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'Cut off hands': Mexican presidential candidate's plan to deter thieves

Frank Jack Daniel, Reuters
Posted at Apr 23 01:45 PM

Thieves should have their hands chopped off, a Mexican presidential candidate said in a televised debate on Sunday, provoking disbelief from a moderator and setting off a storm of comments and jokes on Twitter. Read more »

America remembers Martin Luther King Jr, 50 years on

Eleonore Sens, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 05 04:37 AM

MEMPHIS, United States - Americans on Wednesday marked 50 years since the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., a day seared into the national consciousness that transformed the civil rights leader into a symbol of the fight for racial equality.   Read more »

Higit 1,000 racers, sumabak sa 'Spartan Race' sa Pampanga

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 28 02:07 AM

Mahigit 1,000 racers ang sumabak sa kakaibang obstacle course race na ginanap sa Porac, Pampanga.  Read more »

Farmer's Day

Dax Simbol, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 07:43 PM

Farmers race their carabaos during Farmer's Day in Bamban, Tarlac on Thursday.  Read more »

Jinggoy: Pork barrel raps won't affect my 2019 chances

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 08 12:50 PM

Former senator Jinggoy Estrada on Monday said he is confident the plunder and graft cases he is facing in connection to the pork barrel scam will not block his political plans in next year’s senatorial elections. Read more »

New York marathoners undaunted by deadly truck attack

Peter Szekely and Barbara Goldberg, Reuters
Posted at Nov 04 07:34 PM

NEW YORK - This week's deadly truck attack in New York could not deter blind Japanese runner Toshiaki Ito from joining 50,000 fellow competitors in the city's marathon this Sunday. Read more »

Local Spartan Race tests limits of human endurance

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 06 01:16 AM

The race, which stretched for 7 kilometers in San Mateo, Rizal, involved 24 obstacles including fire jumps, wall-climbing and mud-crawling. Read more »

Panelo: 'Inday Sara' qualified to be president

Christian Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 27 01:40 PM

MANILA - Like father like daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte is very much qualified to become president, a Malacañang official said Wednesday.   Read more »

New vacation trend in PH: Race-cation

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 07:08 AM

From being a solitary hobby, running, cycling, and triathlon have become the reason for some couples – even families – to plan a trip.  Read more »

Fil-Am designer wins an Emmy for 'RuPaul's Drag Race' episode

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 13 10:57 PM

A Filipino-American fashion designer left the Creative Arts Emmys, held over the past weekend, glowing after bagging a win for his work on the American reality competition, ''RuPaul's Drag Race.'' Read more »

On your marks, get set, who goes? The NY baby race

Catherine Triomphe, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 15 08:55 AM

NEW YORK - It's a race of laughter, false starts and wild bottle waving: New York's Diaper Derby sees 30 infants battle it out for glory in a three-meter crawling contest. Read more »

Marcos supporters picket SC ahead of poll protest pre-trial

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 11 10:46 AM

MANILA - Supporters of defeated vice presidential bet Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. converged outside the Supreme Court ahead of the preliminary conference of his electoral protest on Tuesday. Read more »

LOOK: Pinoy designer dresses up Valentina of 'RuPaul's Drag Race'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 26 08:10 AM

''We finally made it happen.'' Read more »

US teen killed by bear in Alaska running race

Agence France Presse
Posted at Jun 20 01:07 PM

LOS ANGELES - A 16-year-old boy was mauled and killed by a bear during a running race in Alaska at the weekend, managing to text his family as the attack was under way, authorities said Monday. Read more »

Employers na walang pa-SSS sa mga tauhan, sinita

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 24 02:23 PM

Sinita ng Social Security System ang ilang may-ari ng tindahan sa mall na hindi umano naghuhulog o walang kontribusyon sa SSS para sa kanilang mga tauhan. Read more »

S+A rolls out new motorsports show, 'Garahista'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 20 07:59 AM

A reality-based TV show that debuts on ABS-CBN Sports + Action this week hopes to change how most people perceive local motorsports. Read more »

Kulang pa sa excitement ang inyong fun run? Sumali na sa 'Guerrilla Race'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 17 07:10 PM

Gusto niyo bang gawin na mas exciting pa ang isang fun run? Bakit hindi niyo subukan ang "Guerrilla Race?"  Read more »

PANOORIN: Padyak race sa Pangasinan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 25 04:27 PM

Kung dito sa Metro Manila, sakit ng ulo ng mga motorista ang mga pedicab sa highway, sa ilang probinsya, isa ito sa mga pangunahing transportasyon at kabuhayan. Read more »

House to consolidate bills on PH space program

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 17 03:12 AM

Lawmakers in the lower House have approved the formation of a technical working group to consolidate proposed bills pioneering a Philippine space program, a project which President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed support. Read more »

'Boy-band governor' surges in wide-open South Korea presidential race

Ju-min Park, Reuters
Posted at Feb 12 08:25 AM

A provincial governor nicknamed after a leading boy-band is surging in South Korean presidential polls following former United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon's announcement that he would not run in an election that could come within months. Read more »