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Heavily armed man arrested at Washington security checkpoint

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 17 07:40 AM

Wesley Allen Beeler, of Virginia, had driven to a checkpoint on Friday evening and presented officers with a fake inauguration credential, according to a document filed in Washington, DC Superior Court. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 15, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 02:37 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

SC denies SolGen’s last-minute bid to cancel anti-terror law oral arguments

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 04:33 PM

MANILA - The Supreme Court has denied the last minute plea of the Office of the Solicitor General to cancel the oral arguments on the petitions against the Anti-Terrorism Act scheduled on Tuesday, January 19.   Read more »

Youth groups call for abolishment of anti-terror law

George Calvelo, ABS -CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 04:24 PM

Commuters watch as activists from different youth groups stage a protest in front of the Liwasang Diokno at the Commission on Human Rights building in Quezon City on Friday.  Read more »

Hong Kong national security police make 11 new arrests

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 14 05:07 PM

Hong Kong's national security police arrested 11 people in dawn raids on Thursday, including a veteran human rights lawyer, on suspicion of helping a group of activists make a failed bid to flee the city by speedboat. Read more »

Exclude land ownership from Cha-cha discussions says Finance chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 07:01 PM

Land ownership should be left out of discussions on Charter change, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez said on Tuesday.  Read more »

Hong Kong opposition shudders as mass arrests herald 'a harsh winter'

Jerome Taylor and Yan Zhao, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 12 03:29 PM

The mass arrests of Hong Kong opposition figures under a new security law has demolished assurances only a "tiny majority" would be targeted, analysts say, as China shrugs off international censure to purge the city of dissent. Read more »

China plans further Hong Kong crackdown after mass arrest - sources

James Pomfret, Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 01:41 PM

The arrest of more than 50 democrats in Hong Kong last week intensifies a drive by Beijing to stifle any return of a populist challenge to Chinese rule and more measures are likely, according to two individuals with direct knowledge of China's plans. Read more »

Pope Francis changes Church law to enshrine roles for women

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 02:38 AM

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, in another step towards greater equality for women in the Roman Catholic Church, on Monday changed its law to formally codify their roles as altar servers, distributors of communion and readers at liturgies. Read more »

SC to start oral arguments on anti-terror law this month, no word yet on ex-SolGen's amicus curiae bid

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 02:41 PM

Oral arguments on petitions questioning the Anti-Terrorism Act before the Supreme Court will push through on Jan. 19, based on a revised advisory released Friday. Read more »

Constitutional amendment pushed to heed Duterte advice to change party-list law: Sotto

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 02:15 PM

Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Thursday said a resolution to convene Congress as a constituent assembly was filed after President Rodrigo Duterte asked lawmakers to amend or abolish the party-list system in the constitution. Read more »

TIMELINE: The impact of the national security law on Hong Kong

Reuters
Updated as of Jan 06 12:02 PM

Here is a timeline of developments since China imposed national security legislation in Hong Kong this year, making anything Beijing regards as subversion, secession, terrorism or colluding with foreign forces punishable by up to life in prison. Read more »

Dozens of Hong Kong opposition figures arrested under security law

Jerome Taylor, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 06 11:24 AM

As many as 50 Hong Kong opposition figures were arrested Wednesday under a new national security law in the largest operation yet against Beijing's critics, deepening a crackdown sweeping the financial hub. Read more »

Duterte OKs Alternative Learning System Act

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 05 12:18 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved a law that institutionalizes the alternative learning system (ALS) that aids those outside the formal education system.  Read more »

Duterte signs law to fast-track permits, licenses

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 05 12:38 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved a law that gives him special powers to fast-track the issuance of permits, licenses and certifications in times of national emergency like the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

2020 Yearender: Top world stories other than COVID-19

Aleta Nieva-Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 31 01:17 PM

MANILA -- Here’s a look back at stories that made headlines and captured the interests of news.abs-cbn.com readers here and abroad other than COVID-19. Read more »

OPINION: From resilience to recovery

U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires John Law
Posted at Dec 30 03:03 PM

2020 has tested our resilience, but I am confident 2021 will be a year of recovery, as medical advancements enable us to better contain and treat the virus, and our economies reopen to support growth and development.  Read more »

'Law of attraction': Angeline Quinto makes dream in yearbook a reality

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 28 02:24 PM

Angeline Quinto believes that the law of attraction is real, citing her own journey to becoming a professional singer.  Read more »

Designation of groups as terrorists means freezing of assets, not arrests - DOJ

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 28 09:52 AM

Designating the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA), as terrorist groups means freezing their assets and not immediate detention of its members, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Monday. Read more »

Meet Donald Trump’s Slovenian in-laws

Leah Simpson, South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 25 10:27 PM

How did Melania’s parents Viktor and Amalija Knavs go from a two-bedroom flat to living at the White House? Melania Trump wasn’t born into luxury – but the life changes have been even bigger for her parents, who come from a humble background in Sevnica but now live in the White House to look after the Trumps’ son Barron. Read more »