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Short but sweet

Maverick Pesigan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 30 04:53 PM

Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro's reign as head of the judicial branch of government is going to be short but sweet.  Read more »

Not just drugs: Duterte hates gambling too

Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 08:43 PM

President Duterte made the headlines this week by firing the entire board of the Nayong Pilipino Foundation and declaring that he hates gambling too. Read more »

Jumpin', jumpin' Gloria

Editorial cartoon by Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN
Posted at Jul 26 10:46 PM

Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s ascent to the speakership has fueled speculations that it could be part of a plot to make her prime minister. Read more »

China's 'boxing belt and road' in Pacquiao vs Matthysse

Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 12 08:06 PM

China's Belt and Road Initiative will be at play in the undercards of the title fight between the Philippines' fighting Senator Manny Pacquiao and Lucas Matthysse of Argentina on Sunday in Malaysia.  Read more »

LeBron's Hollywood ending

Maverick Pesigan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 03 05:47 PM

"The King" finds new home in the City of Angels. Read more »

The gospel according to Duterte

Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 29 03:01 AM

Two years into his presidency, Rodrigo Duterte continues to shock the nation, this time by calling the Roman Catholics' God "stupid".  Read more »

Pacquiao's dream

Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 15 03:43 AM

The Philippines' biggest basketball show has begun. Read more »

Kiefer bites the dust

Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 30 04:04 PM

Philippine basketball star Kiefer Ravena's career has taken a downturn after FIBA suspended him for 18 months for failing a doping test.  Read more »

Metro Manila's cesspool

Maverick Pesigan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 13 04:39 PM

Before President Duterte's tough directive to clean up Boracay in 6 months, the Supreme Court in 2008 issued a similar order for government to rehabilitate Metro Manila's cesspool, Manila Bay.  Read more »

OFWs' blood compact

Maverick Pesigan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 28 02:35 AM

Around 20 stranded overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Saudi Arabia have resorted to selling their blood for 300-400 Saudi riyals (P4,000-P5,000) per extraction in order to support their families in the Philippines.  They are among 200 OFWs who have not been paid their salaries after the company they work for encountered financial problems.  Read more »

In this corner: Million Dollar Witness

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 21 10:12 PM

What a difference a new administration makes for alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim Napoles, as shown in Department of Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre's decision to provisionally accept her into the Witness Protection Program (WPP).  Read more »

Resisting 'Red Monday'

Maverick Pesigan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 16 11:21 PM

Embattled Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno manages to hold on to her position despite efforts from outside and inside the judiciary to make her step down. Read more »

Boracay: From paradise to ‘cesspool’

Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 08 12:31 AM

The island now faces a possible 60-day closure, as the DILG looks to file charges against local officials in relation to severe environmental degradation. Read more »

Split over divorce

Maverick Pesigan, ABS-CBN
Posted at Feb 28 11:06 PM

A battle over divorce looms in the Philippines after a House committee submitted a divorce bill for plenary deliberations for the first time last week.  Read more »

NFA rice: Going, going...

Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 10:28 PM

Ten million Filipinos who consume subsidized National Food Authority (NFA) rice sold for P27 to P32 per kilo face a looming shortage in the coming months with NFA's stocks dwindling. The 250,000 metric tons of imported rice recently ordered by the administration will arrive only in June. There is no shortage, however, of more expensive commercial rice.  Read more »

Not to Kuwait

Maverick Pesigan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 05:18 PM

The Duterte government has banned the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers (new hires only) to Kuwait after news of domestic helper Joanna Demafelis' brutal killing in the Gulf State surfaced. Read more »

Runaway TRAIN

Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 13 11:10 AM

The Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) program has cast a dark cloud over Juan dela Cruz as prices of oil, sugar-sweetened drinks and other commodities rise in response to higher taxes and inflation steps up. Read more »

Squashing lawlessness: Mindanao martial law extended

Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 09:18 PM

Congress has approved President Rodrigo Duterte's request to extend martial law in Mindanao until the end of 2018 ostensibly to quell the threat of terrorism and rebellion in the south.  Read more »

Anti-dengue vaccine 'bites' back

Maverick Pesigan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 08 10:41 PM

Sanofi Pasteur's anti-dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia, stirs public health concerns after controversies regarding its efficacy and government procurement surface. Read more »

Now Showing: Impeaching the Chief Justice 2

Maverick Pesigan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 08:53 PM

There's a new impeachment show in town with Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno facing perhaps the biggest challenge in her career.  Read more »