9+ hour, 45+ min 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…...

2+ day, 10+ 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…...

2+ day, 18+ 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…...

2+ day, 18+ 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…...

4+ day, 1+ hour 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…...

4+ day, 7+ 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…...

4+ day, 1+ hour 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…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (528+ words) In a video message last Monday, Vice President Sara Duterte talked about certain kinds of “real pressure” being borne – not by her, she swore. The “real pressure,” VP Sara bewailed, is being made to bear upon all of us Filipinos....

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (247+ words) MANILA, Philippines — Police rescued an Indian national allegedly kidnapped by five Indians in Las Piñas over the weekend. The victim, a 24-year-old male medical student, was rescued near the city hall along Alabang-Zapote Road in Barangay Pamplona Tres. During the operation,…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (410+ words) CEBU, Philippines — About 20 million children aged 12 to 17 — or one in five across 21 countries — have experienced technology-facilitated sexual exploitation and abuse, according to a new report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The report, Through Children’s Eyes: How Digital Technologies…...