Unsold rice

Gov’t to nearly triple local rice purchases, scraps safeguard duty proposal

MANILA — The government will nearly treble rice purchases from local farmers this year, officials said on Monday, after it rejected a proposal last week...
Field Marshal Douglas MacArthur on Leyte Island

75 years since Leyte Gulf landing: Another major historic commemoration Duterte skipped

The Philippines and the United States recently commemorated the 75th anniversary of the historic landing of Gen. Douglas MacArthur in Leyte Gulf in what...
Alexa Ilacad

Alexa Ilacad snaps over former co-stars Nash Aguas and Mika Dela Cruz’s pairing

Former "Ang Goin' Bulilit" stars Alexa Ilacad, Nash Aguas and Mika dela Cruz were heavily talked about online after Ilacad aired her sentiments on...
Ped xing in Manila

Isko Moreno paints rainbow pedestrian lanes for LGBTQ but some aren’t happy

The rainbow-colored pedestrian lanes launched by Manila City Mayor Isko Moreno drew some criticisms from the online community who argued that the city could...
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‘Champs already?’ UP coach, players celebrate Final Four entry in rowdy viral vid

Sunday's basketball match between the University of the Philippines and De La Salle University was indeterminable until the last three seconds. For the DLSU Green...
A satellite view of the reported residence of ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi near the village of Barisha

Islamic State still dangerous despite Baghdadi’s death

The killing of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a U.S. raid is a further blow to a jihadist group that once held...
President Rodrigo Duterte attends a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow

He’s using a cane and air purifier. Questions are being raised about Duterte’s health.

Photos of President Rodrigo Duterte walking with a cane and wearing an air purifier around his neck recently made rounds online, raising questions about...
Banquet hosted by the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe

Newspaper called out for placing Duterte’s name in wire report on Japan royal event

A frontpage news report in a mainstream newspaper erroneously mentioned President Rodrigo Duterte even when his name is not present in the original story. The...

Actor Alex Diaz comes out amid online screenshots of convo with fitness coach

Rising actor Alex Diaz’s sudden coming out after being shamed for it by his previous fitness coach online earned the support from his fans...
Mothers hold their children while waiting in line to receive free polio vaccine during a government-led mass vaccination program in Quezon City

Two of three polio viruses eradicated in “historic” step -WHO

LONDON — The World Health Organization welcomed an "historic step" towards a polio-free world on Thursday as an expert panel certified that the second...

What happened to the policy of refusing to stamp visas on China passports with...

The Philippines used to refuse to put stamps on Chinese passports with the now-invalid nine-dash line, the policy of which was amended this year. The...
Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg greets Rep. Garcia after testifying at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington

Facebook’s Zuckerberg grilled in U.S. Congress on digital currency, privacy, elections

WASHINGTON — Facebook Inc CEO Mark Zuckerberg conceded on Wednesday that the company's planned digital currency Libra was a "risky project," but sought to reassure skeptical...

Barretto sisters’ conflicting versions of stories behind scuffle that Duterte tried to fix

The Barretto sisters' public spat continued on TV and on social media which revealed their ties with former Caloocan Mayor Recom Echiverri and controversial...
NBA: New Orleans Pelicans at Toronto Raptors

China’s CCTV shuns NBA season opening games following HK tweet row

Chinese state television did not air the National Basketball Association's (NBA) season opening games, underscoring the damage on the U.S. league's business in the...
A poster of NBA's Los Angeles Lakers player LeBron James with China national flag is seen outside Mong Kok Mass Transit Railway (MTR) station during an anti-government protest, in Hong Kong

NBA-Hong Kong protesters crash NBA opening night party

TORONTO — Hong Kong pro-democracy supporters crashed the NBA's opening night party on Tuesday handing out thousands of black t-shirts as the Toronto Raptors prepared to begin...