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'Rainbow after the rain': China's Xi Jinping excited to visit Manila

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 19 03:51 PM

Ahead of his Manila visit, Chinese President Xi Jinping said he is "full of expectations as I am about to set foot on this beautiful land." Read more »

Xi Jinping touts China's shared history with PH ahead of visit

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 19 03:10 PM

The Filipino and Chinese people have a lot of 'proud names' to remember when it comes to their shared history, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday, ahead of his Manila visit. Read more »

Security preparation for Xi Jinping’s state visit

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 19 01:25 PM

Armored personnel carriers traverse the early morning Monday traffic along EDSA en route to Camp Aguinaldo in preparation for Chinese President Xi Jin Ping’s state visit on Tuesday. Read more »

Duterte, napaaga ang uwi mula sa APEC Summit

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 17 09:57 PM

Banta pa ni Duterte na may sisibakin muli siyang opisyal ng gobyerno pagdating ng bansa mula sa APEC summit sa Papua New Guinea. Read more »

Ex-VP Binay wants to amend Constitution, 'give vice president a job'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 14 05:02 PM

MANILA - Former vice president Jejomar Binay on Wednesday said he would push for the amendment of the Constitution to "give the vice president a job," should he win a Congressional seat in the 2019 midterm polls. Read more »

Duterte appoints Jesus Melchor Quitain as new special assistant

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 12 04:54 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Undersecretary Jesus Melchor Quitain of the Office of the President as Officer-In-Charge of the Office of the Special Assistant to the President. Read more »

VP Robredo says 'no ambition' to run for presidency in 2022

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 10 06:03 PM

MANILA - Vice President Leni Robredo on Saturday said she has no ambition to run for president in 2022. Read more »

Confrontation: Trump rips CNN reporter

Jonathan Ernst, Reuters
Posted at Nov 08 03:05 PM

A White House staff member reaches for the microphone held by CNN's Jim Acosta as he questions U.S. President Donald Trump during a news conference following Tuesday's midterm U.S. congressional elections on Wednesday.  Read more »

VP Leni favors law vs premature campaigning

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 07 08:24 PM

MANILA - Vice President Leni Robredo said Wednesday she favors the call of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to revive the law prohibiting premature campaigning of candidates during election season. Read more »

Sotto unfazed by Enrile's bid for Senate return

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 07 02:47 PM

Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Wednesday that he is not threatened by former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile's bid to return to the upper chamber of Congress in the 2019 midterm elections. Read more »

VP Leni reads 'Digong Dilaw' to kids

Office of the Vice President handout
Posted at Nov 06 05:28 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo reads the childrens' book, “Digong Dilaw,” as she interacts with students of Barangay 58 Day Care Center in Pritil, Tondo on Tuesday.  Read more »

Khashoggi killing: Erdogan accuses 'highest levels' of Saudi gov't

Raziye Akkoc with Daniel Lawler, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 03 07:33 PM

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the order to murder Jamal Khashoggi came from "the highest levels" of the Saudi government Friday as he promised no let-up in the hunt for his killers. Read more »

Despite 2-point decline, Robredo gets 'good' trust rating: SWS

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 01:27 PM

Robredo saw the biggest increase in her trust rating in President Rodrigo Duterte's bailiwick Mindanao where she received a 14-point increase to +42 "good" from +28 "moderate" in June. Read more »

VP Leni visits Bangsamoro

OVP Handout
Posted at Oct 25 09:11 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo interacts with locals as she visits the Bangsamoro People's Complex in Cotabato City, Maguindanao on Thursday. Read more »

New Vietnam president sworn in after 99.8 pct vote

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 23 06:46 PM

Vietnam lawmakers on Tuesday elected as president Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, the only candidate on the ballot, making him the most powerful man in the country where consensus leadership has traditionally kept strongman rule in check. Read more »

Bong Go says he will still serve Duterte in private capacity

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 20 06:10 AM

DAVAO CITY - Former Special Assistant to the President Bong Go on Friday said he will still serve President Rodrigo Duterte in a private capacity. Read more »

‘President Nadine Lustre’: A hilarious Twitter meme that keeps on giving

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 19 10:24 PM

A “consensus” was somehow reached on Twitter that Nadine Lustre is also the president of the republic. Read more »

Robredo keeps 'good' rating; Arroyo, De Castro post 'neutral' ratings: SWS

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 16 08:29 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo maintained her "good" net satisfaction rating in the third quarter of 2018, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed Tuesday. Read more »

TNT Boys perform at Singapore President's charity event

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 15 11:59 AM

Francis Concepcion, Mackie Empuerto, and Kiefer Sanchez of the group TNT Boys performed for Singapore President Halimah Yacob. Read more »

VP to be reinstated in House draft constitution's presidential line of succession

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 10 10:53 PM

MANILA - The House of Representatives has backtracked and is reinstating the Vice President in the line of succession in the draft constitution proposed by House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and other lawmakers. Read more »