Dead drug suspect

DRUG WAR, A YEAR AFTER | More blood but no victory: experts, rights advocates

Launched a year ago, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal war on drugs has resulted in thousands of deaths, yet the street price of crystal methamphetamine in Manila has fallen and surveys show Filipinos are as anxious as ever about crime.

Dusit International to manage RLC’s new five-star resort in Mactan

Thailand-based, global hospitality company Dusit International through its local affiliate, has signed a hotel management agreement, with leading real estate company Robinsons Land Corporation (RLC) to operate the Dusit Thani Resort Mactan Cebu Resort, a five-star resort on Mactan Island.

123 people collecting fuel spilled by oil tanker die in explosion in Pakistan

An oil tanker crashed and later exploded in Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least 123 people, government officials said.

Liza Soberano ready to do own stunts, wear skimpy costume for Darna role

'I want to prove to everybody that I can do it, and I am trying my best.'
DOF Usec Karl Chua

9 in 10 Filipino taxpayers to get 20% buying power boost from tax cut:...

Nine out of 10 Filipino individual taxpayers will enjoy a 20-percent boost in their purchasing power once the personal income tax cuts approved by the House last month are enacted, Buhay Rep. Lito Atienza said Sunday.

Indonesia cop killed in knife attack by suspected militant

An Indonesian police officer was stabbed and later died of his wounds in an attack by suspected Islamist militants in the city of Medan, a police spokesman said on Sunday, days after three ASEAN members - Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines - moved to increase cooperation in the fight against Islamic militants following the siege of Marawi City.

‘Pass the Anti-Discrimination Bill already!’—Metro Manila Pride marchers

Love won at the biggest Metro Manila Pride March and Festival held on Saturday in Marikina City.
Eid'l Fitr Muslims

END OF RAMADAN | Tears in Marawi, solidarity in Manila

At exactly 6:30 Sunday morning, Muslims who had flocked to the mosque at Lanao del Sur provincial capitol began their prayers to observe the end of Ramadan or the Eid'l Fitr. And in Manila, Muslims gathered at Quirino grandstand, prayed for an end to the war in Marawi and collected donations for them.

REVIEW | ‘Ang Pagsanib kay Leah dela Cruz’ is a first-rate genre film

This isn’t a horror movie per se but a dark chiller that suggests that evil lurks when we allow our demons to win.

REFLECTION | ‘You must speak in the light’

In today's gospel, the faithful are inspired to see the real light, God, and to make others see Him as well.

Hundreds of civilians freed from ISIS in Mosul Old City battles as death toll...

Iraqi forces opened exit routes for hundreds of civilians to flee the Old City of Mosul on Saturday as they battled to retake the quarter from Islamic State militants mounting a last stand in what was the de facto capital of their self-declared caliphate.
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London tower blocks evacuated as 27 buildings fail fire tests

LONDON - Britain said 27 high-rise apartment blocks had failed fire safety checks carried out after the deadly Grenfell Tower blaze, including several in...
Farm implements distribution Pampanga

DA distributes farm implements, livestock to Pampanga farmers

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – Agriculture authorities distributed over the weekend some P63 million worth of farm implements and an assortment of livestock...
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ILOCOS 6 | IBP sees no need for discord between Legislature, Judiciary

The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), the official organization of all Philippine lawyers whose names appear in the Roll of Attorneys of the...
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OPPAP discloses whitelist of rebels covered by JASIG

In a dispatch dated 21 June, 2017, Angela Librado-Trinidad, Philippine government (GRP) peace panel member concurrently supervising the Committee on JASIG and releases, disclosed...