Tropical Storm Enteng starts moving over Cordillera
MANILA, Philippines – Tropical Storm Enteng (Yagi) began moving over the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) on Monday evening, September 2, after making landfall in Aurora as well as crossing...
View ArticleErnie Gawilan exits Paralympics, finishes 6th in swimming final
MANILA, Philippines – A medal remained elusive for Filipino para swimmer Ernie Gawilan as he ended his campaign in the Paris Paralympics. Gawilan wrapped up his third straight Paralympics after...
View ArticleParis Paralympics 2024: Games, results, latest updates
The uphill climb on the world sports stage continues for the Philippines as the 2024 Paris Paralympics runs from August 28 to September 8 (August 29 to September 9, Manila time), two weeks after the...
View ArticleTropical Storm Enteng exits landmass via Ilocos Norte
MANILA, Philippines – Tropical Storm Enteng (Yagi) left Philippine landmass through Ilocos Norte and was already over the West Philippine Sea before dawn on Tuesday, September 3. Enteng had made...
View Article[WATCH] ‘They died in an embrace’: A woman mourns two sons lost to a landslide
RIZAL, Philippines – Maricar Libantino was about to spend the stormy day working as a laundress, when frantic calls from her neighbors summoned her back home: the mountain face across the house she...
View ArticleSevere Tropical Storm Enteng set to exit PAR but southwest monsoon still...
MANILA, Philippines – Severe Tropical Storm Enteng (Yagi) maintained its strength over the West Philippine Sea on Tuesday evening, September 3, while still enhancing the southwest monsoon or habagat....
View ArticleGlimpse of potential: Angel Otom claims 6th in Paris Paralympics backstroke...
MANILA, Philippines – Angel Otom set the stage for a highly intriguing future in Paralympic swimming as she finished sixth overall in the women’s 50-meter backstroke S5 with an exact 44-second finish...
View ArticleIt was legal until it wasn’t? Cebu POGO hub controversy goes way back to 2019
The discovery of an illegal Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) hub on August 31 in Barangay Agus, Lapu-Lapu City left many residents, especially public officials, scratching their heads over...
View ArticleRetired Antique bishop Raul Martirez dies at 86
MANILA, Philippines – Bishop Emeritus Raul Martirez, who led the Diocese of San Jose de Antique for nearly two decades, died at the age of 86. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines...
View ArticleSevere Tropical Storm Enteng out of PAR but still enhancing southwest monsoon
MANILA, Philippines – Severe Tropical Storm Enteng (Yagi) left the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) at 4 am on Wednesday, September 4, but it continues to enhance the southwest monsoon or...
View ArticleHouse promotes Joel Chua, VP Sara critic, to lead panel probing misuse of funds
MANILA, Philippines – Manila 3rd District Representative Joel Chua, one of Vice President Sara Duterte’s staunchest critics in Congress, bags his biggest assignment yet, as he now heads a House...
View ArticleAlice Guo arrested in Jakarta
MANILA, Philippines – Dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo has been arrested in Jakarta, Indonesia, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said on Wednesday, September 4. NBI Director Jimmy...
View ArticleMarcos government to cancel POGO workers’ visas by October
MANILA, Philippines – The Marcos administration is set to cancel the work visas of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) employees by October 15, giving them time to leave the Philippines...
View ArticleLIVE UPDATES: Pope Francis tours Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste,...
Pope Francis embarks on the longest trip of his pontificate as he visits Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, and Singapore from September 3 to 13. Bookmark and refresh this page for live updates...
View ArticleEx-Davao prison chief: Duterte cop threatened me not to intervene in drug...
MANILA, Philippines – More and more details about alleged extrajudicial killings under former president Rodrigo Duterte are coming to light as the House of Representatives continues its probe into the...
View ArticlePhilippine officials work on Alice Guo’s deportation after arrest in...
Here are today’s headlines – the latest in the Philippines and around the world: Alice Guo arrested in Indonesia The National Bureau of Investigation says dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo has been...
View Article‘No extra motivation’: Lucero all business vs ex-team NorthPort as Magnolia...
MANILA, Philippines – Zavier Lucero proved to be a thorn in the side of his former team NorthPort, powering Magnolia to a 105-94 victory in the PBA Governors’ Cup at the Araneta Coliseum on Wednesday,...
View ArticleUK Grenfell Tower fire inquiry blames avoidable deaths on incompetence and greed
LONDON, United Kingdom – A public inquiry into the devastating 2017 London Grenfell Tower blaze that killed 72 people blamed the disaster on failings by the government, construction industry and, most...
View ArticleHow Alice Guo was caught by Indonesian police in only 18 days
In only 18 days, Indonesia managed to snag three high-value witnesses, trapping the most hunted Alice Guo in a villa in Greater Jakarta. They did what Philippine authorities had failed to do in two...
View ArticleMarcos loses bid to get ill-gotten Paoay complex. What will he do as President?
MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., as administrator of his father’s estate, has lost his bid to take for his family parcels of the sprawling Paoay complex in Ilocos Norte, where the...
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