MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) forecast somewhat hot Sunday weather and possible localized thunderstorms in a large part of Luzon…
CALOOCAN City Rep. Edgar Erice on Friday urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to halt unprogrammed appropriations releases that violate the Supreme Court’s recent budget…
THE Chinese Embassy in Manila and Philippine Coast Guard spokesman Jay Tarriela continued to trade barbs over the weekend, with each suggesting the other party was “ignorant.” In a social media post, the embassy reacted…
A GROUP of motorcycle taxi riders has pressed for its recognition, as its members have promised to comply with all the requirements for them to be able to continue earning a living legally. Jayson Luna, Motor Taxi Rider…
PROSECUTORS at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have asked judges to admit the prior recorded testimony and written expert report of four witnesses in the case against former president Rodrigo Duterte, saying the…
LONGTIME journalist and political columnist Philip Lustre Jr. was arrested for cyber libel by the Quezon City Police on Saturday. Lustre was arrested at Dapo Restaurant while attending the Saturday News Forum hosted by…
(UPDATED) VETERAN journalist and political columnist Philip Lustre Jr. was released from jail Saturday night after posting ₱48,000 bail in a cyber libel case from Davao City. Lustre was arrested at Dapo Restaurant…
THE Land Transportation Office (LTO) said its “Oplan Biyaheng Ayos (Operation Safe and Orderly Travel)–Undas 2026,” for All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day was in effect. ”The LTO will continue conducting inspections…
THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has issued guidelines on compensation for heat-related illnesses among workers exposed to excessive heat during El Niño. In a statement issued on Friday, DOLE said Labor…
THE Private Sector Advisory Council-Healthcare Sector (PSAC Healthcare) has urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to expand health care access to vulnerable sectors of society. ”Our goal is to make health care more…
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Philippines has called for stronger and more accurate media reporting on the country’s HIV response. ”Behind every statistic is a person, a family and a community. The media has…
SENATE President Sherwin Gatchalian has sounded the alarm over a persistent crisis in the country’s basic education sector, revealing that nearly half of all public schools nationwide are currently operating without an…
CITING the heavy economic toll of soaring electricity and fuel prices on small entrepreneurs, Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce and Entrepreneurship Chairman Bam Aquino called on the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)…
THE Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF), or the Pag-IBIG Fund, reported on Saturday a dramatic surge in socialized housing financing in the first nine months of 2026 after the rollout of the 3-percent home loan rate…
THE Supreme Court, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) have agreed to establish a centralized repository of authenticated foreign divorce laws and annulment of marriage to…
THE University of Santo Tomas (UST) is safe after the Philippine National Police (PNP) found no bomb on campus, school officials said on Friday. In a statement, the university confirmed the police finding in an advisory…
ACT Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio on Saturday questioned the timing of Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte’s cyberlibel complaints against GMA Network executives and journalists, linking the move to reports on…
SENATE Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Panfilo Lacson on Saturday revealed that he had rejected a P5-million “allocation fund” offer from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda), which was…
Authorities discovered approximately 1,600 master cases of cigarettes without Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) tax stamps, valued at ₱175 million, at a private port and compound in Palauig, Zambales, on Oct. 20, 2026…
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte — Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) Chairman Secretary Dante “Klink” Ang II spearheaded a massive multi-agency mobilization here, detailing a progressive framework to elevate global…
MANILA — The Three Acts of Goodness (TAG) School Grant Program concluded its series of educational activities from Oct. 22 to 24, marking a full decade of promoting values education to more than 500 public schools…
COTABATO CITY — The interim Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Parliament adjourned its final legislative sessionon Oct. 22, concluding a seven-year appointed term during which three successive sets of…
LAPU-LAPU CITY — At least 3,670 security and medical personnel are securing Lapu-Lapu City as the Philippines prepares to host regional defense meetings involving Asean member states from Oct. 26 to 30. The Philippine…
