Mindanao rebels hold 2 cops captive
Communist rebels in Mindanao have “arrested” at least two policemen and are holding them as “prisoners of war.”
Oprah, Jimmy Fallon out of Emmy race, ‘Stranger Things’ star Barb in
Among the biggest surprises was a nod for nerdy teen Barb Holland, played by newcomer Shannon Purser in 'Stranger Things.'
Winter comes to Westeros with dose of revenge in ‘Game of Thrones’
The first episode of the seventh season was screened at a lavish premiere in Los Angeles Wednesday night.
UNCOMMON VALOR | ‘I Survived MSU’ takes on new meaning for ‘bakwit’ graduates
After two days trapped by the battle between extremists and government forces, two seniors at the Mindanao State University-Marawi campus fled to Iligan City where they helped care for fellow evacuees before finally joining their class of "bakwit" graduates.
Dengue cases rise 84.5% in Bacolod
The Bacolod City Health Office urged residents once more to “search (for) and destroy” mosquito breeding places after recording an 84.5 percent spike in dengue cases from January to July.
Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo dies in custody of liver cancer
Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, a prominent dissident since the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests, died on Thursday after being denied permission to leave the country for treatment for late-stage liver cancer.
WEEKEND GUIDE | July 14-16: BGC Art Mart, Everything Japanese, Expo Mom
With a Japanese festival, a shopping fair, theater shows, and a major concert by three musical divas—you know it's going to be a busy but happy weekend.
Duterte says sorry for ‘late’ Leyte visit
President Rodrigo Duterte apologized to residents of Leyte on Thursday, admitting that the continuing crisis in Marawi had prevented him from visiting the Eastern Visayan province until a week after it was rocked by a 6.5 magnitude earthquake.
Fil-Am, buddy nabbed for making, selling marijuana-laced sweets
A Filipino-American and his accomplice were arrested in San Pedro City, Laguna for allegedly manufacturing and selling candy laced with marijuana.
U.S. demands nations provide more traveler data or face sanctions
The U.S. State Department will require all nations to provide extensive data to help it vet visa applicants and determine whether a traveler poses a terrorist threat, according to a cable obtained by Reuters.
LOOK | 2,500 Manobos displaced again in Diatagon by military operation
Lianga, Surigao del Sur - Some 2,512 largely Manobo Indigenous People (IP) from far flung communities of Barangay Diatagon and adjacent areas here have...
WATCH | Toyota PH apologizes over Toyota Fairview’s defilement of his Fortuner SUV
It was only for a rear body repair job that the Fortuner SUV was checked in at the Toyota Fairview Quezon City dealer, to...
Super Pop Con breaks barriers with the magic of K-Pop
Six boybands and one girl group featuring Fil-Am singer Kriesha Tiu sated Filipinos' appetite for all things K-Pop.
BUCOR chief resigns amid reports of drug trade resurgence in prison
(UPDATE 2 - 11:54 p.m.) The head of the Bureau of Corrections (BUCOR), Benjamin delos Santos, irrevocably resigned Thursday amid allegations of the revival of the drug trade in the New Bilibid Prisons, and the stabbing death of a maximum-security inmate.
WATCH | All FA-50s in Marawi operation grounded after botched bombing incident
Pending a detailed investigation into why its bombs fell short of the enemy and landed near a building housing friendly troops - killing two and wounding 11 others - all South Korean-made FA-50 "Fighting Eagle" jet aircraft conducting close-air support missions in Marawi City will be temporarily grounded.














