CEB stranded Iloilo airport

Bad weather stalls efforts to remove damaged Cebu Pacific plane from Iloilo airport

Bad weather is stalling efforts to clear the Iloilo International Airport of a Cebu Pacific plane that veered off the runway late Friday, even as technical experts from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines and the Manila International Airport Authority have joined the Cebu Pacific team onsite.

Lourdes Quisumbing, ex-Education chief and sec-gen of UNESCO national commish in PH, dies at...

Dr. Lourdes Reynes Quisumbing, former Secretary of Education, Culture, and Sports under former president Corazon Aquino and Secretary-General of the UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines, passed away peacefully on October 14, 2017. She was 96, according to an announcement by Miriam College, where she had served as President when it was known as Maryknoll.

BOC hits highest daily collection in September

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has posted more than P3 billion in collection for two consecutive days last month – a first in the bureau’s history.
Pila Laguna motorcycle accident fatality

HEARTBREAKER SMASH UP | Motorcycle collision: 3 dead, 4 hurt in Pila, Laguna

Three men, one of them a student, died successively before the weekend, while four others were hurt in a motorcycle collision at a stretch...

RFM net income up 20% to P221M in Q3 ’17

Net income of listed food and beverage firm RFM Corp. rose to P211 million in the 3rd Quarter this year, up 20 percent from net income in the same period in 2016.

CHINA WATCH | Communist Party Congress is set Oct. 18. What should we look...

China’s ruling Communist Party on Wednesday opens its 19th Congress, at which President Xi Jinping will map out his ambitions for the country for the next five years and beyond, likely to be high on aspiration and short on concrete details. He could resurrect the post of party chairman and gain unparalleled power.

Classes, work in govt offices and in courts suspended as transport strike is set...

To avoid stranding thousands of workers and students as a nationwide transport strike gets under way on Monday (Oct. 16), Malacañang Palace declared the suspension of classes in all levels in public and private schools, and of government offices. Chief Justice Sereno also suspended work in courts nationwide.

MEL STA.MARIA | Senator De Lima’s struggle vs institutional bombardment

We saw how the Executive department gathered the felons and the convicted drug lords to testify against her. Then we witnessed many in Congress totally besmirch her dignity using these convicted felons/drug lords. Finally, the majority of the Supreme Court justices - Velasco, De Castro, Bersamin, Peralta, Tijam, Martirez, Segismundo, Del Castillo, Reyes - allowed her incarceration.

Harvey Weinstein expelled from Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The academy said its 54-member board of governors 'voted well in excess of the required two-thirds majority.'

Acclaimed Fil-Am comedian Jo Koy to perform in Manila and Cebu

He is widely acknowledged as one of the top Asian comedians in the world and was ranked as high as number 3 by Ranker.

Chot Reyes: ESPN-5 rebranding does not mean end of TV5 entertainment shows

Among the shows that will continue to air on TV5 are Hollywood-produced films and television series that are dubbed in Filipino.

Cardinal Vidal now stable but still in ICU after heart, lung ailments land him...

Cebu Archbishop Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal is now in stable condition. This was according to Dr. Rene Josef Bullecer, one of the attending physicians after the cardinal was rushed to the Perpetual Succour Hospital in Cebu City last Wednesday due to Cardiopulmonary Arrest caused by Sepsis or massive infection in the blood.

WEEKEND CHEF | Enjoy delicious and healthy Sotanghon Guisado

This veggie-filled noodle dish is so healthy you won't mind enjoying a second serving.

Solar PH eyes completion of Tanauan farms

While power companies await the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) approval of Power Supply Agreements (PSAs), Solar Philippines has proceeded with the construction of its solar farms, in line with the Department of Energy’s (DOE) push for merchant power plants to avert a power shortage next summer.

REFLECTION ‘Many are invited but few are chosen’

In today's gospel, the faithful are asked to take into heart God's invitation to be with him.