It has been more than a year since the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) submitted the results of its internal investigation into a sexual harassment case  that a then-21-year-old junior officer filed against her supervisor, a rankin...

LYON, France – Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a French cardinal for failing to report an alleged pedophile priest, the Catholic Church in Lyon said Friday, March 6.
Archbishop of Lyon Philippe Barbarin is the most senior French priest ...

 

 

MANILA, Philippines --- "We call on all UN- (United Nations) member states to closely monitor the human-rights situation in the Philippines."

 

This was the call of Filipino lawyer Edre Olalia as he shared the sit...

CATARMAN, Northern Samar -Police said government forces killed a ranking New People's Army (NPA) leader in Northern Samar province in a clash during an attempt to arrest him at his safehouse on Friday (March 6).

 

Salvador Nordan, alias Bado...

 



 

 

MANILA, Philippines --- Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso has signed an ordinance requiring fast-food chains in the capital city to hire senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs).

 

Or...

MANILA, Philippines – Acclaimed screenwriter Ricky Lee was among those who joined ABS-CBN employees and supporters in calling for the renewal of the network's franchise through protests that have since become a weekly event.
Ricky attended the rally o...

DIGOS CITY----A 69-year old widow was arrested by police here on Thursday for an alleged murder in 2018.

 

Erlinda Silva Curativo, of the village of Zone 3, has been a fugitive for more than a year already.

 

JudgeMarivic A Trabaj...

MANILA, Philippines --- Amid reports of Chinese nationals using Philippine passports, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday assured the public that the country's ePassport system is secured.

"The Department wishes to reiterate that the P...

MANILA, Philippines --- The Visayas and Mindanao regions are expected to experience scattered rain showers on Saturday as the low-pressure area (LPA) continues to persist, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration...

SOLANO, NUEVA VIZCAYA--More than 200 pigs were culled in Bayombong town in this province after random blood samples from dead pigs tested positive for African swine fever (ASF), authorities said on Friday (March 6).

 

The ASF-infected pigs c...

MANILA, Philippines --- Even during near-death situation, the aide-de-camp assigned to Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Archie Gamboa still chose to preserve the life of his boss, the country's top cop, when the helicopter they...

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Room occupancies in the Philippines have taken a hit due to the novel coronavirus travel bans, according to the Department of Tourism Central VIsayas. 

There was about a 20% reduction in hotel occupancies across Cebu compared...

 

 



 

MANILA, Philippines --- The families of the four Filipino oil field workers in southern Libya believed to be killed by militants from the Islamic State (ISIS) are seeking closure five years after their abduction in 201...

TUNIS, Tunisia – An attacker targeted the US embassy in the Tunisian capital on Friday, March 6, causing an explosion and injuries among police before being killed, police said.
The assailant tried to enter the embassy but was prevented by police wh...

NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines – A teacher in Himamaylan City here was allegedly mauled by her 16-year-old student.
The incident stemmed from a derogatory message allegedly received by the teacher from her student. The message read, "hey send nude."Kr...

BEIJING, China – China may soon lift the quarantine imposed on the province at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak which has been under lockdown for more than a month, a senior government official hinted Friday, March 6.
Asked about the dracon...

 

LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines –  The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Bicol approved a P25 per day increase in the minimum wage of private employees in the region. 
The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board also approved on Wednes...

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DOH confirms first 2 Filipinos found with coronavirus locally

The health department confirms two Filipinos test positive for the novel coronavirus in the Philippines, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 5.

Cebu...

MANILA, Philippines --- A lawmaker on Friday said discrimination against those suspected to be positive for the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) should be "strongly discouraged."

Former Health Secretary and now Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin said it i...

MANILA, Philippines --- The Cardinal Santos Medical Center (CSMC) disclosed Friday that the fifth patient who tested positive for the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was once treated at their hospital.

The Department of Health (DOH) earlier r...

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican on Friday, March 6, reported its first coronavirus ...

MANILA, Philippines – Health authorities continue to ramp up efforts to detect possible cases of the novel coronavirus in the Philippines.
As of Friday, March 6, the Department of Health (DOH) said it has probed 680 patients. Out of this number:

41 -...

MANILA, Philippines – Two House committees are issuing a subpoena to Solicitor General Jose Calida requiring him to attend the next hearing digging into the more than P95 billion that private firms still owe the government-run Power Sector Assets and ...

