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How to face 2020, from the icons who left us last year

Bam V. Abellon
Updated as of Jan 01 02:01 PM

The 2020s are here. As a way to move forward into a fresh time of uncertainty, here are the paths left by the ones who have lived exemplary lives full of wisdom and insight.  Read more »

'Parang buhawi': Mga pinsala, patay naitala sa pananalasa ng 'Ursula'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 26 07:49 PM

Mga hanging 'tila-buhangin' at mga rumaragasang flashflood ang nagdulot ng pinsala sa ilang lugar na binayo ng bagyong 'Ursula' Read more »

Philippines, 12 other countries cited for enabling 'impunity' in journalist deaths

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 29 09:30 PM

More than 200 killings of journalists are unsolved in 13 countries cited by a media watchdog group for enabling "impunity" for the crimes. Read more »

Indonesia president urges police restraint after student protesters' deaths

Reuters
Posted at Sep 28 09:53 AM

JAKARTA - Indonesian president Joko Widodo on Friday called for police restraint and promised an investigation into the deaths of two students, killed while taking part in protests that have spread to become the country's biggest in decades. Read more »

Health workers aim to save lives of mothers and babies with smartphone data

Kate Kelland, Reuters
Posted at Sep 25 07:30 PM

LONDON - Community health workers in India and Uganda are to be armed with smartphones and tablets that use data analytics, risk maps and social media trends help to save the lives of mothers and their babies. Read more »

Natagpuang patay na baboy sa Marikina pumalo na sa 55

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 08:23 PM

Pumalo na sa 55 ang bilang ng mga natagpuang patay na baboy sa Marikina, ayon sa lokal na pamahalaan ng lungsod.  Read more »

What caused spike in hog deaths?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 11:17 PM

Amid the spike in hog deaths in the Philippines, lawmakers are seeking to increase the agriculture department's budget for 2020. Read more »

PH authorities ramp up quarantine amid unusual rise in pig deaths

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 11:32 PM

More and more officials are placing quarantines on hogs amid the unusual rise in pig deaths.  Read more »

Agri dept tightens quarantine rules to stave off African swine flu

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 22 10:19 AM

MANILA - The Department of Agriculture (DA) is still waiting for the results of the samples it sent to laboratories abroad to confirm if the deaths of hogs in backyard farms were caused by the African swine fever. Read more »

DA orders culling of pigs amid abnormal rise in hog deaths

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 21 11:18 PM

The Department of Agriculture is imposing stricter protocols on hog-raising amid the rising number of swine deaths in backyard piggeries in the country.  Read more »

PDEA reports lower death toll from Duterte's drug war

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 18 11:58 PM

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency set the record straight on the number of people killed in President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war. Read more »

De Lima slams Malacañang for allegedly downplaying number of drug war killings

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 18 08:29 PM

MANILA - Senator Leila de Lima on Thursday slammed Malacañang for allegedly downplaying the number of killings from the country's war on drugs. Read more »

La Union town credits zero maternal mortality to training for women

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 30 10:32 AM

San Gabriel town's "Women in the Sitios" training program on family health began in 2008.  Read more »

HIV reported cured in a second patient, a milestone in the global AIDS epidemic

Apoorva Mandavilli, The New York Times
Posted at Mar 05 05:05 PM

For just the second time since the global epidemic began, a patient appears to have been cured of infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Read more »

Deadlier than Iraq: US NGO calls PH ‘war zone in disguise’

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 04:31 PM

MANILA - A United States-based non-government organization has labeled the Philippines a “war zone in disguise,” as it ranked the country as among the deadliest for civilians.  Read more »

Road traffic deaths continue to rise in the Philippines: WHO report

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 21 02:06 PM

Road traffic deaths continue to rise in the Philippines, with an estimated 12,690 deaths in 2016, a new report recently released by the World Health Organization showed. Read more »

Patay matapos uminom ng lambanog, nasa 15 na

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 31 12:35 PM

Umabot na sa 15 ang namatay sa pinahihinalaang pagkalason matapos uminom ng lambanog sa Laguna at Quezon City magmula noong nakaraang linggo. Read more »

BALIKAN: Huling panayam kay Rico J. Puno

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 30 08:59 PM

Naganap ang panayam sa isang press conference sa Quezon City para sa kanyang paparating sanang concert na "Sana Tatlo Ang Puso Ko" kung saan makakasama niya ang mga komedyanang sina Marissa Sanchez at Giselle Sanchez. Read more »

Children and the anti-illegal drugs campaign: When the cure is worse than the disease

Clarissa C. David and Ronald U. Mendoza
Posted at Sep 13 01:12 AM

It is time for the child rights groups, media, and academe to place a special focus on the impacts of the war against drugs policy on children. It is time for us all to start protecting our children. Read more »

No casualties reported in powerful Venezuela coast quake

Alexandra Ulmer and Deisy Buitrago, Reuters
Posted at Aug 22 08:34 AM

A major earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck Venezuela's eastern coast, home to largely poor fishing communities, on Tuesday and shook buildings in Caracas, Colombian capital Bogota, and on islands in the Caribbean. Read more »