‘TURNING INTO A NATION OF MURDERERS’ | House opposition calls for probe of EJKs
Opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives joined the mounting uproar over extrajudicial killings in the war on drugs reignited by the killing of senior high school student Kian Lloyd delos Santos of Caloocan City.
Home away from home at Citadines Millennium Ortigas Manila
Have a staycation, even stay for a few months, in the Ortigas District's newest serviced apartments.
WEEKEND CHEF | Celebrate QC Day with Pres. Manuel L Quezon’s fave Cocido Español
Remember and honor the first nationally elected president with this rich and hearty Spanish dish.
SPEAKER’S THREAT | ‘We will wait for impeachment’ – CHR’s Gascon
While acknowledging their work appears to be a “winless battle,” Commission on Human Rights chairman Jose Luis Martin “Chito” Gascon has no plans of resigning and would rather wait for Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez to make good his threat of impeachment.
ROADBLOCKS AND WEAPONS BANS | Boston braces for ‘Free Speech’ rally
Boston officials are planning road blockades and even banning food vendors from the historic Boston Common as they step up security around a "Free Speech" rally on Saturday featuring right-wing speakers, aiming to avoid a repeat of last weekend's violence at a white supremacist rally in Virginia.
Taylor Swift goes blank on social media, sending fans into frenzy
The popular singer deleted all of her Instagram photos, her posts on Tumblr, Twitter and removed her avatar from her Facebook page.
California mass killer spared death over prosecutor misconduct
LOS ANGELES -- A California man convicted of the worst mass killing in Orange County history was spared the death penalty on Friday after...
MILF loses 5 men in clash with BIFF – police
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front lost five fighters when it clashed anew with gunmen of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters in Maguindanao province on Friday, police said.
PH on track to hit 6.3% GDP despite risks – BMI
The Philippine economy faces risks as a result of the latest weakness in the financial markets but the medium-term outlook points to a strong expansion, a unit of Fitch Group said.
WATCH | ‘Nanlaban’ death of Kian Lloyd delos Santos raises big stink; cops sacked,...
Lorenza, an OFW (Overseas Filipino Worker), had to rush home from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia after receiving word that her 17-year old son got killed...
Trump fires controversial chief strategist Bannon
President Donald Trump fired Stephen Bannon as his chief strategist in the latest high-level White House shake-up, removing a powerful and controversial figure known for far-right political views.
Obi-Wan Kenobi may get his own ‘Star Wars’ movie: reports
The project has no script yet but British filmmaker Stephen Daldry, best known for 2000's ballet movie "Billy Elliott," is in early talks to direct it.
Rocco Nacino says ‘Bar Boys’ made him step out of his comfort zone
'I had no time to go out of my way to read entire law books, but I was really surprised when I had a glimpse of what they actually had to read and learn and study.'
India to Philip Morris: prove you’re not sneaking behind laws on sale of tobacco
The Indian government has threatened Philip Morris International Inc with "punitive action" over the tobacco giant's alleged violation of the country's anti-smoking laws, according to a letter sent to the company by the federal health ministry.
2 dead, 8 wounded in knife attack in Finnish city of Turku
(UPDATED, 6:47 a.m., August 19, 2017) A man with a knife killed two people and wounded eight others in a stabbing rampage in a market square in the Finnish city of Turku on Friday, police said.