MANILA, Philippines – The National University-Nazareth School did not miss a beat despite a one-month break as it thwarted the Far Eastern University-Diliman, 79-61, to move on the cusp of the title and sweeping the UAAP Season 82 boys' basketball tou...

MANILA, Philippines – Is Malasimbo still Malasimbo?
Last year, there were some raised eyebrows as the music and arts festival transferred from the Malasimbo Amphitheatre to the seaside of Puerto Galera. Yet that move had seemed to prove naysayers wron...

MANILA, Philippines – Afraid of losing their jobs in China, more than 600 stranded overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) appealed to the Philippine government to lift the travel ban on “safe areas” there so they could go back to work.
The government impose...

THIMPHU, Bhutan – The isolated Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has reported its first case of the coronavirus after a US tourist tested positive, the prime minister said Friday, March 6.
The tiny, landlocked country, famous for measuring Gross National ...

BEIJING, China – World health officials have warned that countries are not taking the coronavirus crisis seriously enough, as outbreaks surged across Europe and in the United States where medical workers sounded warnings over a "disturbing" lack of ho...

MANILA, Philippines – For a foreign student-athlete, it's already hard enough to live up to expectations both in the classroom and on the court while being thousands of kilometers away from home.
However, when that athlete also can't speak the host co...

BEIRUT, Lebanon – Syria's war-ravaged northwest woke up to relative calm Friday, March 6, its skies free of warplanes for the first day in months, following a  Russian-Turkish ceasefire deal .
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group a...

LOS ANGELES, USA – Thailand's undefeated Chayaphon Moonsri will fight outside his homeland for the first time next month, defending his World Boxing Council minimumweight world title in Indio, California. 
Chayaphon, 54-0 with 18 knockouts, will face ...

LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines – Governor Al Francis Bichara suspended classes in all levels in Albay on Friday, March 6, as torrential rains brought by the tail end of the cold front caused flooding.
“The Albay PDRRMC hereby suspends classes in all levels...

MANILA, Philippines – Faith Nisperos knew that being an Ateneo Lady Eagle came with heavy expectations, and yet she played through like a champ.
In her first-ever seniors game in UAAP Season 82, the super rookie out of Nazareth School-National Univers...

BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territories – Israel has imposed a lockdown on the city of Bethlehem over coronavirus fears as Palestinian authorities announced a two-week ban on tourists and shuttered the Church of the Nativity.
The moves came after Palesti...

PARIS, France – The Six Nations rugby union match between Italy and England was postponed on Thursday, March 5 – the latest high-profile sports event to be scratched from the international calendar due to the global spread of the deadly coronavirus.
A...

MANILA, Philippines – Though AJ Lim was determined to not be starstruck by his Davis Cup opener foe World No. 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas, the Filipino netter was honored to be given another opportunity to face him in his current form. 
"I knew it was really...

SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Tech firms in Seattle, a new focal point for the coronavirus epidemic, were telling employees this week to take advantage of technology to work remotely in an effort to contain the outbreak.
Ten of the 12 US fatalities from the ou...

 

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora has temporarily shut down  the Muslim prayer hall in Barangay Greenhills that was frequently visited by a Filipino man who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (2019-nCov).
The ...

PIPLI PAHAR, Pakistan – Pakistan's farmers are struggling to combat the worst locust plague in nearly 3 decades as insect swarms decimate entire harvests in the country's agricultural heartlands and send food prices soaring.
Heavy rains and cyclones s...

ZAMBALES, Philippines – The Masinloc Municipal Council has asked Zambales Governor Hemogenes Ebdane Jr to investigate the prolonged stay of at least 12 foreign dredging ships in its municipal waters, over concerns that the vessels were polluting a pro...

MANILA, Philippines – Miss International 2016 Kylie Verzosa said that she's excited about what Binibining Pilipinas Charities Incorporated (BPCI) will do in the competition as the 40 candidates vie for the Miss International title on May 31.
In an int...

HONG KONG – The coronavirus could wipe more than $200 billion off Asia-Pacific economies this year, S&P Global Ratings warned Friday, March 6, sending growth to its lowest level in more than a decade, as governments struggle to combat the dis...

MANILA, Philippines – The helicopter carrying Philippine National Police (PNP) chief General Archie Gamboa that crashed Thursday, March 5, has no flight recorder.
"According to the provincial director of Laguna who happens to be a pilot, this Bell 4...

 
MANILA, Philippines – The police chief of Argao town in Cebu was arrested for allowing two female drug detainees to sleep in his office and his room at the police station, the Philippine National Police Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (PN...

