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These sofas aren’t made for sitting—but what’s to stop you?

ANC-X Staff
Updated as of Sep 20 12:05 AM

Roche Bobois Manila taps a bunch of creative individuals—from Ed Calma to Bobby Manosa—to reimagine the iconic Mah Jong sofa Read more »

What’s stopping us from taking climate change seriously?

Alo Lantin
Updated as of Sep 19 04:14 PM

Despite the terrible manifestations, we remain the undaunted frog about to get boiled in hot water Read more »

No clipping this Butterfly's wings

Patricia Chong
Updated as of Sep 14 10:13 PM

This 2018 M. Butterfly production is exquisitely staged, rising up to the challenge of David Henry Hwang's powerful material  Read more »

MAP OF MARAWI: A month after the siege

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 23 02:57 AM

A month into the Maute terrorist group's attack in Marawi City, the landscape of the once proud Islamic City has changed and the casualties have piled up. Read more »

INFOGRAPHIC: Filipinos on death row overseas

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 18 09:08 AM

Which country or territory has the most number of overseas Filipinos on death row? Find out in this infographic by news.abs-cbn.com, based on Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) data as of Feb. 2017. Read more »

'You're fired': Duterte sacks Sueno

Maverick Pesigan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 05 09:47 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday confirmed that he fired Interior and Local Government Secretary Ismael Sueno following allegations of corruption. Read more »

FVR calls for peace, unity among Pinoys

Maverick Pesigan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 30 06:46 PM

Former President Fidel V. Ramos is urging Filipinos to work together for peace in the country despite different political beliefs. Read more »

'Sunday Beauty Queen' premieres in Hong Kong

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 12:58 PM

After winning the Best Picture award at the 2016 Metro Manila Film Festival, “Sunday Beauty Queen” is set to conquer the international scene as it premieres in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Read more »

Last stop

Fernando G. Sepe Jr., ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 19 11:28 AM

Carjacking and murder suspect Christopher Castillo lies dead on the pavement after an encounter with police who was trying to serve an arrest warrant in Sampaloc, Manila Wednesday. Brazen encounters between suspected criminals and the police have become a common specter in communities around the capital. Read more »

Andres Bonifacio, probably the last of its kind, is coming

Rick Rocamora for ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 26 01:24 AM

While the United States was preoccupied in the run up to the elections and the Philippines was busy with the controversy over the Marcos burial issue in the past 2 weeks, over in Alameda, California, US and Philippine officials silently launched the voyage of BRP Andres Bonifacio on November 1 to its new home in the Philippines. Read more »

How Duterte and Trump measure up

Research by Ivy Jean Vibar; infographic by Angela Salano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 14 05:10 PM

Here's a quick look at how Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and US President-elect Donald Trump measure up in terms of their personal life, their presidential campaign, and public pronouncements. Read more »

LOOK: 14 hot volleybelles in FIVB Women’s Club World tilt

Photos by Richard Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 11:18 PM

Here are some of the head-turners in the FIVB Women’s Club World Championship being held in the Philippines. The host country is represented by Philippine Superliga-F2 Logistics Manila.  Read more »

No Window Hours

Pamela Denice Ramos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 09 01:05 PM

The Metro Manila Development Authority will be implementing a revised Number Coding Scheme or Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP) starting October 17. Read more »

Remembering Martial Law

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 22 12:28 AM

Groups representing different sectors hold several events and protests to commemorate the 44th year of the declaration of Martial Law by former President Ferdinand Marcos on September 21, 1972. Read more »

LOOK: Typhoon Ferdie's trail of destruction in Batanes

Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 16 06:35 PM

Typhoon Ferdie left the Philippine area of responsibility last Wednesday, but not without leaving a trail of destruction in the northern part of Luzon. Read more »

What to do in case of an explosion

Infographic by Pamela Denice Ramos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 09 01:09 PM

Here’s a list of things to do in case of an explosion. Read more »

10 things to remember at PNP checkpoints

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 06 05:07 PM

Here's a list of checkpoint guidelines released by the Philippine National Police (PNP). Read more »

Hidilyn Diaz: Philippines' new hero

Infographic by Angela Salano, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 09 01:11 PM

On National Heroes Day, news.abs-cbn.com pays tribute to the Philippines' newest hero, weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, who broke a 20-year medal drought by winning a silver in the recently concluded Rio Summer Olympics. She is the first Filipino woman to win an Olympic medal. Read more »

Dominant Japan duo put women in the spotlight

Nick Mulvenney, Reuters
Posted at Jul 29 09:47 PM

SYDNEY - With Japanese grapplers Saori Yoshida and Kaori Icho on course for fourth successive gold medals in their respective classes, it is perhaps appropriate that women wrestlers will have more chance to shine on the mat at the Rio Olympics. Read more »

Vatican newspaper praises Oscar best picture winner 'Spotlight'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 02 09:17 AM

After bagging the Oscars best picture award, “Spotlight” has earned another stamp of approval, this time from an unlikely source. Read more »