A vote for BOL

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Jan 21 12:39 PM

Moro Islamic Liberation (MILF)Front chairman Al Hajj Murad Ebrahim casts his vote during the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) Plebiscite at Barangay Simuay, Sultan Kudarat on Monday.  Read more »

Bangsamoro plebiscite proceeds with reports of flying voters, intimidation

ABS-CBN News
Jan 21 12:38 PM

Approving the Bangsamoro Organic Law is among the final steps under a 5-year old peace agreement between Manila and the Moro Islamic Liberation front aimed at ending decades of strife that left some 120,000 people killed.  Read more »

Human rights lawyers file new petition vs Mindanao martial law extension

ABS-CBN News
Jan 21 12:33 PM

A group of human rights lawyers has filed another petition seeking to invalidate the third extension of martial law in Mindanao. Read more »

Sandiganbayan refuses to junk graft case of Aurora governor

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Jan 21 12:10 PM

The Sandiganbayan 6th Division refused to junk the graft case of Aurora Governor Gerardo Noveras who was charged by the Office of the Ombudsman last year for alleged irregularities in a road repair project in 2014. Read more »

Bangsamoro law seen ratified, ARMM expansion hangs: analysts

ABS-CBN News
Jan 21 12:04 PM

The Bangsamoro Organic Law will likely be ratified in a plebiscite that started Monday but the expansion of the autonomous region may not be concluded yet, analysts said Monday. Read more »

1 sugatan sa sunog sa Caloocan

ABS-CBN News
Jan 21 11:41 AM

Sugatan ang isang babae sa sunog sa isang residential area sa lungsod ng Caloocan nitong Lunes ng umaga. Read more »

Duterte pays respects to the late Henry Sy

Valerie Escalera, Presidential Photo
Jan 21 11:40 AM

President Duterte pays his last respects to Henry Sy during the wake of the late Chinese-Filipino business magnate, investor, and philanthropist at the Heritage Memorial Park in Taguig City on Sunday. Read more »

BOL dissent may spawn new armed alliance - analyst

ABS-CBN News
Jan 21 11:25 AM

A law granting wider self-rule to Muslims in the south may solve the 5-decade Moro insurgency there or spawn a new alliance of armed groups, communist rebels and Christian leaders, a security analyst said Monday.  Read more »

PNP backs lowering age of criminal liability to 9 years old

ABS-CBN News
Jan 21 11:22 AM

Under the law, children 15 years old and younger are exempted from criminal liability. Read more »

WATCH: Tension sparks in Cotabato polling precinct during Bangsamoro vote

ABS-CBN News
Jan 21 11:20 AM | Updated Jan 21 11:24 AM

Some locals allegedly discovered "flying voters" who had cast their votes at the Cotabato Chinese Institute leading to a fistfight. Read more »

House panel approves bill seeking to lower age of criminal liability to 9

ABS-CBN News
Jan 21 11:17 AM | Updated Jan 21 11:32 AM

The House justice committee approved on Monday a bill seeking to lower the age of criminal liability to 9 years old.  Read more »

Duterte visits Henry Sy Sr.’s wake

ABS-CBN News
Jan 21 10:55 AM | Updated Jan 21 11:07 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday paid a visit to the wake of the late retail tycoon Henry Sy Sr. Read more »

MILF chair votes in historic Bangsamoro plebiscite

ABS-CBN News
Jan 21 10:51 AM | Updated Jan 21 12:42 PM

For the first time since joining the underground movement in the late 60's, Moro Islamic Liberation Front Chairman Al Hajj Murad Ebrahim participated in the government's democratic process as he voted yes for the Bangsamoro Organic Law in a historic plebiscite Monday. Read more »

2 arestado dahil sa paglabag sa gun ban

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Jan 21 10:50 AM

Arestado ang dalawang lalaking nagpakilala bilang mga drayber ng pinaparentahang sasakyan matapos mahulihan ng baril sa lungsod ng Makati nitong Lunes ng madaling araw. Read more »

Amang changes course, heads for Leyte and Samar

ABS-CBN News
Jan 21 10:45 AM | Updated Jan 21 11:48 AM

Tropical depression Amang has changed its course and is now headed for the provinces of Leyte and Samar in Visayas, the state weather bureau said Monday morning. Read more »