17+ hour, 48+ min ago   (602+ words) MANILA, Philippines — The air-raid sirens wail five or six times a day in Ukraine, sending Ukrainians to bomb shelters. But between the blaring sounds of danger, life goes on in the Eastern European country that has been fighting a Russian…...

17+ hour, 48+ min ago   (303+ words) BACOLOD CITY, Philippines — The Negros Occidental provincial government is setting aside P411 million for disaster risk reduction and management programs in 2027, as the United Sugar Producers Federation (Unifed) seeks additional national funding to expand cloud-seeding operations. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said…...

1+ day, 5+ min ago   (405+ words) VENICE, Italy – US actor John Malkovich won his first major film festival award Saturday at Venice for his star turn as a cynical CIA agent with a troubled conscience in "Wild Horse Nine." The 72-year-old character actor has been stirring…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (286+ words) CORON, Philippines (Updated 9:41 a.m.) — The death toll from the ferry fire off Coron, Palawan climbed to 76 on Saturday night after the Philippine Coast Guard confirmed the discovery of 41 more bodies aboard the burnt-out M/V June Aster, as authorities began the…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (194+ words) NEW YORK, United States — Princess Diana's famous "revenge dress" that she wore on the evening that then-Prince Charles made a public admission of adultery is to be auctioned in New York in December. Diana wore the daring off-the-shoulder gown to…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (247+ words) MANILA, Philippines — Up to 43 police officers and activists were injured while five others were arrested yesterday during a protest outside a Taguig hotel where President Marcos was speaking at the Luzon Economic Corridor Investment Forum. Over 300 activists trooped outside the…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (777+ words) MANILA, Philippines — A passenger ferry caught fire off Coron in Palawan Wednesday night, leaving five dead and 86 missing. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is not discounting the possibility that other victims remain trapped inside passenger and roll-on roll-off ship MV…...

5+ day, 37+ min ago   (357+ words) MANILA, Philippines — Three suspects linked to the 2023 killing of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo were convicted in separate cases involving illegal possession of firearms, ammunition and explosives, the Department of Justice said Wednesday, September 9. In a statement, the DOJ said…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (562+ words) MANILA, Philippines — Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. assailed Chinese officials in Seoul after receiving a surprise message from them onstage while mid-answer at a regional defense summit. Teodoro was taking a question about Chinese gray-zone coercion in the South China…...

5+ day, 41+ min ago   (278+ words) MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will attend the 18th BRICS Summit in India on September 12 and 13, where he plans to take the Philippines' priorities as this year's ASEAN chair to a bloc of the world's biggest emerging economies. Marcos and…...