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From paradise to perdition: Tale of a sanitary landfill in Bulacan gone wrong

Gerry Lirio, ABS-CBN News
Oct 18 03:48 PM | Updated Oct 18 04:30 PM

When it rains, trash from an 18.8-hectare landfill in Bulacan flows and mixes with the flowing Istrabiyal River. Now, residents want it closed. Read more »

Asian cities risk stumbling 'zombie-like' towards digital dystopia

Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Oct 17 06:04 PM

As Asian cities turn to technologies such as facial recognition and artificial intelligence to deliver social welfare and public services, urban experts on Thursday urged authorities to address privacy concerns and protect the vulnerable. Read more »

Life and love in the time of polio

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Oct 17 01:07 PM | Updated Oct 17 01:43 PM

Who's afraid of polio? Not these two survivors. Read more »

For ground zero IDPs in Marawi, there’s no going back

Luz Rimban, Agenda for Hope Project, Ateneo de Manila University
Oct 16 09:02 PM

Construction workers are clearing the area that was the main battleground between government forces and extremist rebels, carting away the debris of a war that hogged international headlines two years ago.   Read more »

In Asia's booming cities, including Manila, urban planners urged to include the poor

Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Oct 16 05:30 PM

From Bangkok to Manila, as Asian cities strive to become more modern, street vendors and hawkers are viewed increasingly as a hindrance to city planning and are being evicted from pavements. Read more »

San Juan City to build high-rise, in-city housing for informal settlers

ABS-CBN News
Oct 16 12:12 AM

The new mayor of San Juan City is addressing the issue of informal settlers without driving them out of his city. Read more »

How ‘ninja’ cops evolved from scaling walls to recycling drugs

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Oct 15 10:20 PM

Police scalawags making money by reselling confiscated illegal drugs are known as “ninjas,” a term that referred to their predecessors’ ability to carry out some of the most daring operations in the 90s. Read more »

Health crisis looms in BARMM after reemergence of polio

ABS-CBN News
Oct 14 11:47 PM

A health crisis looms in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region where the first confirmed case of polio in the Philippines was recorded after nearly two decades. Read more »

US 'medical tourists' seek cheap health care abroad

Javier Tovar, Agence France-Presse
Oct 14 10:07 PM

When Veronica Merrill decided to undergo stomach surgery for weight loss, she found two options: pay $12,000 at home in the United States, or have it done in Mexico for $4,000.    Read more »

US senator: Hong Kong becoming 'police state'

Jerome Taylor, Agence France-Presse
Oct 14 10:04 PM

Hong Kong is sliding towards becoming a police state, US senator Josh Hawley warned Monday, as tens of thousands filled the strife-torn city's streets waving American flags and calling on Washington to punish China over sliding freedoms. Read more »

PH climate measures lack urgency despite vulnerable status, experts say

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Oct 14 09:05 PM | Updated Oct 16 07:44 PM

Following the highly publicized United Nations climate summit in New York, experts reminded world leaders of the urgency to phase out coal power generation and other emissions-generating activities.  Read more »

Recycling not enough: Groups call for waste prevention amid global plastics crisis

Tarra Quismundo, ABS-CBN News
Oct 13 06:59 PM

Activists and advocates from around the world renewed their call for waste prevention, underscoring a global plastics crisis polluting the world’s communities and oceans with non-biodegradable trash.  Read more »

Drowning prevention advocate calls for UN action

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Oct 13 05:56 PM | Updated Oct 13 10:14 PM

The World Health Organization now categorizes drowning as the third major cause of unintentional death in the world. Read more »

Bandila Xtra: Memory Athletes, Part 2

ABS-CBN News
Oct 12 02:08 AM

Kahapon, bumilib tayo sa mga kabataang may kakaibang talas ng memorya na nagwagi sa iba't ibang international competition. Pero paano nga ba nila natatandaan ang mga dapat memoryahin? Read more »

Panelo after 4-hour commute to work: No mass transport crisis in Metro Manila

ABS-CBN News
Oct 12 01:26 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman, Salvador Panelo, tried commuting to work for a day after an activist challenged him to experience for himself the daily hardships endured by Filipinos taking public transport. Read more »

'Alarming upsurge' in measles, including in PH, has devastating impact: WHO

Kate Kelland, Reuters
Oct 11 10:22 PM

Latest WHO global data shows that reported cases of measles rose by 300 percent globally in the first three months of this year compared to the same period in 2018 Read more »

Bandila Xtra: Memory Athletes

ABS-CBN News
Oct 11 01:06 AM

Imbes na magbabad sa social media, tutok ngayon ang ilang kabataang Pinoy sa paghasa ng kanilang memorya. Read more »

Is Mayor Isko Manila's new 'Master Showman'?

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Oct 10 04:03 PM

Manila Mayor Isko Moreno is now the Filipino local official with the largest social media following, pegged at nearly 2 million, a mass base large enough to catapult his political capital beyond his jurisdiction. Read more »

A look back at Mayor Isko Moreno's first 100 days in office

ABS-CBN News
Oct 09 11:06 PM | Updated Oct 09 11:20 PM

Manila Mayor Isko Moreno hit the ground running in his first 100 days in office to restore what he once described as a deteriorating city. Read more »

Mothers of drug war victims pass on letters for Pope Francis

Inday Espina-Varona
Oct 09 08:59 PM | Updated Oct 09 10:10 PM

Two mothers of young men slain in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war braved the crowds in the Vatican to pass on their messages of appeal for Pope Francis. Read more »

US detained nearly one million migrants in 12 months

Agence France-Presse
Oct 09 04:15 AM

US border agents arrested or stopped nearly one million undocumented migrants at the southern border with Mexico in the last 12 months, the most in more than a decade, a top official said Tuesday. Read more »

Are 'biodegradable plastics' environment-friendly? Think again, warns group

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Oct 08 02:12 AM | Updated Oct 08 06:25 AM

MANILA—From recyclable plastic to bioplastics made from plants, new packaging solutions have been promoted by companies amid a new generation of consumers concerned about sustainability. Read more »

Lawmaker seeks probe into alleged anomalies in Kaliwa Dam bidding process

ABS-CBN News
Oct 07 11:47 PM

A lawmaker is pushing for a House probe on the bidding process for the Kaliwa Dam project, following allegations of rigging. Read more »

Musicians take a hit as Hong Kong protests rock gigs

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Oct 06 10:08 PM | Updated Oct 07 03:01 PM

The social unrest in Hong Kong is now affecting the territory's freelance musicians, as performances are canceled in short notice and workdays reduced in half. Read more »

All the president's men: Supporting actors in Trump's Ukraine scandal

Reuters
Oct 05 05:29 AM

US President Donald Trump's efforts to pressure Ukraine into investigating a top rival in the 2020 US presidential election prompted Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats in the House of Representatives to move ahead with an impeachment inquiry, threatening his presidency.   Read more »