News

The ANC Brief: Sept. 26, 2018

ANC
Posted at Sep 26 12:24 AM

Another senator and fierce critic of President Duterte is jailed while the President himself suffers a dip in approval and trust ratings.  Read more »

Why Duterte allies' rankings dropped in latest senatorial survey

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 26 12:18 AM

MANILA - The new Pulse Asia survey showed senatorial prospects closely associated with the Duterte administration saw a decline in their rankings, the research firm's president said on Tuesday. Read more »

Scions of Martial Law victims named LP senatorial bets

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 26 12:11 AM

Scions of Martial Law victims make up the Liberal Party's initial list of senatorial candidates for next year's elections.  Read more »

PH shares lower amid US-China trade tensions

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 10:48 PM

Philippine shares give up most of their gains from the past days as foreign funds head to the exits for a 19th straight session. Read more »

Trillanes posts bail, faces separate coup d’etat case

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 10:17 PM

Coup d'etat charges are not bailable.  Read more »

Pulse explains Imee Marcos' rise in senatorial survey

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 25 08:47 PM

The sudden rise of Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos in the recent Pulse Asia senatorial survey was not due to "an increase of her voting support," the research firm's president said. Read more »

Blogger's apology over 'bomb scare' not enough to erase liability: Roque

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 25 04:36 PM

The apology issued by pro-Duterte blogger Drew Olivar over an online post on an alleged bomb threat would not be enough to absolve him of its possible criminal repercussions, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Tuesday. Read more »

TINGNAN: Ilang berso mula sa 'New Testament: Pinoy Version'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 10:09 AM

Isang kakaibang salin ng Bagong Tipan o New Testament ang inilunsad kamakailan ng Philippine Bible Society sa layong mailapit sa mga ordinaryong Filipino ang Bibliya.  Read more »

NFA's Jason Aquino should face charges for rice mess: Roque

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 25 10:07 AM

MANILA - National Food Authority Administrator Jason Aquino should face charges over the NFA rice shortage, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said Tuesday, adding that he is willing to file the charges if no one else would. Read more »

The ANC Brief: Sept. 25, 2018

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 12:08 AM

A supposed plot to overthrow the government and challenge to a debate accepted. Here are the stories ANC will be covering today:   Read more »

Public remains skeptical on methods of Duterte drug war: SWS

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 24 08:09 PM

Despite a strong public support for the administration's war on drugs, the majority still does not agree on the methods used by law enforcers, a spokesperson for the polling agency said Monday. Read more »

Expert sees adjusted PH growth forecast

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 24 04:32 PM

The country’s economy could grow 6.5 percent to 7 percent for 2018. Read more »

Duterte faces 'Red October' ouster plot - military officials

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 24 04:32 PM

A "broad" coalition of communist rebels and President Rodrigo Duterte's critics are conspiring to remove him from office in October, officials of the military warned over the weekend.  Read more »

Puregold network seen to boost PBCOM's expansion plans

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 24 01:26 PM

Puregold Group founder Lucio Co now holds the majority stake at PBCOM, the country’s 20th largest bank in terms of assets.  Read more »

Public urged to reject Enrile, Marcos 'historical revisionism'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 24 12:59 PM

A lawyer who served as a spokesman for former President Corazon Aquino urged the public to reject any attempt to revise history by lying about what really happened during the Martial Law era under the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Read more »

Tolentino mulls mayoralty run in Manila eventually

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 24 10:19 AM

MANILA - Presidential Adviser on Political Affairs Francis Tolentino on Monday said he wishes to run as mayor of Manila City eventually even as he stays focused on his electoral protest for a Senate seat. Read more »

Mining 'partly' to blame for Itogon landslides: Duterte aide

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 24 10:50 AM

Mining in Itogon, Benguet is partly to blame for the landslides that have killed dozens so far, the point person assigned by President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday. Read more »

The ANC Brief: Sept. 24, 2018

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 24 04:14 AM

More historical revisionism and puzzling results in a survey on the war on crime and drugs. Here are the headlines making ANC’s newscasts today. Read more »

Enrile a purveyor of martial law lies - Lagman

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 23 07:16 PM

Senator Juan Ponce Enrile has graduated from being an administrator of martial law under the late former President Ferdinand Marcos into a "purveyor of lies and fallacies" about his regime, opposition lawmaker Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman said Sunday. Read more »

Trami intensifies into a typhoon, moves closer to PH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 23 05:29 PM

Tropical cyclone Trami has intensified into a typhoon as it hurtled towards the Philippines on Sunday, about a week after Typhoon Ompong slammed into the agricultural north, the state weather bureau said. Read more »