1 YEAR OF DUTERTE | ‘Worsening crisis, death and destruction’ – CPP
(UPDATE - 11:08 a.m.) The Communist Party of the Philippines said the New People’s Army “must continue to seize the initiative and carry out more and more tactical offensives nationwide in order to derail and blunt” what it called the “Duterte regime’s all-out war,” which gave the rebels “no other choice but to intensify tactical offensives nationwide.”
DEAD ON ARRIVAL | Cops use hospitals to hide drug war killings
Since late 2016, police have delivered hundreds of drug suspects to Manila hospitals. A Reuters investigation has revealed almost all were dead on arrival. Witnesses and family members say they were executed and their bodies removed from the scene in a police cover up.
Kendall, Kylie Jenner withdraw music icon T-shirts after backlash
The T-shirts featured their faces over images of The Doors, Ozzy Osbourne, Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G.
BLOODY DAY IN MALOLOS | Cop chief, 2 men wounded, 5 drug suspects slain
The chief of police of Malolos, Bulacan and two of his men were wounded while five drug suspects were killed in a series of operations, including a two-hour running gun battle that began as a botched buy bust operation in adjacent Calumpit.
Nadine Lustre is the country’s sexiest woman according to FHM poll
Would James Reid protest like he did last year when she landed at No. 3?
WATCH | 2 BIR Manila personnel nabbed for extortion
Two personnel of the Bureau of Internal Revenue were arrested Thursday by the National Bureau of Investigation right in their office in Manila in an entrapment operation set up following the complaint of a firm they were allegedly trying to extort money from.
Peso plunges to 11-year low at 50.53; PSEi down anew
The Philippine peso plunged to 50.53 against the US dollar Thursday, its lowest in almost 11 years since Sept. 11, 2006 though it was a little change from the 50.50 on Wednesday close. Share prices also slid amid foreign selling, the second straight day of negative close for the main stock index.
WATCH | Comelec in quandary over status of barangay, SK elections
At barely four months to go before the scheduled Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, which are still uncertain to be conducted, the Commission on...
WATCH | Duterte’s public persona of a strong, caring leader comes under scrutiny
To political analyst Dindo Manhit, it is inherent in the projected image of President Rodrigo Duterte that he comes across as a popular, stern...
38 days of Marawi clashes leave 418 people dead; military says Maute Group to...
The military said Abdullah Maute's leadership wasn’t effective as terrorists wrangled over money and power - an indication that the group would eventually fall apart.
China hails ‘golden period’ in relations with Philippines
BEIJING - Relations between China and the Philippines have entered a "golden period of fast development", Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday,...
Duterte allies give him high marks, others not so impressed
MANILA, Philippines - At the time when his first anniversary as president comes around, President Rodrigo Duterte’s allies in the House of representatives expectedly...
WATCH | Marawi Crisis: Rescued hostages say Maute molested female hostages, murdered civilians
Two civilian hostages were successfully retrieved to safety Thursday in a rescue mission. They confirmed reports that their terrorist captors were exploiting non-combatants. Some female...
Resorts World Manila resumes gaming operations as PAGCOR lifts suspension
Resorts World Manila resumed Thursday (June 29) its gaming operations after PAGCOR lifted the June 9, 2017 suspension order of the company’s provisional license to operate casinos and other gaming facilities as a result of the June 2 shooting and arson incident that killed 38 people dead, including the lone perpetrator.
LOOK | 2 dead, 5 injured after truck plows through homes, parked van in...
Two people were killed and five others injured after a 10-wheeler truck plowed through three houses, a store and a parked vehicle along the national highway in barangay Lumbo, Alubijid town in Misamis Oriental, Thursday morning.














