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Gun ban: Licensed owners ask Supreme Court for exemption
MANILA, Philippines – Private gun owners are asking the Supreme Court (SC) to require the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to exempt them from the gun ban, which took effect Sunday, January 10. (READ:...
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Beijing asserts right to flights to South China Sea
BEIJING, China – Beijing said Monday it did not need to notify Vietnam about flights to a disputed reef in the South China Sea, after Hanoi complained to a UN aviation body about the controversial...
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'El Chapo' extradition could take a year
MEXICO CITY, Mexico – Extraditing Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the United States could take a year or more, a prosecutor said on Monday, January 11, three days after the former...
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Aid heads for starving Syrian town Madaya
DAMASCUS, Syria – Dozens of aid trucks headed on Monday to the besieged rebel-held Syrian town of Madaya, where more than two dozen people are reported to have starved to death.The aid convoy was on...
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EXPLAINER: 3 reasons SC won't likely lift the TRO on Comelec
Today, January 12, 2016, in its first en banc session for the year, the Supreme Court is expected to decide whether to confirm or to quash the temporary restraining orders (TROs) issued by Chief...
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8 killed as gunmen take hostages in Baghdad mall – police
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Gunmen blew up a car bomb, sprayed gunfire in a crowded area and took hostages in a shopping mall in eastern Baghdad Monday, January 11, killing at least eight people, police said.The...
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Syria's UN envoy says no starvation in Madaya
UNITED NATIONS – Syria's envoy to the United Nations on Monday, January 11, dismissed as fabrications reports that civilians were dying of starvation in a town besieged by government forces.Ambassador...
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Suu Kyi vows to lead Myanmar peace efforts
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar – Aung San Suu Kyi promised Tuesday, January 12, to use her party's popular mandate to drive Myanmar's peace process as she outlined a vision of a federal future to ethnic rebels who...
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9 Germans among 10 killed in Istanbul suicide attack
ISTANBUL, Turkey (5th UPDATE) – A Syrian suicide bomber on Tuesday, January 12, struck the heart of Istanbul's busiest tourist district, killing 10 people, 9 of them Germans, in the latest deadly...
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Election officials mend ties after public feud
MANILA, Philippines – Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Andres Bautista and Commissioner Rowena Guanzon mended their ties on Tuesday, January 12, after a public feud over cases filed by...
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Robredo: 'Comelec should be beyond all this'
MANILA, Philippines – The Liberal Party’s vice presidential candidate called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to resolve its internal issues, pointing out that they have neither the time nor...
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LIVE: 2016 State of the Union Address
WASHINGTON DC, USA – For the last time, US President Barack Obama will face the American people – and the world – in his final State of the Union address Tuesday, January 12.Obama will use the speech...
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Rivers drying up, Zamboanga City declares state of calamity
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council passed a resolution on Monday, January 11, declaring a state of calamity in Zamboanga City, following the...
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What 2016 bets from the Senate think of SC's EDCA decision
MANILA, Philippines – Nearly two years after the Philippines and the United States signed the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), the Supreme Court finally decided in favor of the military...
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UP student, 21, challenges ‘The Punisher’ in Comelec
MANILA, Philippines – A 21-year-old student, the son of a vegetable vendor and a tricycle driver, is challenging “The Punisher.”The student, John Paul delas Nieves, faced the cameras for the first time...
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LRT lines mismanaged while officials got millions in illegal incentives – COA
MANILA, Philippines – From 2007 to 2011, the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) paid its officials and employees over P400 million in unauthorized allowances even as it entered into questionable deals...
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Robredo: No need to re-open Senate Mamasapano probe
MANILA, Philippines – Liberal Party (LP) vice presidential candidate Leni Robredo sees “no reason” to re-open the Senate’s probe into a controversial police operation, one year after the bloodbath in...
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Outcry as Pakistan Rangers search NYTimes reporter's home
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan's paramilitary Rangers force raided the home of a New York Times journalist Tuesday, January 12, sparking a wave of criticism on social media and prompting an...
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Doctors' strike causes disruption at English hospitals
LONDON, United Kingdom – Tens of thousands of junior doctors in England went on strike Tuesday, January 12, causing major disruption to hospitals in the first walkout of its kind for 40 years.They are...
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VLOG: Marikina's PWD trike gives hassle-free rides for disabled citizens
Most public transportation in the Philippines aren't friendly to persons with disabilities or PWDs. But Marikina City offers a solution — their PWD-friendly tricycle.Patty Pasion files this VLOG. -...
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