ILOILO CITY — The Iloilo provincial government will have P7.86 billion to spend in 2027, up nearly P1 billion from this year, following the provincial board’s approval of its annual budget on Wednesday. The approved…
BAGUIO CITY — Legarda Road, one of the Summer Capital’s main thoroughfares, is expected to reopen to two-way traffic on Monday following the completion of concrete pouring works and the required curing period. Mayor…
DAVAO CITY — Sen. Bong Go assisted 79 families affected by a fire in Barangay 76-A Bucana, Talomo District, Davao City, during a visit on Oct. 22. The fire struck the densely populated community on Oct. 16, leaving…
ZAMBOANGA CITY — Local authorities are scrambling to contain the economic and public health crisis as severe dry weather inflicted over P1.5 million in initial crop damage while a deadly dengue epidemic continues to…
CEBU CITY — The discovery of Isaac Vergel Viernes’ skeletal remains beneath a cement-covered patch of ground in a vacant lot in Barangay Pahina Central has led police to arrest two principal suspects in the 24-year-old…
SEN. Joel Villanueva urged the Department of Agriculture and the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) on Oct. 22 to strengthen meat safety enforcement and provide local governments with the necessary equipment…
THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) expects to complete by January or February next year the rehabilitation and construction of flood control structures in Calumpit, Bulacan, as the government moves to…
TUGUEGARAO CITY — An endangered Northern Luzon giant cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus), also known as “kurimaong,” was rescued after it was found weak and injured in a rice field in Zone 1, Barangay Cabatacan East, Lasam…
CALAMBA, Misamis Occidental — A teacher in Calamba town is using Subanen orthography to help preserve the dialect and traditions of the province’s Indigenous peoples (IPs). Jessiel Tagapan of Mamalad Elementary School…
NEW YORK — American Express (AmEx) announced on Friday it is cutting 5 percent of its global workforce, or around 3,800 jobs, while it revamps operations as artificial intelligence (AI) roils the payment industry. The…
EVERY time I am with friends who have not seen me for a long time, they always remark that I have lost weight and have become leaner. I quite understand them, because from a high of 176 pounds three years ago, I am now…
FRANKFURT, Germany — Volkswagen workers on Friday threatened strikes from January unless Europe’s top automaker reverses a recent cancellation of wage deals by the end of next week. The dispute over planned cutbacks…
FASHION group Hugo Boss will become a subsidiary of Mike Ashley-controlled Frasers after the British retailer on Friday raised its stake in the German company to more than 50 percent. Frasers, which made a failed €2…
LONDON ─ Chinese fast-fashion giant Shein has agreed to pay $100 million to settle an investigation by the US Federal Trade Commission over delivery delays and other customer complaints, a source with direct knowledge…
THE PHILIPPINES had 95.9 million internet users in October 2026, representing 81.3 percent of the population, while social media use continued to account for a substantial share of online activity, according to the…
SCROLL through any online shop or creator page this month, and you will likely see a small square with a QR (quick response) code. It is the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Registration Seal Badge, and online sellers…
WHEN a company announces record profits, expands its operations, or receives recognition for its sustainability practices, these are usually seen as signs of success. Investors welcome the returns, employees gain…
AI AGENTS are entering enterprise production environments faster than organizations are developing the identity-security controls needed to govern them, according to SailPoint’s The Horizons of Identity Security…
UNIVERSITY of the Philippines Diliman academics and science advocates questioned the potential environmental and economic effects of the proposed US-led Pax Silica industrial hub in Tarlac during a forum on Monday, Oct…
TELECOMMUNICATIONS and entertainment accounted for 45 percent of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks recorded in the Philippines from January to August 2026, with attacks against telecommunications networks…
CUSTOMERS gathered at Robinsons Magnolia on Oct. 15, 2026, for the midnight launch of Apple's iPhone 18 Pro, with activities leading up to the smartphone's availability in the Philippines at 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 16. Held…
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Flights resumed at Riyadh's international airport on Sunday following a series of deadly attacks on the facility that saw it closed for two weeks, even as Yemen's Houthis targeted the country with…
MADRID — Thousands of sheep and goats thronged the streets of the Spanish capital on Sunday, drawing large crowds of tourists and locals alike to watch an annual festival recreating the pastoral practice of moving…
