KHANKE, Iraq - Archaeologists in drought-hit Iraq have discovered 40 ancient tombs after water levels in the country's largest reservoir declined, an antiquities official said.
US Open defending champion Jannik Sinner exacts revenge over Alexander Bublik, the only player to beat Sinner in 2025 not named Carlos Alcaraz, to reach the quarterfinal round
Tennis icon Serena Williams shows up to support her sister and fellow sporting legend Venus amid her fairytale US Open doubles run with young Canadian star Leylah Fernandez
A divided U.S. appeals court ruled that most of President Donald Trump's tariffs are illegal, undercutting his use of the levies as a key economic policy tool.
Miss Universe Philippines (MUPH) Executive Vice President Voltaire Tayag has come to the defense of the country’s representatives to various international male competitions who are receiving criticisms about how much Filipino they are. “One...
CLTG Builders owned by Go's father entered into into a partnership with Discaya-owned St. Gerrard Construction and bagged five infrastructure projects in the Davao Region amounting to over P816 million in 2017
“Filipinos have spending power. They just need to learn the right way to spend,” declared actor Jericho Rosales. For him, watching a local film like “Quezon” is more than entertainment. It is an act of support for culture, history, and the thousands of...
TUGUEGARAO CITY—Twelve people, including the driver, were injured when a pickup truck rammed into a center car along the national road in Barangay Lapogan, Gattaran, Cagayan, on Saturday afternoon, authorities said Sunday. The Municipal Disaster Risk R...
MANILA, Philippines—In what advocates are calling a historic victory for marine conservation, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has signed into law the bill that formally declares the waters surrounding Panaon Island in Southern Leyte as a prot...
MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives will push through with its hearings on the proposed 2026 national budget and its plenary session despite heavy rains brought by the southwest monsoon, Secretary General Reginald Velasco said on Monday....
CEBU CITY, Philippines – The national government’s plans to conduct lifestyle checks on officials following anomalies tied to flood control projects got the backing of several mayors here. One of them was Cordova Mayor Cesar Suan, who currently s...
KABUL — Two children died when a building collapsed in a 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan late Sunday, provincial officials and US seismologists said. The epicenter of the quake, which struck at a relatively shallow depth ...
When director Derick Cabrido talks about fear, he doesn’t just mean monsters that appear at night. For him, fear is written on the face—trembling lips, nervous breaths, the quiet unraveling before a scream–and no one does that better than women actors....
MANILA – Senators on Sunday welcomed the appointment of former Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon as the new chief of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), expressing hope that his leadership would bring long-overdue reforms and st...
CALASIAO, Pangasinan — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in the Ilocos region has destroyed five marijuana plantation sites spanning 1,600 square meters in Sugpon, Ilocos Sur, during operations on Aug. 30 and 31. In a statement, PDEA said t...
LUCENA CITY—A man who fatally shot two people was killed in an alleged shootout with police in Santa Rosa City, Laguna, on Sunday morning, Aug. 31, authorities said. According to a report from the Laguna police, the suspect, identified only as “Nestor,...
WASHINGTON — The entire population of Gaza would be relocated and the United States would take control of the Palestinian territory under a plan being considered by the Trump administration, the Washington Post reported Sunday. The enclave reduce...
Two to four tropical cyclones are expected to develop or enter the Philippine area of responsibility in September, state weather bureau PAGASA said on Monday.
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate’s probe into anomalous flood control projects in the country will proceed despite heavy rains, Senate President Francis Escudero said on Monday. In a text message, Escudero said the upper chamber “will not, as of yet, d...
LUCENA CITY—Volcanic earthquakes and tremors continue to shake Taal Volcano in Batangas province, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported on Monday morning, Sept. 1. In its morning bulletin, Phivolcs said the volcano ...
MANILA, Philippines — Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla admitted he was “too late” in announcing the suspension of classes and government work in Metro Manila and 16 provinces on Monday, Sept. 1. “The model prediction, as of 11 p.m. (on Sunday), only h...
MANILA, Philippines – A low pressure area (LPA) and the southwest monsoon or “habagat” will bring rains in most areas, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Monday. The LPA, loca...
BACOLOD CITY — Some 80 residents of La Castellana town in Negros Occidental were evacuated on Sunday after water from a creek filled with hardened lahar in Barangay Biak-na-Bato, near the foot of Kanlaon Volcano, overflowed amid continuous heavy rain. ...
HARLINGEN, Texas — With migrant children waiting on tarmacs to be sent to their native Guatemala, a federal judge on Sunday temporarily blocked the flights, siding with attorneys for the children who said the government was breaking laws and sending th...