Millions affected as Hurricane Matthew lashes US
MIAMI, USA (UPDATED) – Hurricane Matthew lashed the southeastern US coast with driving wind and rain Friday, October 7, flooding streets with ocean water, leaving more than a million people without...
View ArticleDuterte: China-funded rehab facility almost complete
MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte cited China's assistance in helping build a "dormitory" for drug addicts in Nueva Ecija while blasting the United States and European Union for not being...
View Article7 killed in drug raid on Manila's Islamic Center
MANILA, Philippines — Seven drug suspects were killed when police operatives conducted a "One Time Big Time" drug raid at a Filipino-Muslim community along Palanca St. in Quiapo, Manila on Friday,...
View ArticleDuterte to meet Misuari in Davao City on week of Oct 10
MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte said he is planning to meet Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) leader Nur Misuari in Davao City on the week of October 10."Si Nur, next week he is...
View ArticleDuterte to have morning TV show for citizen complaints
MANILA, Philippines – The government may have an 8888 hotline, but President Rodrigo Duterte wants to go one step further: To have a television show just for receiving citizen complaints."There is a,...
View ArticleTwo charged for insulting Myanmar's Suu Kyi
YANGON, Myanmar – A member of Myanmar's ruling pro-democracy party has pressed charges against two villagers for insulting the government's new leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a police officer said Friday,...
View ArticleThe 'last' war games in the West PH Sea
ZAMBALES, Philippines (Updated) – Philippine and United States marines on Friday afternoon, October 7, played war games for what could be the last time in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), to...
View ArticleDuterte dares CIA to 'oust' him
DAVAO, Philippines – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, October 7, dared the United States' CIA spy agency to try and oust him, as he branded Western critics of his deadly crime war...
View ArticleFlorida woman becomes first US victim as hurricane blocks rescue
MIAMI, USA – The United States marked its first known fatality from Hurricane Matthew as the Category 3 storm lashing the Florida coast claimed the life of a resident there, fire officials said Friday,...
View ArticlePaolo Duterte accepts Trillanes' dare for a drug test
MANILA, Philippines – Presidential son and Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, who was accused of being a drug user at a Senate probe, accepted the challenge of senators for him to undergo a drug test...
View ArticleUS urges war crimes probe as Syria fight moves to UN
WASHINGTON DC, USA – The United States declared Friday, October 7, that the bombing of civilians in Aleppo could amount to a war crime, as the diplomatic battle over the Syrian war moved to the United...
View ArticleUS accuses Russia of cyber attacks to disrupt election
WASHINGTON DC, USA (UPDATED) – US officials formally accused the Russian government Friday, October 7, of trying to "interfere" with the American presidential election, and vowed to respond at an...
View Article2 women convicted for selling girls' lewd photos to 'predators'
PAMPANGA, Philippines – They advertised nude photographs of underage girls to "predators" living in the United States. One of their 3 young victims was as young as 8 years old when the photos were...
View ArticleLewd video latest hurdle for Trump as he trails Clinton
WASHINGTON DC, USA (UPDATED) – The US presidential campaign was rocked Friday, October 7 by a 2005 video that caught Donald Trump using vulgar, predatory language as he described groping women,...
View ArticleCourt of Appeals reverses suspension of CDO Mayor Moreno
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines – Mayor Oscar S. Moreno acknowledged that the first 100 days of his second term at City Hall had bumps, but overall, “it has been business as usual at City Hall.”Part...
View ArticleStarting Oct 31 on EDSA, C5: No more 'window hours' for private vehicles
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced on Friday, October 7, the removal of the Number Coding Scheme's "window hours" for private vehicles plying EDSA and C5 starting...
View ArticleBritain 'will allow EU citizens to stay' after Brexit
LONDON, United Kingdom – All EU citizens currently living in Britain will be able to stay after Brexit, a newspaper reported Saturday, October 8, citing unnamed cabinet ministers, despite the...
View ArticleKigali meeting to tackle super greenhouse gases
PARIS, France – Envoys from nearly 200 nations meet in Kigali next week to discuss ridding the world of HFCs, gases introduced to save the ozone layer only to unwittingly assail Earth's...
View ArticleClinton-Trump debate: The objectives of each candidate
WASHINGTON DC, USA – For the 2nd US presidential debate on Sunday night, October 9, in St Louis, the pressure is squarely on Donald Trump, who needs a moment of political magic to reverse his slide in...
View ArticleTrump apologizes after video of his crude remarks emerges
This is a developing story. Please refresh for updates. WASHINGTON DC, USA – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump apologized for vulgar language he used about groping and kissing women in a...
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