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A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck Quezon province at around 7 p.m. Wednesday, with shocks felt in many cities in Metro Manila. …
The Philippine National Police (PNP) hopes to procure more than 2,500 police vehicles in a bid to increase police visibility and improve their movement nationwide. …
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has completed re-provisioning and rotation of troops in the disputed Spratly group of islands without interference from China. …
Tropical Storm “Emong” may be on its way out of the country but experts say the weather won’t be improving until next week. …
Makati City is set to fully implement a ban on plastics and other non-biodegradable packaging materials, prompting business groups to warn about similar measures’ impact on jobs. …
Amid heavy downpour caused by a tropical storm's impact on the southwest monsoon, the weather bureau's top official official quit his post. …
While other Pinoys in the metro complain about floods, a group reportedly intentionally blocks waterways to cause floods in some areas, officials said. …
“Disasters disproportionally affect the poor, vulnerable, and marginalized,” the World Bank said, as it urged countries to focus more on addressing risks of natural hazards. …
Killing poverty may be among the government's top agenda but most public funds actually went to prisoners than on poor families last year, data show. …
Pinoys are the world’s top gin drinkers and the third rum consumers, a report from The Economist said, citing data from International Wine and Spirit Research. …
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A Chinese supercomputer is the fastest in the world, according to survey results announced Monday, comfortably overtaking a US machine which now ranks second. …
LONDON (Reuters) - China's Huawei unveiled its flagship smartphone, the Ascend P6, at its first standalone launch event on Tuesday, underlining its ambitions to compete with Apple and Samsung in the top tier of mobile technology. The company says the device, at 6.18 mm thick, is the world's slimmest. It has a 5 megapixel front-facing camera, designed for taking "selfies", or pictures of the owner to be shared on social media networks. The company picked the launch date - 6/18 (June 18) - to tie …
“Emong” has further strengthened into a tropical storm on Tuesday noon, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) reported. …
Manila, Philippines --- The Philippines received plaudits during the third annual conference on the South China Sea hosted recently by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC, for bringing its territorial dispute with China over the West Philippine Sea to a United Nations-backed tribunal. …
Manila, Philippines --- Who's afraid of their wives? …
During the rare times when she's not online, Janie Octia spends her time …
Sportscaster, philantrophist, wanna-be photog, athlete-ish, sports lover, adventure …
Sports lover. Sports writer. Sports analyst. Sports event organizer. Sports …
He loves writing as much as music. Always wanted to be a rockstar. Well, he's …
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — A woman says she and her 5-year-old developmentally disabled daughter were thrown out of a theater during a "Beauty and the Beast" performance because the girl was making giggling and humming noises she makes when she's happy. …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It looks to be a baby girl for Kim Kardashian and her rapper boyfriend Kanye West. Or does it? …
Singapore's smog crisis from Indonesian forest fires worsened Wednesday as air pollution levels reached a 16-year high, triggering a run on medical masks and angry complaints from foreign tourists and locals. …