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Bato eyes 'POGO zone' to prevent crimes

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 27 06:51 PM

Crimes related to POGOs happened because authorities failed to guard them due to limited access to their facilities, Sen. Bato Dela Rosa said. Read more »

Drop 'politically-motivated' charges vs De Lima, Bello: group

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 27 06:47 PM

Free Leila Committee Convenor Atty. Tony La Vina expects de Lima to be released from detention in around a month. Read more »

Art Fair PH’s biggest achievement on its 10th year

ANCX Staff
Updated as of Jan 27 06:35 PM

This February marks the fair’s 10th year. Organizer Trickie Lopa looks back on how it all started and what it’s achieved Read more »

In a first, German parliament spotlights Nazis' LGBTQ victims

Deborah Cole, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 27 03:21 PM

The German parliament will for the first time on Friday focus its annual Holocaust memorial commemorations on people persecuted and killed for their sexual or gender identity. Read more »

NBA: James, Antetokounmpo will captain NBA All-Star teams

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 27 10:58 AM

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James and Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo will captain the NBA All-Star Game teams next month after final voting that saw Philadelphia star Joel Embiid fail to earn a starting spot. Read more »

Plans to scrap religious holiday angers Danes

Camille Bas-Wohlert, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 27 11:47 AM

The Danish government's plan to abolish a public holiday to help fund the defense budget amid the war in Ukraine is putting Denmark's cherished welfare model at risk. Read more »

Variants milder: Expert lists more reason to lift COVID health emergency

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 27 08:05 AM

Fewer hospitalizations and weaker omicron variants are just some of the reasons why the lifting of the public health emergency is possible, a member of the government's vaccine expert panel said Friday. Read more »

Ukraine grain harvest set to fall further this year

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 27 07:22 AM

Ukraine's harvest of grains and oilseeds will see further declines this year as Russia's invasion drags on, an industry official warned. Read more »

Canada to send four combat-ready Leopard tanks to Ukraine

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 27 06:30 AM

Canada said Thursday it will join the United States, Germany and other countries in supplying heavy tanks to Ukraine to fight off Russian forces. Read more »

S.Africa to send more than 100 cheetahs to India

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 27 06:11 AM

South Africa said Thursday that it had reached a deal to transfer more than 100 cheetahs to India as part of an ambitious project to reintroduce the spotted cats in the south Asian country. Read more »

White Castle Whisky closes chapter on an old formula

ANC Staff
Updated as of Jan 26 09:48 PM

“There’s tradition,” says Aaron Limpe-Aw. “But if it doesn’t work anymore, [you have to change].” Read more »

NASA to test nuclear-powered spacecraft by 2027

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Jan 26 10:47 AM

NASA and the defense research agency DARPA believe they can safely use nuclear energy to power human spaceflight to the red planet. Read more »

This is book is not an adobo recipe book; it’s better

ANCX Staff
Posted at Jan 26 10:27 AM

“Adobo is not a recipe, it’s a feeling, it’s a moment in time,” says chef Charles Olalia, one of many who shared their personal adobo recipes in a new book from Claude Tayag Read more »

US, Germany announce tanks for Ukraine as battle intensifies

Sebastian Smith with Susannah Walden near Soledar, Ukraine, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 26 08:25 AM

The United States and Germany on Wednesday announced deliveries of top-of-the-line tanks to Ukraine, sweeping aside their longstanding misgivings and signaling a new surge of Western support for an expected counteroffensive against the Russian invasion. Read more »

US teacher shot by 6-year-old sues school

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 26 07:48 AM

An attorney for the US teacher shot by a six-year-old student announced a lawsuit against school authorities Wednesday, saying they ignored multiple warnings over the threat. Read more »

Trump to be allowed back on Facebook, Instagram

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 26 07:15 AM

Meta announced Tuesday that it would soon reinstate with "new guardrails" former president Donald Trump's accounts on Facebook and Instagram, which have been banned since the US Capitol riot in January 2021. Read more »

Trafficked OFWs detail ordeal as 'crypto scamners'

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 26 12:28 AM

They were already in Cambodia when they learned that they will work as scammers. Read more »

Cayetano hits lack of women, youth voices at Bato's ROTC hearing

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 09:02 PM

During the hearing, Sen. Pia Cayetano first noticed that most of the invited resource persons were men. Read more »

PH can explore joint patrols with China, says expert

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 08:34 PM

The Philippines may explore joint patrols with China in the South China Sea based on certain areas of cooperation, a Chinese studies expert said. Read more »

Why this Biñan barbershop was a hot topic on Twitter

RHIA GRANA
Updated as of Jan 25 06:24 PM

The little-known Barbierro was a hot topic on Twitter when someone called it out for claiming it’s the Philippines' first queer barberya Read more »