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian officials have disputed claims by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk that the country’s military violated Starlink’s terms of service by using the civilian satellite internet network for offensive drone…
LONDON — The second of two storms to hit the U.K. this weekend brought widespread travel disruptions and power outages to Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England on Sunday. The Met Office, the U.K.'s national…
MADRID — Police made 128 arrests overnight in Barcelona for acts of "vandalism," damage to public property" and "looting," the regional Catalan police said on Sunday. Seventy-three of those arrested were minors, with…
NEW DELHI, India — Indian protesters angry over a proposed Himalayan mega-dam, intended to counter an upstream Chinese hydropower project, have clashed with police and torched buildings, officials said. The violence in…
NEW YORK, United States — The Archdiocese of New York said Saturday it had agreed to a settlement in which the church would pay more than $800 million to hundreds of victims of sexual abuse by clergy. The agreement, to…
NEW YORK, United States — The Archdiocese of New York said Saturday it had agreed to a settlement in which the church would pay more than $800 million to hundreds of victims of sexual abuse by clergy. The agreement, to…
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited China on Saturday, inaugurating a new bridge that connects the two countries and vowing to expand cooperation with his powerful neighbor. Kim’s visit to China…
SEOUL — The latest installment of the "Call of Duty" video game franchise, featuring a full-scale North Korean invasion of South Korea, has topped sales charts in the would-be target, even as real-life border tensions…
Reminding yourself to smile often can not only make more friendships but it can also make you feel better. And rather than wait for a reason to smile, just making the physical change of literally turning that frown…
LONDON — British police confirmed Saturday that they passed a letter about alleged offending by the father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, to her in 2019, but said it did not share details with other law enforcement…
BERLIN — A fire swept through the mountaintop retreat built for Adolf Hitler and known as the Eagle's Nest as emergency services struggled to tackle the blaze in snow and wind, and a man was arrested on suspicion of…
A small city in southern Ukraine, cut off for months by fighting, is set to get a brief pause in the 4 1/2-year-old war so that aid can get in and residents can get out. U.S. first lady Melania Trump brokered the…
SAO PAULO — Final arguments to voters in Brazil's presidential election were made Saturday, the eve of the runoff between incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro. Tens of thousands of…
PARIS, France — AFP has deployed reporters, photographers and video journalists in cities across France to document nationwide cost-of-living protests on Saturday. Here is a round-up of what they are witnessing as…
Former President Barack Obama on Saturday seized on what he described as cruelty and indecency coming from President Donald Trump and his Republican allies, stepping into one of the nation's ugliest midterm fights as he…
TEL AVIV — Thousands gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday for a large anti-government demonstration, three days ahead of a general election widely viewed as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The protest was…
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — US President Donald Trump on Saturday voted early in his home state of Florida for the November 3 midterm elections, in which his Republican Party is battling to maintain control of Congress…
TAIPEI — Emergency crews scrambled on Saturday to restore power to tens of thousands of homes in Taiwan after Typhoon Champi’s fierce winds battered the island, with the storm moving towards China and Japan. Authorities…
SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged his military to train to become the strongest in the world at a two-day meeting of company commanders in Pyongyang, state media said Saturday. Kim’s call for what he dubbed…
BEIJING — President Xi Jinping and other top members of China’s ruling Communist Party will meet in Beijing on Monday for a crucial gathering that could hint at the country’s next generation of leaders. The fifth…
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited China in his first visit to the country in a year, according to South Korea’s Yonhap news agency. The agency cited an unidentified government source…
HEBRON, Palestinian Territories — Hazem Bader Israel’s military launched an operation in the occupied West Bank on Friday it said would last several days and include searches and building demolitions, after gunmen…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Iran has “substantially increased” its efforts to target Americans in the Middle East and beyond, US national intelligence chief Jay Clayton warned on Friday. The warning comes after Washington…
