and host says he will always go back to his theater roots.
Bayan Muna lawmaker seeks probe of US forces’ presence in Marawi
An activist lawmaker has filed a resolution asking the committees on foreign affairs and on national defense of the House of Representatives to conduct an inquiry into the presence and supposed participation of US military personnel in operations against extremist gunmen in Marawi City.
After 3 weeks, extremists still hold 20% of Marawi – AFP
MARAWI CITY, Philippines -- Extremist gunmen control about 20 percent of Marawi City, a general said on Tuesday, refuting a claim by Islamic State...
Dennis Rodman says he will visit North Korea as private citizen
Former National Basketball Association star Dennis Rodman said on Tuesday he was about to visit North Korea as a private citizen. Asked about U.S. citizens...
Warriors beat Cavs to clinch NBA title
The Golden State Warriors secured their second NBA championship in three seasons with a 129-120 Game Five win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday,...
ORAL ARGUMENTS | ‘No factual basis’ for Duterte’s martial law, SC told
(UPDATE 6 - 3:26 p.m.) There is no factual basis for Proclamation 216, by which President Rodrigo Duterte placed the whole of Mindanao under martial law, the Supreme Court was told on Tuesday, the first day of oral arguments on three petitions to nullify the declaration.
Singapore detains first woman citizen suspected of seeking to join Islamic State
Singapore said on Monday it has detained an assistant child-care worker suspected of trying to join Islamic State and to find a militant husband in Syria, and was holding her under a tough security law that allows for detention without trial.
Flags ordered flown at half-mast in courts
Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has ordered the national flag flown at half-staff in all courts across the country from Tuesday, June 13, to Friday, June 16, to show “solidarity with the families of all Filipinos who have been killed in the current situation in Marawi City.”
Proposed ‘COVFEFE Act’ would preserve Trump’s tweets as official statements
From the incomprehensible "covfefe" to a post labeling fired FBI director James Comey a "leaker," President Donald Trump's tweets would be preserved as presidential records if a Democratic lawmaker's proposed COVFEFE Act becomes law.
Aguirre orders NBI to work with Interpol to track, nab Lascañas
(UPDATE - 11:11 a.m.) Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to work with the International Criminal Police Organization, or Interpol, to track down and apprehend former policeman Arturo Lascañas, the self-described member of the Davao Death Squad.
Staffer hurt as package explodes at South Korean university
(UPDATE - 11:06 a.m.) A package exploded at South Korea's Yonsei University in central Seoul on Tuesday injuring a staff member who opened it in his office, a fire official said.