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Palace says Marcos closely monitoring peso weakness

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 03:17 PM

Malacañang said the country's economic fundamentals remain "strong" even as the Philippines peso continues to fall versus the US dollar. Read more »

Activists prepare for Martial Law declaration commemoration

Jorge Cariño, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 06:24 PM

Visual artists from different groups rendered finishing touches on their pieces on Tuesday, as they prepare to commemorate the Martial Law declaration 50 years ago. Read more »

HR Ocampo painting is new star of auction floor at P48M

ANCX Staff
Posted at Sep 13 08:21 PM

Meanwhile, another Zobel takes home a Zobel painting used to be owned by Enrique Zobel Read more »

Bongbong, supporters pay tribute to Marcos Sr.

Kevin Tristan Espiritu, AFP
Posted at Sep 11 04:44 PM

Relatives and supporters attend mass at the grave of former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig City on the latter's 105th birth anniversary on Sunday. Read more »

Inday intensifies into a typhoon, monsoon rains possible

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 10 06:22 PM

PAGASA said Inday could enhance the southwest monsoon or habagat, which may bring rains over the western sections of southern Luzon and Visayas. Read more »

Raising wind signal possible amid Inday, says PAGASA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 10 12:11 PM

Inday (international name: Muifa) has maintained its strength while it 'slightly' accelerates over the Philippine Sea, PAGASA said. Read more »

The campus beauty who sat for Sanso, Amorsolo, et al

Adrian Maranan
Updated as of Sep 10 09:13 AM

As a sensual Sansó portrait of this beguiling 50s muse arrives at auction, we dig up on the woman behind the image Read more »

'Wrath of God': Israel's response to 1972 Munich massacre

Guillaume Lavallee, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 07 02:28 PM

The killing of 11 Israelis at the 1972 Munich Olympics prompted Israel to turn to a strategy which endures to this day: deploying secret operatives abroad to assassinate its enemies. Read more »

Cyclone to enter PAR now a tropical storm: PAGASA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 01:01 PM

The tropical depression set to enter the Philippine area of responsibility intensified into a tropical storm Wednesday morning, PAGASA said. Read more »

Storm may enter PAR Thursday; unlikely to hit land

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 01:47 PM

A tropical depression may enter the Philippine area of responsibility on Thursday, PAGASA said. Read more »

Germany seeks 'forgiveness' 50 years after Munich Olympics massacre

Ralf Isermann with Hui Min Neo in Berlin, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 06 07:13 AM

Germany on Monday sought "forgiveness" from families of victims in the 1972 Munich Olympics attack, admitting responsibility for a litany of failings that led to the deaths of 11 Israelis. Read more »

Back to ‘Larawan’: Bencab’s landmark homecoming in ‘72

Adrian Maranan
Updated as of Sep 04 01:34 PM

Fresh from his successful European exhibitions, the glamorous Ben Cabrera, future National Artist, made a serious effort to carve his own path Read more »

#WalangPasok: September 3, Sabado, dahil sa bagyo

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 03 03:50 PM

Nag-anunsiyo na ng suspensiyon ng klase ang ilang lokal na pamahalaan sa bansa dahil sa patuloy na sama ng panahong dala ng habagat at bagyong Henry. Read more »

Wind signals still up, as Henry set to leave PAR

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 03 09:34 AM

Tropical cyclone wind signals remained up over some northern Luzon areas, as typhoon Henry is expected to leave the Philippine area of responsibility. Read more »

'All the hostages are dead': The Munich Olympics massacre 50 years ago

Pascale Juilliard, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 02 10:27 AM

September 5, 1972: Palestinian gunmen storm the Olympic Village at the Summer Games in Munich and take a group of Israeli athletes hostage, triggering a standoff that ends in a massacre. Read more »

Rains may persist over NCR, other areas due to Henry's trough, habagat

Rowegie Abanto, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 01 07:15 PM

PAGASA raised signal no. 1 over Batanes and the northeastern portion of Babuyan Islands due to Henry. Read more »

Henry slightly intensifies, to bring rains over northern Luzon

Raffy Cabristante, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 05:37 PM

Super typhoon Henry slightly intensified before noon on Thursday and would bring rains over northern Luzon, PAGASA said. Read more »

How a painting mirrored young Enrique Zóbel's bravado

Augusto Marcelino Reyes Gonzalez III
Updated as of Sep 04 11:05 AM

A painting that used to belong in his collection is coming up for auction, and the writer Toto Gonzalez seizes the moment to look back on a visionary’s journey Read more »

León Gallery reveals highlights of September auction

EA Santamaria
Updated as of Aug 29 12:11 AM

One of the year’s biggest auctions is showcasing important works from HR Ocampo, Zobel and Bencab Read more »

US kills Al-Qaeda chief in Kabul drone strike

Sebastian Smith and Sarah Titterton, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 02 10:15 AM

The US has killed Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of the world's most wanted terrorists and a mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks Read more »