PARIS — France will deploy about 70,000 police nationwide as it braces for new protests on Saturday after some of the worst urban violence in years erupted on the sidelines of demonstrations a week ago. Protests by high…
BERLIN — German police said Saturday they had detained a suspect following a fire at Adolf Hitler’s mountain retreat, known as the Eagle’s Nest, in the state of Bavaria. Around 200 firefighters were deployed to tackle…
TEHRAN — Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian will meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow next week, Iranian media reported. Pezeshkian is due to visit Russia for a meeting of gas-exporting countries…
MANILA, Philippines — University of Santo Tomas weathered a fourth-set scare from Ateneo De Manila University to eke out a 25-16, 25-20, 21-25, 25-21, victory in the Round of 8 Pool F opener of the 2026 Shakey’s Super…
MANILA, Philippines — Carlos Yulo fell short in defending his vault title after placing second-to-last at the 2026 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Rotterdam on Sunday night (Manila time). The Olympic and…
PARIS, France — Moscow was announced Sunday as host of the 2030 world weightlifting championships, the sport's governing body becoming the first Olympic federation to hand Russia global staging rights since 2022. No…
MANILA, Philippines -- With Jacob Cortez sitting out due to a knee injury, Jc Macalalag powered De La Salle to a 92-80 win over University of Santo Tomas in the UAAP Season 89 men's basketball tournament at the Ateneo…
UAAP Season 89 Men’s Basketball Tournament La Salle def. UST, 92-80 Jc Macalalag Player of the game #UAAPSeason89
MANILA, Philippines -- University of the Philippines regained the solo lead in the UAAP Season 89 men's basketball team standings after blasting the University of the East, 101-70, at the Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym Sunday…
UAAP Season 89 Men’s Basketball Tournament UP def. UE, 101-70 Gani Stevens Player of the game #UAAPSeason89
HAENAM, South Korea — Yuri Yoshida won the LPGA South Korea tournament holding off Haeran Ryu and Hye-Jin Choi in a close finish at Pine Beach Golf Links on Sunday. It was Yoshida's first LPGA Tour victory and came in…
PHOENIX — Devin Booker scored 43 points, Miles Bridges added 16 and the Phoenix Suns won their home opener for the fifth straight season by beating the short-handed Golden State Warriors 131-122 on Saturday night. The…
With four games remaining in the elimination round and drifting on a six-game losing streak, University of Perpetual Help seeks to move higher in the Group B standings and make the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Season…
MANILA, Philippines — YOUNG swimming standout Jamesray Mishael Ajido will be the flag-bearer for a small Philippine contingent in the parade of athletes during the Opening Ceremony of the Fourth Youth Olympic Games…
DENVER — Nikola Jokic scored eight of his 35 points in overtime and finished with 15 rebounds and 10 assists, and the short-handed Denver Nuggets rallied from down 23 to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 141-135 on Saturday…
MANILA, Philippines -- IN the process of becoming the PBA’s all-time winningest coach, Tim Cone said he has learned to respect the game of basketball. And he did that again last Friday when Barangay Ginebra beat…
MANILA, Philippines — Savi Davison is aware that she carries much of the scoring load for the PLDT High Speed Hitters. The Filipino-Canadian gunner finished as the No.1 Best Scorer in the 2026 Premier Volleyball League…
MANILA, Philippines – Chanelle Avaricio brings a potent mix of winning momentum, growing confidence and proven course mastery into the ICTSI Apo Golf Classic, seeking back-to-back victories and a fourth title of the…
MANILA, Philippines — Filipina tennis ace Alex Eala teams up with Fil-American and 13-time doubles champ Desirae Krawczyk at the WTA 500 Tokyo Open doubles tournament. Eala and Krawczyk will face the Taiwanese-Japanese…
AUSTIN, United States — Runaway world championship leader Kimi Antonelli showed no nerves as he stormed to pole position with a perfectly-measured fastest lap in qualifying on Saturday for the United States Grand Prix…
MANILA, Philippines — A busy quadruple-header playdate kicks off the chase for the quarterfinals twice-to-beat advantage in the 2026 Shakey’s Super League (SSL) Unity Cup Round of 8 on Sunday at the Imus Sports Complex…
MANILA, Philippines — The defending champion Creamline notched its third straight victory after defeating the winless ZUS Coffee, 25-19, 16-25, 26-24, 25-17, in the 2026-27 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) All-Filipino…
FILIPINO tennis ace Alexandra “Alex” Eala will head to Japan for the WTA 500 Tokyo Open, the penultimate tournament of the 2026 season. The competition will run from Oct. 26 to Nov. 1. Eala, ranked 20th in the world…