LOS ANGELES, USA – Passengers on a cruise ship stranded off the coast of San Francisco were confined to their cabins Thursday, March 5,  as tests were conducted to determine if any of the nearly 3,500 guests and crew had contracted the new coronavirus...

SAN FRANCISCO, USA – As coronavirus fears continued to mount on Thursday, Twitter expanded its ban on "dehumanizing language" to include disease.
A rule barring such hate speech targeting religious groups now applies to "language that dehumanizes on t...

MANILA, Philippines – Babies cry because of many reasons. Aside from hunger, it’s almost always because of a wet, saggy diaper.
They cry because it feels uncomfortable, obviously. But since babies can’t speak properly just yet, sometimes we don’t know...

LOS ANGELES, USA – The new James Bond movie delayed . Studios scrapping film festivals. Blockbuster productions shut down.
Hollywood is being rocked by the unprecedented challenge of the new coronavirus, insiders told AFP this week.
"I have never see...

SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Facebook has taken down an ad from President Donald Trump's campaign which critics said misled people into believing it was an official message about the US census.
The ads encouraged readers to "take the official 2020 Congression...

MANILA, Philippines – Steph Curry made his keenly awaited NBA return but the Golden State Warriors still fell prey to the Toronto Raptors, 113-121, on Thursday, March 5 (Friday, March 6, Manila time).
The Raptors banked on a career performance from No...

MANILA, Philippines – Three foreigners from Taiwan, Japan, and Australia tested positive for the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) after traveling from the Philippines.
This was confirmed on Friday, March 6, by Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francis...

LOS ANGELES, USA – Kawhi Leonard scored a team-high 25 points as the Los Angeles Clippers won their sixth straight game with a 120-105 rout of the Houston Rockets on Thursday, March 5 (Friday, March 6, Manila time).
Ivica Zubac and Montrezl Harrell fi...

WASHINGTON DC, USA – The US state of Alabama on Thursday, March 5, executed a man ...

LONDON, UK – Anthony Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn has revealed he is "ready to conclude a deal" for an all-British showdown between his fighter and Tyson Fury in December to determine the undisputed world heavyweight champion.
Fury beat American Deon...

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MANILA, Philippines – Hindi lang pang-Twitter, kundi pang-podcast din.
Kilala sila bilang @mrsunlawyer (Ana) at @econcepcion (Ethel), mga outspoken na "tita" sa Twitter.
Para sa ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysia's anti-corruption chief, who had been investigating scandal-hit state fund 1MDB, said Friday, March 6, she had resigned after a reformist government collapsed and a graft-tainted party took power .
The "Pact of Hope"...

LONDON, UK – Premier League players and officials will not take part in the traditional pre-match handshake from this weekend over fears about the spread of the coronavirus.
Teams have been told by Premier League chiefs that they will still line up as...

MANILA, Philippines (3rd UPDATE) – The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed that two Filipinos tested positive for the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) for the first time in the Philippines, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 5.
In a pr...

 

NEW YORK, USA – Gender gaps remain significant in Japan as traditional roles for men and women are strongly reinforced in the society ...

SEOUL, South Korea (UPDATED) – Seoul suspended a visa-waiver program for Japanese nationals Friday, March 6, in retaliation for what it called an  "irrational" plan  by Tokyo to deal with the  coronavirus outbreak, escalating a diplomatic row over th...

MANILA, Philippines – Stefanos Tsitsipas delivered a world-class performance over Filipino AJ Lim to nab the lead for Greece in the Davis Cup World Group II playoffs on Friday, March 6, at the Philippine Columbian Association. 
Tsitsipas got even with...

UNITED NATIONS, USA – Nearly 90% of the world's population – of every gender – holds some prejudice against ...

MANILA, Philippines – Anne Curtis and Erwan Heussaff introduced their newborn daughter to their followers and revealed her name: Dahlia Amélie. 
Interestingly enough, Anne's showbiz breakthrough was when she played the role of Princess Dahlia in the 1...

MANILA, Philippines – Alex Eala proved that she is one feisty challenger in her women's pro tournament debut despite falling to the W15 Monastir No. 3 seed Nina Stadler on Thursday, March 5 (Friday, March 6, Manila time,) in Tunisia. 
Eala made it a h...

BEIJING, China – China reported 30 more deaths from the new coronavirus outbreak on Friday, March 6, with fresh infections rising for a second straight day and 16 new cases imported from overseas.
In total 3,042 people have died from the disease in ...