Taipei (The China Post/ANN) - Police confirmed that a Philippine worker was attacked by four Taiwanese and beaten with iron sticks and baseball bats in Tainan City on May 16 following the recent heated dispute between Taiwan and the Philippines. More »Filipino assaulted by 4 Taiwanese in Tainan
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will proclaim more winners in the senatorial race Saturday night, amid criticisms of "premature" proclamations. More »Villar, Ejercito, Honasan named last Senators-elect
Follow the Commission on Elections' partial official results of the 2013 Senatorial elections. More »Elections 2013: Comelec partial official results #purplethumb
Now, she's coming. The daughter of Vice President Jejomar Binay will show up at her first proclamation as an elected official at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) Forum in Pasay City Saturday. More »Nancy Binay shows up at her proclamation
North Korea on Saturday launched three short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan, apparently as part of a military drill, South Korea's defence ministry said. More »N. Korea fires short-range missiles
For newly-proclaimed Senator Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan, this could be his last six years as senator. More »Why Honasan feels bittersweet at his proclamation
Unlike Senator-elect Nancy Binay, the wife of former Senate President Manuel “Manny” Villar is not feeling nervous about reporting for work in the Senate come July. More »Cynthia Villar ready for Senate duties
The winning candidates from the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) could only heave a sigh of relief. More »UNA bets happy for victory but sad for team mates' loss
Vindicated. This is how re-elected Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III felt when he showed up at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City for his proclamation on Saturday. More »Pimentel gets his first ever Comelec proclamation
Dagupan City (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - Filipinos have been refused service in restaurants and supermarkets, as tensions continue to rise over the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine Coast Guard in the Balintang Channel last week, said Amadito Perez Jr., chair of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (Meco). More »Filipinos no longer welcome in Taiwan restaurants
Taipei (The China Post/ANN) - The recent killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine Coast Guard has led to diplomatic tensions between Taiwan and Philippines, spawning a series of sanctions levied on the Philippine government by Taiwan. More »EDITORIAL: The anger of the Taiwanese cannot be so easily appeased
Dagupan City (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - The Philippines' de facto ambassador to Taiwan has advised thousands of Filipino workers there to eat at home and avoid the streets while emotions run high on the island over the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by Filipino coast guards last week. More »Filipino workers suffer harassment in Taiwan
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - If fans were charmed by the fictional Carrie Bradshaw, the lead character in the drama series "Sex and the City," the actress who portrayed the New York newspaper columnist and fashionista was just as charmed with Manila on her first visit to the country this week. More »Sarah Jessica Parker finds Manila exciting, interesting
By VERA FILES Can you do the math, and fast? Amid apprehensions over “untenable figures” used to proclaim the top nine senatorial candidates, a poll watchdog says there are two remaining ways to silence allegations of fraudulent results. The National … Continue reading More »Manual audit ‘only way’ to prove poll cheating
CANNES, France (AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival: More »Hot off the press: Seen and heard in Cannes
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande has signed into law a bill allowing same-sex marriage, making France the 14th country to legalise gay weddings. France's official journal announced on Saturday that the bill had become law after the Constitutional Council gave the go-ahead on Friday. The bill, a campaign pledge by the Socialist president, has been hotly contested in France where allowing gay marriage is one of the biggest social reforms since abolition of the death penalty in 1981. ... More »France's Hollande's signs gay marriage bill into law
Kristen Stewart is apparently dreaming about the "normal family life" she wants with Robert Pattinson. More »Kristen Stewart ‘wants normal life with Pattinson’
Manila, Philippines --- The Philippine government Saturday rejected Taiwan's allegations that the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) had intentionally murdered a Taiwanese fisherman whose death has triggered a major diplomatic spat. More »Gov’t rejects Taiwanese probers’ ‘Murder’ claim
By MARK MADRONA, VERA Files THE conduct of last Monday’s polls and the Commission on Election’s “arbitrary and highly irregular” decisions during the canvassing have turned the mid-term elections into a technology and political disaster, a coalition of poll watchdogs … Continue reading More »Mid-term election a technology and political disaster – watchdogs
Tokyo (AFP) - Japan's All Nippon Airways on Friday said a modified Dreamliner had experienced a fault earlier this month, but insisted it would not affect the restart of the high-tech planes. More »ANA reports fault on modified dreamliner