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After a brief stop in the Philippines, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach revealed her next destination as part of her duties as the reigning Miss Universe.

Australian actor Chris Hemsworth rewarded an American teenager who returned a wallet he lost while having a dinner at a Los Angeles restaurant.

By Judy Ann N. Dinopol Cebu City – A telecommunications firm said a team of experts will be on red alert two days before election day to ensure that transmission of data from Vote Counting Machines (VCMs) will be seamless. Globe Telecom Senior Vice President for Network Technologies Strategy, Emmanuel Estrada said the transmission of data during the May 9 elections will be a priority since the VCM machines will be served by either Globe, Sun or Smart networks. As this developed, Estrada, said Globe... Читать дальше...

President Aquino did not miss an opportunity to campaign for administration bets Mar Roxas and Leni Robredo at the 68th Commencement Exercises of the Manuel L. Quezon University (MLQU) yesterday afternoon. In his speech at the MLQU Commencement Exercises yesterday, President Aquino said the Roxas and Robredo tandem are the two qualified people for the posts of president and vice president, respectively. “Let us look at the qualifications. I would like to take this opportunity, you know that I am... Читать дальше...

Taking reference on the 2008 Chevron case, former Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo has formally lodged his plea with the Commission on Audit (COA) calling for an investigation of the P200-million pay-off or rewards money to informers of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) for shipped petroleum products.

Only a Duterte administration would be able to put an end to the pernicious “tanim-bala’’ (bullet-planting) operation at the airports, said Senate Majority Leader Alan Peter S. Cayetano, the runningmate of presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. This bullet planting scheme persists in an atmosphere of a failed government as there are those who profit from such an objectionable practice, Cayetano said. Cayetano issued the statement following another “tanim-bala” incident last Tuesday... Читать дальше...

ARGAO, CEBU – Initial estimate of the damage brought about by the dry spell phenomenon El Niño to Cebu’s agriculture sector has reached P186 million, according to the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO).

A cappella group Pinopela and all-female vocal trio Baihana hope to inspire and bring in more Pinoy talents through the Philippine Contemporary A Cappella Society (PCAS), that aims to help a cappella singers with music education and opportunities.

Every 53 minutes, a Filipino woman or child is raped, a recent study of a research and training institution revealed yesterday. This is a “fact, not a joke,” that needs government action to address the issue, according to the Center for Women’s Resources (CWR), a research and training institution established in 1982. “Reducing the issue of rape to ridicule is alarming because the reality shows that every 53 minutes, a woman or child is raped. Everybody cringes with such information. Every woman or girl feels unsafe. Читать дальше...

For Filipinos, young and old, nothing says summer more than fiestas and outdoor picnics. At every turn, food is the focus of gatherings, from the small ones to feasts for hundreds.

Having been given access to all areas of Madrid Fusion Manila 2016 yet having only a day to go around, as I was flying out, was

Four months after settling on a plan to stave off calamitous global warming, more than 160 nations gather in New York Friday to ink the pact whose execution demands a radical overhaul of the global economy.

Visa is upgrading its software to process chip-embedded credit and debit cards to function faster — addressing a source of grumbling from businesses and customers who are often forced to wait for transactions to go through.

STOCKHOLM — Sweden's Princess Sofia has given birth to a baby boy.

CAGAYAN DE ORO -- After two weeks of continuous cloud seeding, rains finally saturated Mt. Kitanglad dousing out the fires that threatened the 47, 270-hectare national park in Bukidnon, officials said.

Seeking to end the blame game on the Yolanda devastation, House Independent Bloc and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez said former Interior Secretary and Liberal Party standard bearer Mar Roxas "did his honest best and risk his life" when he was in Tacloban on November 8, 2013.

UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Tuesday that Morocco's expulsion of most of the U.N. peacekeeping mission's civilian staff in the disputed Western Sahara will likely be exploited by "terrorist and radical elements" and could lead to full-scale war.

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has been pulled out of UFC 200 as announced by president Dana White recently on the SportsCenter. "The Notorious" was originally scheduled to face lightweight Nate Diaz in a rematch of UFC 196.

Megawide Construction Corporation posted a 66 percent jump in consolidated net income to P1.47 billion in 2015 from P887 million in 2014, bolstered by the strong performance of its core construction business and the first year of operations in Mactan-Cebu International Airport.

"I never said I apologize."

Max’s Group, Inc. (MGI) intends to venture into Singapore, a major food and beverage hub in Southeast Asia.