THE Philippines ended its campaign in the 5th Asian Para Games in Nagoya, Japan, with only seven medals, consisting of two golds, two silvers and three bronzes, finishing 18th in the overall medal tally. It was a far…
DEFENDING champion TNT will be shooting for a strong start against Magnolia as both squads begin their PBA Season 50 Governors Cup best-of-five quarterfinal series on Sunday at the Ynares Center in Antipolo City. The…
LOS ANGELES, California — Jayson Tatum scored 36 points as the Boston Celtics defeated the New York Knicks, 107-103, to leave the NBA champions waiting for their first win of the season on Friday (Saturday in Manila)…
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin — Milwaukee captain Christian Yelich tripled in one run and scored another to lead the Brewers over Tampa Bay, 3-2, in Friday’s opening game of the 122nd World Series. Yelich did his damage in the…
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — American Skye Blakely kept her nerve on her closing routine on Friday (Saturday in Manila) to take her first solo gold in the individual all-around competition at the Artistic Gymnastics World…
OLYMPIC and world marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir has been provisionally suspended over a positive drug test for the banned substance EPO, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday. Jepchirchir won women’s…
DALLAS, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders are unionizing. The franchise has agreed to recognize the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Association as the collective bargaining representative for one of the most famous…
SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — Chandler Blanchet turned trouble off the tee into a birdie on the 18th hole, giving him a 4-under 67 on Friday and sharing the lead with Kensai Hirata of Japan going into what figures to be a…
LOUIS Oosthuizen one day, and then Ian Poulter and Tyrrell Hatton. The players departing from LIV Golf seem to be increasing by the day with a Sunday deadline potentially looming for other players to decide if they are…
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida — Ross Steelman worked in a golf repair shop during the winter in Missouri when he was in high school. He didn't own a new club until he was 14, instead rummaging through 50-gallon bins for…
GWANGJU, South Korea — Haeran Ryu had two eagles and birdied her final two holes for an 8-under 64 Friday to take a two-stroke lead after 36 holes of the LPGA South Korea tournament. No. 3-ranked Ryu had a two-round…
CHEONAN, South Korea — With his sights on the season-long Race to Dubai title, South African golfer Casey Jarvis shot 4-under 67 in the second round of the Genesis Championship to share the lead with Antoine Rozner in…
HOW much oversight can lawmakers do in under 20 minutes? The question is salient because Congress is the ultimate check on executive authority when it comes to matters of the purse. It is a solemn constitutional…
THE rate increase that the government granted to the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), the utility giant that earned more than P51 billion last year, was announced at about the same time a survey revealed its heartbreaking…
THE administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is facing yet another controversy. The Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional the 2024 and 2025 General Appropriations Acts (GAA) and portions of the 2026 GAA…
MY column about Energy Secretary Sharon Garin on Thursday (“Garin must go,” Oct. 22) received a reaction that surprised even me. Although I did anticipate some feedback, since the topic of calling for a Cabinet…
SEN. Robinhood “Robin” Padilla is, by far, one of the most colorful, recognized and polarizing lawmakers in the country today. Known for his onscreen “bad boy” roles during the turbulent early 1990s, Robin had also been…
AFTER it was rocked by protests, rioting and looting in its major cities, is France going the violent, explosive way prophesied in messages from Jesus, Mary and the saints to French stigmatist Marie-Julie Jahenny?…
BEHIND the facade of Philippine democracy lies a deeply entrenched oligarchy created during the Spanish and American colonial eras. An elite group of powerful families now rules the country after consolidating their…
THE speech of Singaporean diplomat Kishore Mahbubani at the Ateneo de Manila University on Oct. 2, 2026, focused on the rivalry between the United States and China. His warning was plain: the world is entering a…
THE meeting between United States Ambassador Lee Lipton and Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte on Oct. 22 may have been officially described as a courtesy call, but there is rarely such a thing as a purely…
THE government received a blunt verdict in Pulse Asia’s September survey. In it, 71 percent of Filipino adults named controlling inflation among the country’s three most urgent concerns, and 81 percent disapproved of…
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