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LTFRB to arrest GrabBike drivers
MANILA, Philippines – The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) will start apprehending GrabBike drivers after the motorcycle-hailing service was found to have continued...
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Smallest among giants: New Rafflesia species discovered in PH
MANILA, Philippines – Accidentally kicking over a pile of forest litter in the heart of a degraded watershed in Central Luzon led Filipino scientists to the discovery of the smallest species of the...
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Philippines probes attack on ISIS-targeted top Saudi cleric
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine authorities are investigating the assassination attempt against an influential Saudi preacher who was on a hit list of the Islamic State in Iraq & Syria (also known...
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Ateneo professors to Bongbong Marcos: Stop 'distortion of history'
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – After vice presidential candidate Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr said historians, not politicians, should judge his father's regime, professors of the Ateneo de...
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#USVote: Lessons from Super Tuesday
I VOTED. Mary Austin hands out 'I Voted' stickers at a polling center in Edmond, Oklahoma, USA, March 1, 2016. J Pat Carter/EPAWASHINGTON DC, USA – Tuesday's (March 1) votes in a dozen US states have...
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NGCP tower in North Cotabato bombed anew
MANILA, Philippines – The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) reported on Wednesday, March 2, that its transmission tower in North Cotabato was bombed for the second time in less than...
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Clinton, Trump brace for epic White House showdown
WASHINGTON DC, USA – Conventional wisdom says a Donald Trump nomination should bring presidential election gold for Democrat Hillary Clinton – but given how the brash billionaire has outperformed...
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New Zealand flag vote - 'beach towel vs colonial relic'
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (UPDATED) – New Zealanders began voting Thursday, March 3, on whether to adopt a new flag, in a referendum Prime Minister John Key has called a once-in-a-generation chance to...
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Trudeau seeks climate consensus from Canada's provinces, indigenous groups
VANCOUVER, Canada (UPDATED) – Canadian aboriginal leaders demanded Wednesday, March 2, a bigger role in the country's fight against climate change, on the eve of a meeting between Prime Minister Justin...
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UN imposes toughest-ever North Korea sanctions
UNITED NATIONS (UPDATED) – The United Nations on Wednesday, March 2, adopted the toughest sanctions to date on North Korea in response to its fourth nuclear test and rocket launch, prompting Pyongyang...
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FAST FACTS: The sweeping new UN sanctions on North Korea
UNITED NATIONS – A UN resolution unanimously adopted Wednesday, March 2, ratchets up sanctions on North Korea, with a raft of new measures that are the toughest yet to hit the reclusive country.Here...
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Happiness can break your heart – study
PARIS, France – Joyful events – the birth of a child, a big win by your team – can trigger a dangerous condition called the "broken heart syndrome," doctors and researchers reported Thursday, March...
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Strange radio bursts from space come in clusters – study
PARIS, France – Mysterious and powerful radio waves from deep space are coming in clusters, scientists revealed on Wednesday, March 2, having only discovered their existence a decade ago. The repeated...
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Graphic health warning law now in effect
MANILA, Philippines – After what tobacco control advocates call a 4-month delay, the long wait is finally over. Starting Thursday, March 3, the government will require all tobacco products manufactured...
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Duterte: Archie Po is owner of my campaign planes
DAGUPAN CITY, Philippines – Presidential bet Rodrigo Duterte did not hesitate to tell media that he uses the private jets and helicopters of Lionair Inc, a company owned by an old friend of his.“I use...
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North Korea fires missiles after UN imposes tough sanctions
UNITED NATIONS (4th UPDATE) – North Korea fired 6 short-range projectiles into the sea Thursday, March 3, in a show of defiance just hours after the United Nations adopted the toughest sanctions to...
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So many pedophile priests a 'disastrous coincidence' – Australian cardinal
SYDNEY, Australia – Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell said Thursday, March 4, it was a "disastrous coincidence" that 5 pedophile priests preyed on children in the Australian town where he was...
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Health advocates to tobacco firms: We're watching you
MANILA, Philippines – As the Graphic Health Warnings Law takes effect Thursday, March 3, tobacco control advocates warned firms manufacturing cigarette packs not to skirt the law."Mark this day, this...
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Duterte to merge SSS and GSIS if elected
DAGUPAN CITY, Philippines – Fusing government’s two state pension fund agencies would better serve Filipinos, presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday, March 3.“I will merge GSIS...
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Asian wildlife traders harness social media – conservationists
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Social media sites such as Facebook and Instagram are increasingly being used in Asia as platforms for the illegal trade in a range of threatened species such as orangutan and...
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