News Articles on {?keyword?} | ABS-CBN News

Rain clouds loom over Metro Manila

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 29 10:04 PM

Dark clouds hover over Metro Manila, as seen from Antipolo, Rizal, on Thursday as monsoon rains continue to pour over parts of the country. Read more »

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrives in the Philippines

Photos courtesy of US Embassy
Posted at Jul 29 08:44 PM

Aside from a scheduled courtesy call with President Rodrigo Duterte, the US Defense chief is also set to meet with Philippines Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. and Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana to discuss mutual security concerns and how Manila and Washington could further strengthen their long-standing alliance.  Read more »

Protocol reminders

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 29 06:24 PM

People pass by a neighborhood outpost adorned with tarpaulins reminding them of COVID-19 protocols at a market in Brgy. Batasan, Quezon City on Thursday.  Read more »

Even dogs follow health protocols

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 29 04:15 PM

Dogs wearing face masks and shield rest on a pedicab along P. Guevarra Street in Manila on Thursday.  Read more »

Hidilyn Diaz gives press a glimpse of gold medal

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 09:44 PM

Filipino Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz shows her medal to members of the press as she passed by on the way to a hotel in Pasay City where she and her team will be quarantined because of COVID-19 precautions after arriving from Tokyo.  Read more »

Away from home

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 04:15 PM

Residents of Barangay Concepcion Uno in Marikina take shelter at the H. Bautista Elementary School in the city on July 28, 2021 as water level in Marikina River breached 15 meters. Read more »

Simone Biles drops out of gymnastics team finals

Lionel Bonaventure, AFP
Posted at Jul 28 01:14 PM

Russia's Angelina Melnikova (left) is congratulated by USA's Simone Biles as Russia wins the artistic gymnastics women's team final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo on Tuesday. Read more »

Closer to Olympic silver or gold

Frank Franklin Ii, Reuters
Posted at Jul 28 11:13 AM

Nesthy Petecio of the Philippines in action against Yeni Arias of Colombia during the Tokyo Olympics women's featherweight quarterfinal at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday.  Read more »

US CDC reimposes mask wearing for fully vaccinated people

Spencer Platt, Getty Images/AFP
Posted at Jul 28 09:22 AM

People wear masks while walking in Grand Central Terminal in New York City on Tuesday. Read more »

Weightlifter Elreen Ando misses podium in first Olympic Games

Chris Graythen, Pool/AFP
Posted at Jul 27 09:59 PM

This picture taken with a robotic camera shows the Philippines' Elreen Ando competing in the women's 64kg weightlifting competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo on Tuesday. Read more »

Getting the machine out of the wash

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 27 08:15 PM

A resident carries a washing machine through knee-deep flood affecting the coastal barangay of San Rafael in Noveleta, Cavite on Tuesday. Read more »

Metro Manila Bike Lane Network opens

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 27 05:37 PM

Bike commuters pass right outside the Metro Manila Bike Lane network during its inauguration in Manila on Tuesday. Read more »

Kiyomi Watanabe bows to Spanish judoka

Annegret Hilse, Reuters
Posted at Jul 27 01:59 PM

Kiyomi Watanabe of the Philippines in action against Cristina Cabana Perez of Spain during the Judo Women’s 63kg Round 32 at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday. Read more »

Manila opens COVID-19 vaccination hub in UST

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 27 12:50 PM

People brave the rains as they line up to get their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at the University of Sto. Tomas Practice Gym in Sampaloc, Manila. Read more »

Gold morning Philippines!

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 27 12:03 PM

People read newspapers running stories on weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz’ historic win, after clinching the Philippines' very first Olympic Gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games in Japan.  Read more »

Duterte delivers last SONA

Lisa Marie David, Reuters
Posted at Jul 27 12:04 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his 6th State of the Nation Address (SONA) as Senate President Vicente Sotto III and House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco listen, at the House of Representative in Quezon City on Monday.  Read more »

IN PHOTOS: From debuting Olympian in 2008, Hidilyn finally reaches mountaintop

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 28 08:40 AM

Here's a look back at Hidilyn's journey as an unknown entity in the late 2000s, to a consistent international competition winner, and finally a legend.    Read more »

Hidilyn Diaz lifts PH to first ever Olympic gold

Edgard Garrido, Reuters
Updated as of Jul 26 10:35 PM

Hidilyn Diaz reacts emotionally after successfully lifting her final attempt at the Group A Women’s 55 kg Weightlifting event in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the Tokyo International Forum in Japan on Monday. Read more »

PH skater Margielyn Didal places 7th in Olympic finals

Toby Melville, Reuters
Posted at Jul 26 02:09 PM

Margielyn Didal of Philippines reacts during the final round of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics women's street skateboarding at the Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo, Japan on Monday.  Read more »

Boxer Carlo Paalam advances in men's flyweight

Buda Mendes, Reuters
Updated as of Jul 26 03:30 PM

Carlo Paalam of the Philippines in action against Brendan Irvine of Ireland Pool during the Tokyo Olympics men's flyweight – round of 32 boxing competition at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo, Japan on Monday.  Read more »