ICRC looks to reunite families split up by Marawi crisis
Families that have broken up or have relatives missing due to the crisis in Marawi City may soon reunite through a page on the website of the International Committee of the Red Cross that helps trace missing persons and provides information on what happened to them.
Improved NLEX not thinking about this year’s draft
Currently enjoying their best tournament this season, the NLEX Road Warriors aren't thinking about the PBA Rookie Draft in its Oppo PBA Governors' Cup...
Nike endorser Kevin Durant takes shot at Under Armour
Shares of Under Armour Inc (UAA.N) sank more than 3 percent on Tuesday, a day after National Basketball Association star Kevin Durant said young...
Palacios, former newsman, SSS exec among victims in Pasay carnage
A senior journalist who also served as spokesman of the Social Security System was one of the five persons killed by a man who went on a stabbing rampage in a Pasay City condominium Tuesday night before he, too, was shot dead by responding policemen.
Joel Reyes, ex-Palawan governor, gets 6-8 years for graft
Former Palawan governor Joel Reyes has been sentenced to a jail term of six years and one month to eight years after being found guilty by the Sandiganbayan of violating the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act by allowing a mining firm to extract more than it was allowed to.
FAKE LAW | France corrects Duterte: We uphold presumption of innocence
The embassy released a statement, saying: "We have to point out that, as in the Philippines, the presumption of innocence until proven guilty is at the core of the French judicial system, based on the principles enshrined in the French Declaration of Human and Civic Rights of August 26, 1789."
WATCH | Speaker wants Marcoses to ‘return everything;’ Lagman seeks ‘categorical’ statement
(UPDATE 2 - 2:02 a.m., Aug. 31, 2017) While welcoming the purported offer of the Marcos family to turn over part of their wealth to the government, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said they should return everything plundered during the 14-year dictatorship.
Transgender members in U.S. military may serve until study completed – Mattis
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday current policy regarding transgender personnel serving in the military would remain in place until he advises President Donald Trump on how to implement his directive on a transgender ban.
Storm Harvey paralyzes a fifth of U.S. fuel output
Flooding from Tropical Storm Harvey has shut nearly a fifth of U.S. oil-refining capacity, triggering worries about a gasoline supply crunch as the slow-moving tempest lumbers through the heart of America’s petrochemicals industry.
Augmented reality: A battle between Apple and Google
Google unveiled tools to make augmented reality apps for mobile devices using the Android operating system, setting up its latest showdown with Apple Inc’s iPhone over next-generation smartphone features.
5.1 magnitude quake strikes off Cagayan, Sagada jolted by weaker temblor
(UPDATE - 1:20 p.m.) A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck near Calayan in Cagayan province while the popular tourist destination Sagada was jolted by a magnitude 4 tremor Wednesday morning.
U.S. spacecraft readies for fiery plunge into Saturn after 13-year mission
The U.S. space agency’s Cassini spacecraft will end its 13-year mission to Saturn in mid-September by transmitting data until the final moment before it plunges into the ringed planet’s atmosphere, officials said on Tuesday.
7 die in Sulu clash
Seven people, including four suspected Abu Sayyaf fighters, were killed while two others were wounded in a clash in Sulu Tuesday, a military official said.
Trump surveys devastated Texas as Harvey rages on
President Donald Trump visited Texas on Tuesday to survey damage from the first major natural disaster to test his leadership in a crisis, as record rainfall from Tropical Storm Harvey lashed Houston and tens of thousands of people fled flooded homes.
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