Repatriated OFWs being processed at airport

200 OFWs granted amnesty back from Saudi

Some 200 distressed overseas Filipino workers arrived in the country from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday morning after being granted amnesty by the Middle East kingdom.
Supreme Court marker

Remain open, CJ tells Mindanao courts

All courts in Mindanao have been instructed to “remain open and all judges to remain in station, as far as their local circumstances may allow,” following President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law over the southern island.

Ariana Grande returns to U.S. following Manchester bombing

This casts serious doubts on whether her two shows in London, set for Thursday and Friday, would push through.

Huawei enters PC market to take on Lenovo, HP, Dell

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei plans a global expansion into computers, posing a fresh challenge to established PC players in a market.

British police name suicide bomber, threat level raised to critical

British police on Tuesday identified the suicide bomber who killed 22 people, including children, in an attack on a crowded concert hall in Manchester, and said they were trying to establish whether he had acted alone or with help from others.
APC Marawi City

Congress ready to act on martial law declaration but Sison, Left doubt Duterte’s reasons

(UPDATED - 1:01 p.m.) Congress is prepared to act on President Rodrigo Duterte's martial law declaration in Mindanao, Majority Leader Rodolfo Farinas said as he issued a notice to all members of the House of Representatives to "stay put in Manila" for sessions until Friday.

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‘I’D BE HARSH’ | Martial law may follow Marcos template, Duterte says in Uson...

(UPDATE - 7:24 a.m.) “I’d be harsh,” President Rodrigo Duterte said as he warned that “martial law is martial law” and what he declared over Mindanao may not be too different from what the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos did after he placed the country under military rule in 1972.

N. Korea on trajectory to nuclear-armed ICBM: US intel official

North Korea is on a clear path to obtaining a nuclear-armed missile capable of striking the United States, Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lieutenant General Vincent Stewart told a Senate hearing on Tuesday.

‘RIP Mr Bond’: 007 actor Roger Moore dead at 89

The British star who played James Bond in seven movies died of cancer on Tuesday.
APC Marawi City

WATCH | AFP says Marawi group not ISIS, but local terrorists seeking foreign support;...

In a video posted on the AFP's verified Facebook account, AFP Public Affairs Office Chief Marine Colonel Edgard Arevalo stressed that the armed men they were dealing with were not members of the Islamic State; rather, these were members of a local terrorist group who were trying to spread "propaganda to attract foreign terrorists' support and recognition".
Maraw City fires

Duterte declares martial law in Mindanao; to cut short Russia trip

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte, on official visit to Russia, on Tuesday evening declared martial law, to last 60 days, covering Mindanao Island and...
Rodrigo Duterte arrival Russia

AFTER FREE DAY IN RUSSIA | Duterte gets set for nitty-gritty of official visit

Having spent a "free day" to take it easy after arriving in Moscow after a long flight, in the wee hours of Tuesday, President...

WATCH | ‘Malaking pagkakamali’: How did MRT-3 fail? DOTr counts the ways

The Department of Transportation on Tuesday counted and explained the ways on how the National Capital Region’s 17-year-old rapid transit system – the lifeline of ordinary working Filipinos – became a mess.
Cabanatuan shabu suspect

12 drug peddlers nabbed in Cabanatuan City

Cabanatuan City - Twelve suspected drug pushers, including a 14-year old minor, have been arrested in Cabanatuan City after a series of dogged drug...