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DILG hopeful poll-related violence will decrease this election season

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 13 12:31 AM

More than 6,000 villages nationwide could be considered hotspots in the upcoming barangay elections, but the Department of Interior and Local Government believes the prospects of poll-related violence might be lower this election season. Read more »

Four staffers dead in Turkish university shooting: reports

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 05 08:53 PM

A gunman on Thursday killed four members of staff in a shooting at a university in the western Turkish city of Eskisehir, reports said.   Read more »

Probers: 'Misguided cadets' behind mauling of PNPA graduates

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 03 07:43 PM

MANILA - A "small group of misguided cadets" was behind the mauling of 6 Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) fresh graduates last month, the board of inquiry (BOI) that looked into the incident said Tuesday.  Read more »

'Bato' condemns alleged hazing in PNP Academy

Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 01:49 PM

Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa on Monday condemned the supposed hazing of police academy cadets by their upperclassmen as revealed in a video published online. Read more »

2 naka-motorsiklo pinagbabaril, ninakawan

Jeff Hernaez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 01 04:19 PM

Patay ang isang meat trader at kaniyang ka-angkas sa motorsiklo matapos pagbabarilin at pagnakawan ng mga salaring sakay rin ng 2 motorsiklo sa boundary ng Quezon City at San Mateo, Rizal ngayong Linggo. Read more »

Alok na 'pabahay' ni Duterte sa mga susukong Abu Sayyaf, pinuna

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 28 08:57 PM

Ayon sa isang naging biktima ng krimen ng Abu Sayyaf noon, dapat ay sa mga mahihirap na pamilya na lang ibigay ang libreng pabahay.  Read more »

Board of inquiry to probe PNPA mauling incident, alleged hazing video

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 28 02:01 PM

MANILA - The Philippine Public Safety College (PPSC) has formed a board of inquiry to investigate the mauling incident involving cadets of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA).   Read more »

OPINION: The most deafening 6-minute silence

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Mar 28 02:29 AM

I imagine many of us have watched and have been moved by the powerful speech by Emma Gonzalez, a survivor of the Feb. 14  Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, during the “March for our Lives” gun control protest rally in Washington D.C. last March 24. Read more »

PNPA alumni association denies mauling 'tradition' following Silang incident

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 27 10:23 AM

MANILA - The Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) Alumni Association said Tuesday the mauling incident involving cadets following graduation rites in Silang, Cavite last week is an "isolated incident." Read more »

9 PNPA cadets face charges for mauling incident

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 27 10:08 AM

MANILA - Nine Philippine National Police Academy cadets will face criminal and administrative charges for allegedly mauling 6 of their seniors right after their graduation rites last week. Read more »

Napolcom: PNPA cadets in mauling of seniors to be dismissed if guilty

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 10:44 AM

Police academy cadets who allegedly mauled their seniors after their graduation rites last week will be dismissed if proven guilty, a National Police Commission (Napolcom) official said Monday. Read more »

6 new PNP Academy graduates allegedly mauled after graduation

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 25 06:06 PM

Six new graduates of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Academy suffered injuries after allegedly being beaten by their underclassmen just after the graduation rites last Wednesday. Read more »

Over 60 solons urge Duterte to resume peace talks

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 26 02:41 PM

Crossing party lines, some 60 congressmen on Sunday signed a resolution urging President Rodrigo Duterte to resume peace negotiations between the government and communist rebels. Read more »

March for our Lives

Nicholas Kamm, AFP
Posted at Mar 25 02:26 AM

People arrive for the March for Our Lives rally against gun violence in Washington, DC on Saturday. Galvanized by a massacre at a Florida high school, hundreds of thousands of Americans are expected to take to the streets in cities across the United States on Saturday in the biggest protest for gun control in a generation.  Read more »

OPINION: What's the best and worst place in the world for a Muslim woman?

Ellen T.Tordesillas
Posted at Mar 19 08:43 PM

I asked this question to Dr. Aziza al Hibri in a round-table discussion together with former Sen. Edgardo Angara, Philippine Star columnist and Carol P. Araullo who writes for Businessworld. Read more »

Tanod patay matapos barilin ng miyembro ng CAFGU sa Misamis Oriental

Rod Bolivar, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 16 09:54 PM

Sa imbestigasyon ng pulis, sinubukang sitahin ng biktima ang suspek dahil naka-duty siya nang nakainom. Read more »

Sri Lanka lifts ban on Facebook imposed after spasm of communal violence

Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal, Reuters
Posted at Mar 16 12:25 PM

COLOMBO - Sri Lankan officials said on Thursday they had lifted a ban on Facebook after discussions with the social network, a week after blocking access on the grounds it was being used to fuel communal violence. Read more »

Buko vendor, inireklamo ang nanakit na MMDA enforcers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 15 04:16 PM

MAYNILA - Inireklamo ng isang buko vendor ang 3 traffic enforcers na nanakit sa kanya sa clearing operations ng Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). Read more »

US students walk out of class in solidarity with Florida shooting victims

Gina Cherelus, Reuters
Posted at Mar 15 12:19 AM

In Washington, however, plans to strengthen the background-check system for gun sales, among other measures, appear to be languishing. Read more »

Babae pinagpira-piraso ng mister

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 12 10:02 PM

Pinatay at pinagputol-putol ng sariling mister ang isang 46-anyos na ginang sa kanilang tahanan sa Barangay Holy Spirit, Quezon City nitong Linggo. Read more »