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Majority of Filipinos 'very happy' with love life, poll shows

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 14 12:42 PM

Majority of Filipinos are happy with their love life, according to a recent survey by SWS. Read more »

Priest justifies Otso Diretso's church visit in Camarines Sur

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 14 05:17 AM

The monsignor, who gave each of the 4 candidates a chance to deliver short messages to several parishioners before meeting them in a closed-door session, said the Church should not be maligned for participating in “voter education.” Read more »

Google Maps unveils 'Number Coding' to help motorists avoid restricted roads

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 13 04:13 PM

The feature was made possible by working with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), Google Philippines said. Read more »

Lovers, comrades! Forbidden love in North Korea finds a way in Vietnam

Reuters
Posted at Feb 13 03:13 PM

A young couple with matching expressions stare nervously into the camera with deep brown eyes. He, a Vietnamese student, has just met the love of his life. She, a North Korean, is forbidden to love him back. Read more »

De Lima's family welcomes Otso Diretso bets with feast in Iriga home

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 13 12:46 PM

IRIGA CITY - The family home of detained Sen. Leila de Lima in this quiet Bicol city bustled with activity Wednesday morning as her relatives and neighbors prepared to welcome seven opposition senatorial bets and lawyers who have helped in the lawmaker's case. Read more »

Joma Sison says summons from Manila 'malicious', 'futile'

Jofelle P. Tesorio, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau
Updated as of Feb 13 01:37 PM

UTRECHT, The Netherlands - Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria ‘Joma’ Sison said the recent resolution of a Manila court naming him as one of two individuals with “unassailable links” to the CPP and the New People’s Army (NPA) in the government’s "terrorist list" is another futile attempt to bring him to Manila. Read more »

Maharlika means noble? Not so, says historian

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 13 07:47 AM

Contrary to popular notion, the "Maharlika" does not mean "noble", a historian said Wednesday after President Rodrigo Duterte floated the idea of replacing the name of the Philippines with this term.    Read more »

Book on Battle of Manila launched at Ayala Museum

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 13 10:21 AM

MANILA - On the 74th anniversary of the bloody Battle of Manila, American author James Scott launched Tuesday his book, “Rampage (MacArthur, Yamashita and the Battle of Manila),” an account of the month-long battle between American and Filipino forces and the Imperial Japanese Army.  Read more »

How a Philippine regulator stymied DowDuPont's global seed launch

Rod Nickel and Tom Polansek, Reuters
Updated as of Feb 13 01:25 AM

A Philippine regulator poses an unexpected obstacle to DowDuPont's launch of a new line of genetically engineered soybeans in the United States as the company challenges Bayer AG's decades-long dominance of the US seed market. Read more »

'Helpless, scared': Mom shares how daughter battled measles

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 06:32 PM

While highly preventable with immunization, measles remains as a deadly disease, especially for very young children.   Read more »

Sri Lanka hiring hangmen, inspired by Philippines' war on drugs

Shihar Aneez, Reuters
Updated as of Feb 12 10:36 PM

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka began advertising for hangmen this week, as the country's president pushes ahead with a hardline policy, modeled on the Philippines, to combat drug trafficking.   Read more »

Opposition senatorial bet Samira Gutoc prays for Duterte’s 'health and humor'

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 12:22 PM

Opposition senatorial candidate Samira Gutoc on Tuesday started her campaign by gathering about 50 Muslims in Caloocan City to pray for President Rodrigo Duterte’s “health and humor.” Read more »

Honestbee pushes virtual grocery carts in smartphone country Philippines

Joel Guinto, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 11:30 AM

Gonzalez heads the Philippine operations of honestbee, a Southeast Asian grocery and food delivery platform where smartphone-wielding and traffic-weary Filipinos fueled 700-percent year on year growth at the end of 2018. Read more »

BI unit wants Chinese woman in 'taho' tantrum deported

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 11:06 AM

The legal division of the Bureau of Immigration recommended the filing of a deportation of the Chinese student who threw soybean curd drink (taho) at a police officer, the agency said Tuesday. Read more »

Animal bureau fears 'big damage' if swine fever reaches PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 09:06 AM

An outbreak of African swine fever in Japan will cause "big damage" if it reaches the Philippines, the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) said Tuesday following a ban on all pork products from the East Asian nation. Read more »

Adult patient dies due to measles complications: health expert

David Dizon, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 11 04:42 PM

It is not just children who are dying due to complications from measles.  Read more »

Good news: Cops, soldiers, Coast Guard men get 20 pct discount on all public buses

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 11 11:49 AM

Uniformed personnel can avail of a 20-percent discount on all public utility buses starting Monday, Feb.11, the Department of Transportation said.  Read more »

MRT cop doused with 'taho' gets medal

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 11 10:36 AM

The Philippine National Police on Monday lauded an officer who was drenched with a cup of taho by a Chinese woman at the MRT-3. Read more »

Michelle Obama makes surprise appearance at Grammy Awards

Gina Cherelus, Reuters
Posted at Feb 11 09:58 AM

Former US first lady Michelle Obama made a surprise appearance during the opening address at the 61st Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday and was met with a standing ovation from the star-studded crowd. Read more »

Ballots for May polls boast security upgrade: Comelec

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 11 09:28 AM

Additional security features will be implemented in the ballots for May's midterm elections, the Commission on Elections said Monday.   Read more »