Aquino richer by P400,000, no longer debt-free in 2015
MANILA, Philippines – For 2015, President Benigno Aquino Ill's net worth jumped to P68.78 million – higher by P464,086 compared to what he declared the year before in his Statement of Assets,...
View ArticleChina using 'coercive tactics' in maritime claims – Pentagon
WASHINGTON DC, USA – China is using "coercive tactics" and fostering regional tensions as it expands its maritime presence in the South China Sea and elsewhere, but is avoiding triggering an armed...
View ArticlePuerto Rico declares first case of Zika-related microcephaly
MIAMI, USA – Puerto Rican health authorities on Friday, May 13 announced the first case of Zika-related microcephaly in a fetus, as the US territory grapples with the spread of the mosquito-borne...
View ArticleWorld's oldest person, 116-year-old woman in NY, dies
NEW YORK, USA – The oldest person in the world, a 116-year-old woman in New York whose life spanned 3 centuries, has died, a research group said Friday, May 13.Susannah Mushatt Jones, the last...
View ArticleUN alarmed about Boko Haram ties to ISIS
UNITED NATIONS – The UN Security Council on Friday, May 13 said it was alarmed by Boko Haram's ties to the Islamic State Group (IS, formerly known as ISIS or the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq) and...
View ArticleObama issues school rules on transgender bathroom use
WASHINGTON DC, USA – President Barack Obama's administration told schools across America on Friday, May 13 they must let transgender students use the bathroom of their choice, taking an intensifying...
View ArticleComelec holds special elections for 19,000 voters
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday, May 14, is holding special elections for around 19,000 voters in 55 clustered polling precincts where the Comelec declared a...
View ArticleBichara could be Duterte’s 'big guy' in Bicol
LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines – Albay 2nd District Representative Al Francis Bichara, the incoming provincial governor and one of the convenors of "One Bicol", could be the regional chairman of PDP-Laban,...
View ArticleMexico debates legalizing opium poppy for medicine
MEXICO CITY, Mexico – Fed up with drug-related violence, a growing number of Mexican politicians see one potential cure: legalizing the cultivation of opium poppies for the production of medicine.The...
View Article2 Indian reporters shot dead in less than 24 hours
NEW DELHI, India – Gunmen shot dead two journalists in 24 hours in separate incidents in eastern India, police and local reports said Saturday, May 14, the latest media killing in Asia's deadliest...
View ArticleHezbollah blames Islamist extremists for killing military chief in Syria
BEIRUT, Lebanon – (UPDATED) Lebanon's Hezbollah said Saturday, May 14, that Islamist extremists were responsible for killing the Shiite militant group's top military commander in Syria in an artillery...
View ArticleRegions, provinces deliver votes for party-list groups
MANILA, Philippines – Regions and provinces delivered votes for many winning party-list groups in the 2016 elections.Support from regional groups and from “bailiwicks” of nominees paved the way for...
View ArticleNigeria hosts international summit on Boko Haram
ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria was on Saturday, May 14, hosting talks on Boko Haram with regional and Western powers, as the United Nations warned of the militants' ties to the Islamic State group (IS,...
View ArticlePioneering Italian fertility doctor suspected of stealing patient's eggs
ROME, Italy – A pioneering Italian gynecologist best known for helping women in their 60s to have babies has been arrested on suspicion of removing eggs from a patient without her consent.Severino...
View ArticleComelec to double-check votes in 6 provinces
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) decided on Saturday, May 14, to double-check votes in at least 6 provinces, even if these had already been canvassed and "admitted" as...
View ArticleGermany sees more arson fires at refugee centers
BERLIN, Germany – German authorities on Saturday reported an increase in the number of arson fires at shelters for refugees who flooded Germany last year, raising concerns about anti-migrant...
View ArticleOverseas voter turnout highest in a decade
MANILA, Philippines – It's the biggest turnout of overseas Filipino voters in a decade.The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday, May 14, said the overseas voter turnout this year is 31.45%.In...
View Article25 Palestinian children killed in 3 months
JERUSALEM – Twenty-five Palestinian children were killed in the last three months of 2015 during a wave of anti-Israeli attacks and the number detained was the highest in seven years, the UN children's...
View ArticleOverseas absentee voting: Duterte, Marcos win
MANILA, Philippines – Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte topped the presidential race in the month-long overseas absentee voting (OAV), while Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr got the most number of overseas...
View ArticleProtests loom as Venezuela enters state of emergency
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela braced for protests Saturday, May 14, after President Nicolas Maduro declared a state of emergency to combat the "foreign aggression" he blamed for an economic crisis...
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