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Kampanya kontra pangongopya ng isang guro, patok sa social media

Nico Delfin, ABS-CBN News
Dec 04 10:25 PM | Updated Dec 04 11:16 PM

Umani ng papuri ang ginagawang anti-cheating campaign ng isang 29 anyos na guro nang mai-post sa social media ang mga litrato ng kanyang mga estudyante na nagsusuot ng nakakatuwang mga sombrero habang nasa exam sa isang paaralan sa Bayawan City, Negros Oriental. Read more »

End of an error: Full stop for UK apostrophe society

Agence France-Presse
Dec 03 02:52 PM

LONDON, United Kingdom - Britain's Apostrophe Protection Society is closing down, its founder has announced, saying it had sadly lost the fight against "ignorance and laziness". Read more »

Japanese man, 71, arrested for 'making 24,000 complaint calls'

Agence France-Presse
Dec 03 01:17 PM

A Japanese pensioner has been arrested after ringing a phone company 24,000 times to complain they had violated his contract, police and local media reported.   Read more »

This story has legs: Cambodia 'bug cafe' serves up insect tapas

Joe Freeman, Agence France-Presse
Nov 29 11:55 AM

SIEM REAP, Cambodia – Ant spring rolls, silkworm taro croquettes and a "bug mac" -- Cambodia's first insect tapas restaurant is mixing cocktail culture with creepy crawler fare.   Read more »

Homemade helicopter puts fresh spin on Indonesia traffic woes

Agence France-Presse
Nov 28 12:18 PM

SUKABUMI - Indonesia's notorious traffic gridlock has been known to send commuters into a spin, but one man has decided to rise above the daily grind -- by building his very own helicopter. Read more »

Trump strips away truth with hunky topless photo tweet

Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Nov 28 07:55 AM

WASHINGTON - Days after causing alarm with an unscheduled trip to the hospital, President Donald Trump tweeted a photo-shopped image of himself Wednesday as a rippling, bare-chested boxer. Read more »

Mga asong kalye sa Laurel, huhulihin para ligtas ang cycling events ng SEA Games

ABS-CBN News
Nov 28 01:08 AM

BATANGAS—Inirekomenda ng lokal na pamahalaan ng Laurel, Batangas ang paghuli sa mga asong kalye na posibleng magdulot ng aksidente sa mga cycling event ng 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games. Read more »

LOOK: Human-powered Ferris wheels in Myanmar

Agence France-Presse
Nov 27 10:32 AM | Updated Nov 27 10:33 AM

As ear-splitting techno pumps out from the fairground, the team of lithe youngsters coax captivated onlookers onto their Ferris ride, hamster-wheeling it round to fill up the baskets. Read more »

Indian doctors remove giant 7.4 kilo kidney from man

Agence France-Presse
Nov 26 07:42 AM

Indian surgeons have cut a kidney weighing the same as a bowling ball out of a man with a life-threatening genetic condition, a surgeon said Monday.   Read more »

SAPUL SA CCTV: Kawatan underwear lang ang suot nang manloob ng bahay

ABS-CBN News
Nov 23 07:55 PM

Arestado ang isang lalaking nagtangkang magnakaw nang walang suot kung hindi underwear. Read more »

Kin bring corpse to insurance firm to claim burial insurance

Agence France-Presse
Nov 22 11:53 AM

JOHANNESBURG - Angered by foot-dragging by an insurance company in paying out for a burial policy, a family in South Africa took matters into their own hands -- they hauled the corpse to the company's offices. Read more »

He 'loves your ass': ambassador reveals 'Trump-speak'

Agence France-Presse
Nov 22 10:43 AM

WASHINGTON - Among the revelations Wednesday in the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump -- an ambassador revealed how he employs profanity-laden 'Trump-speak' in hopes of relating to the US president. Read more »

ChickTok: Indonesian kids given pets to wean them off smartphones

Agence France-Presse
Nov 21 08:51 PM

Officials in one Indonesian city have hatched a plan to wean children off smartphones -- by giving them their own fluffy chicks to raise.   Read more »

Eroplano pinaaayos dahil 'nangangamoy basang medyas'

ABS-CBN News
Nov 19 12:11 PM | Updated Nov 19 12:43 PM

Pinaaayos sa bansang France ang isang eroplano mula sa teritoryo ng New Caledonia matapos ireklamo ng cabin crew na nangangamoy-basang medyas umano ito.  Read more »

'Ube man': Magsasaka sa Benguet nakahukay ng dambuhalang white ube

Micaella Ilao, ABS-CBN News
Nov 15 07:58 PM

Huwebes nang mahukay ng magsasakang si Homer Menzi ang isang 6-talampakang white ube na may bigat na 28 kilo.  Read more »

Too 'dead' for prison? US court not persuaded

Agence France-Presse
Nov 12 03:02 AM

An inmate serving life for murder in the US state of Iowa offered a novel legal appeal, saying he should be released because he "died" four years ago.   Read more »

Thai video game addict natagpuang patay sa harap ng computer

ABS-CBN News
Nov 11 01:34 PM

Natagpuang patay sa harap ng kaniyang computer ang isang teenager sa Thailand na ugali umanong maglaro ng computer games sa magdamag, ayon sa ulat. Read more »

Russian goat who made unlikely friends with tiger dies

Agence France-Presse
Nov 08 09:32 PM

The goat died of natural causes, but his health deteriorated following an altercation with a male Siberian tiger he unexpectedly befriended in 2015. Read more »

Russian pilot probed after handing controls to passenger

Agence France-Presse
Nov 07 11:06 PM

Russian investigators on Thursday launched a probe following social media posts by a woman who boasted about flying a passenger plane without training after the pilot gave her the controls. Read more »

Croatian footballer in trouble for killing chicken on pitch

Agence France-Presse
Nov 07 03:30 AM

ZAGREB, Croatia—A Croatian animal rights group said Wednesday it would file charges against a local footballer who kicked a chicken to death during a semi-professional match over the weekend. Read more »

Put down that phone! This device may help internet-addicted

Angie Teo and Sekar Nasly Bani Putri, Reuters
Nov 07 12:02 AM

JAKARTA - From browsing social media to watching videos and chatting with friends, Indonesian university student Tyas Sisianindita spends about eight hours a day on her phone.  Read more »

Dying for a better life: South Koreans fake their funerals for life lessons

Daewoung Kim and Youngseo Choi, Reuters
Nov 06 09:25 AM

SEOUL - A South Korean service is offering free funerals - but only to the living. Read more »

Rogue elephant named after Bin Laden kills 5 villagers in India

Agence France-Presse
Nov 02 12:14 AM

The male elephant, dubbed "Laden" by locals after the late Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, killed the people on Tuesday night in Assam state. Read more »

US students called suicide hotline but instead got sex line

Agence France-Presse
Nov 01 06:55 AM | Updated Nov 01 07:36 AM

LOS ANGELES, United States—Officials from a California school district were left red-faced after students who dialed a suicide prevention hotline listed on their ID badges instead stumbled on a sex line. Read more »

Kaybiang Tunnel sa Cavite, balot ng kababalaghan?

April Magpantay, ABS-CBN News
Oct 31 01:48 AM

Naka-ugalian na ng mga rider at turistang ang bumusina habang dumadaan sa 300 metrong Kaybiang Tunnel sa Ternate, Cavite.   Read more »