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UAAP Preview: For another season, Tamaraws fly under the radar

Norman Lee Benjamin Riego, ABS-CBN Sports
Posted at Sep 03 09:31 PM

Without a doubt, FEU will yet again compete with the best of them in UAAP Season 82. Read more »

Tears and troops as Sri Lanka mourns suicide bomb dead

Amal Jayasinghe and Peter Hutchison, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 29 06:45 AM

Sri Lanka's churches remained shut Sunday, forcing Christians to say prayers of grief in private over the Easter suicide attacks that the country's Roman Catholic leader called "an insult to humanity".   Read more »

15 dead in Sri Lanka after overnight gun battle with suspected Islamist militants

Ranga Sirilal, Reuters
Posted at Apr 27 03:31 PM

COLOMBO - The bodies of 15 people, including 6 children, were discovered at the site of a fierce overnight gun battle on the east coast of Sri Lanka, a military spokesperson said on Saturday, 6 days after suicide bombers killed more than 250 people. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 26, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 26 11:43 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

When lightning strikes

Jewel Samad, AFP
Posted at Apr 26 06:32 PM

Lightning strikes in the sky over St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo on Thursday, as soldiers stand guard following a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka.  Read more »

Sri Lankans urged to avoid mosques, churches amid fears of more attacks

Reuters
Posted at Apr 26 03:00 PM

COLOMBO - Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said on Friday police are looking for 140 people believed to have links with the Islamic State group, which has claimed responsibility for the Easter Sunday suicide bombings of churches and hotels. Read more »

No Filipino casualty in Sri Lanka bombings – DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 23 04:48 PM

MANILA – No Filipino was hurt in the series of bombings that gripped Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 22, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 22 11:24 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Family goes elsewhere for mass, escapes bombing at Sri Lanka church

Peter Hutchison, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 22 12:51 PM

When Dilip Fernando arrived at St Sebastian's church in Sri Lanka's Negombo on Easter Sunday, it was so crowded he went elsewhere for mass. The decision probably saved his life. Read more »

Sri Lanka bombing kills at least 290

Dinuka Liyanawatte, Reuters
Posted at Apr 22 12:03 PM

A security officer stands guard in front of St. Anthony's shrine in Colombo, after bomb blasts ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka Easter Sunday.  Read more »

Sri Lanka attacks death toll rises to 290, about 500 wounded

Reuters
Updated as of Apr 22 11:41 AM

COLOMBO - Authorities lifted a curfew in the Sri Lanka on Monday, a day after 290 people were killed and about 500 wounded by a string of bombings that tore through churches and luxury hotels on Easter Sunday. Read more »

Sri Lanka bombings put Christians on frontline of religious divides

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 22 08:16 AM

The Easter Sunday attacks on three churches in Sri Lanka mark a devastating escalation of violence against a Christian minority that has been targeted in the past, but never to such brutal and deadly effect. Read more »

Eight arrested in connection with Sri Lanka blasts: PM

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 22 07:08 AM

Eight people have been arrested in connection with a string of deadly blasts that killed more than 200 people in Sri Lanka on Sunday, the country's prime minister said. Read more »

Previous deadly attacks at Easter

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 22 12:41 PM

After a series of explosions ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Sunday, killing more than 150 people, here are some previous cases of deadly violence at Easter: Read more »

In this Pampanga town, 'liberation' from 7 deadly sins is an Easter tradition

Gracie Rutao, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 21 11:23 PM

The blasting of a human effigy marked with the seven deadly sins is an Easter tradition in the town of Santo Tomas, Pampanga. Read more »

'Horrific', 'cruel', 'sad': World leaders react to Sri Lanka blasts

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 21 10:23 PM

Religious and world leaders have condemned a series of blasts in Sri Lanka that killed more than 200 people on Sunday, including dozens of foreigners -- with British, Dutch and American citizens believed to be among them. Read more »

In shadow of burned Notre-Dame, Paris Catholics pray for Easter renewal

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 21 09:24 PM

French Catholics on Sunday celebrated Easter mass in Paris in the shadow of the badly burned Notre-Dame Cathedral, praying that the landmark monument can be renewed. Read more »

DFA: No Pinoy reported hurt in Sri Lanka Easter Day blasts

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 21 08:19 PM

No Filipino has so far been reported hurt in the string of bomb blasts that struck hotels and churches across Sri Lanka on Sunday, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. Read more »

Bloody Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka

Ishara S. Kodikara, AFP
Posted at Apr 21 07:57 PM

A string of blasts ripped through high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services in Sri Lanka killing at least 156 people, including 35 foreigners. Read more »

Funny bunnies

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 21 07:45 PM

Children dressed as Easter bunnies join an Easter egg hunt at a mall in Antipolo, Rizal on Sunday. Read more »