Want to help Marawi? Here’s one way

The Alagang Kapatid Foundation is accepting donations, in cash or kind, for those affected by the continued fighting in Marawi City.

Chanting ‘we want justice’, protesters storm town hall as deadly London fire toll hits...

Several hundred protesters chanting "we want justice" stormed a town hall in London on Friday after a deadly fire at a block of flats killed at least 30 people, Reuters reporters at the scene said.

JICA starts moving on PH’s first subway system

Plans for the Metro Manila Subway Project, for which a loan agreement is expected to be signed in November at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the country, are moving forward, with Japanese officials presenting updates on the feasibility study.

Imports Ricardo Ratliffe, Charles Rhodes praise June Mar: ‘The best player I ever played...

Imports Ricardo Ratliffe and Charles Rhodes have competed against many Asian players as veterans of the Korean Basketball League and now, the Philippine Basketball...

Peso, PSEi end week down due to ongoing uncertainties

Profit-taking continued Friday and resulted in the depreciation of the Philippine peso and contraction of the main stocks index.

Cop accused in slay of Leyte mayor Espinosa freed after posting P40-K bail

Police Supt. Marvin Wynn Marcos, who was among those accused in the killing of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Jr., was able to get out of prison after posting a P40,000-bail.
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Russia’s military says it may have killed top IS leader; West, Iraq skeptical

MOSCOW/BAGHDAD - Moscow said on Friday its forces may have killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an air strike in Syria last...

SMB downs Star in Game 4 to book return trip to PBA Finals

The San Miguel Beermen barged their way into the PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals after crushing the Star Hotshots’ hopes in a 109-102 victory in...
APC in Marawi

WATCH | Marawi crisis: ‘End is near,’ says military, as government troops close in...

After more than three weeks of pounding targets in the Islamic City of Marawi using withering heavy weapons and air strikes, the military believes...
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Rights lawyers tells appellate court: Allow Mary Jane Veloso to speak

The National Union of People's Lawyers (NUPL) on Friday disclosed that it is to file a Memorandum at the Court of Appeals in defense...

Yoko Ono to receive co-songwriting credit for John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’

Lennon himself acknowledged in a video from 1980 that Ono deserved a share of the credit for the song.

WATCH | Iligan residents receive info Maute-led forces planning to carry out bombings in...

Before Islamist extremists started attacking Marawi last month, Iligan residents had received information that Maute-led forces were also allegedly planning to bomb their city.
Stalled Kalinaw relief convoy Marawi

AFP spox maintains relief mission to Marawi was prevented based on safety grounds

Armed Forces of the Philippines Spokesman Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla on Friday maintained that the military did not "block" the convoy of a relief...
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CDO lawmakers, lawyers, buck transfer of Maute cases to their city

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - A group of lawyers and local lawmakers here are opposing the transfer of trial of the cases involving the...

GLOBAL INNOVATION LIST | PH makes it to 73rd …from 74th

The Philippine only managed to a do little hop this year by moving from 74th place to the 73rd spot in the 2017 Global Innovation Index (GII).