Moscow, Russia – Four men accused of involvement in the Moscow concert hall attack that killed at least 137 people were charged with terrorism Sunday and ordered to be detained pending trial. All four risk a life sentence in prison, a statement f...

Washington, United States – An uncrewed American lander that became the first private spaceship on the Moon has met its ultimate end after failing to “wake up,” the company that built it said. Houston-based Intuitive Machines said lat...

Members of the Ecowaste Coalition carry a cross to show the ‘suffering’ brought about by single-use plastics as they march along Intramuros in Manila on Palm Sunday. The group urges the public to practice a zero-waste lifestyle during the Holy Week.
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International and local tourists flock to the Magpupungko Tidal Pool in Pilar, Siargao, Surigao del Norte to beat the summer heat and the rising mercury hearing into Holy Week.
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As NBI team comes home from Timor Leste sans ex-solon The team of lawyers representing former Negros Oriental third district congressman Arnolfo Teves Jr. vowed to exhaust all legal options to stop his return or deportation to the Philippines, includin...

Three Filipino soldiers were reported injured in the latest China Coast Guard water cannon attack on a Philippine supply vessel near a South China Sea reef, National Security Adviser Eduardo Año said on Sunday. The United States and multiple other coun...

Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Sunday welcomed the majority support of the people for economic constitutional reforms. Other leaders of the House of Representatives also welcomed the latest survey results indicating widespread support for Charte...

Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers on Sunday called for an investigation to identify and hold accountable the so-called “Makabagong Makapili” officials responsible for recruiting and facilitating the entry of at least 36 Chinese nati...

Quezon Rep. David Suarez on Sunday said he may propose to pass a supplemental budget to address the P9-billion deficit in the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) brought about by the budget cut of P13 billion made by Senator Imee Marcos in the pr...

President Marcos on Sunday urged Filipino Catholics to reflect during the Holy Week, and “not to forget the essence of the occasion by “spreading kindness and selflessness, especially to the less fortunate.” “In this solemn occasion, let us not only se...