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Courting China again: What’s on the line for Duterte in Beijing return

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Apr 24 12:42 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte is set to return to China for the fourth time in his nearly 3-year presidency with the backdrop of rising tensions between Manila and Beijing over disputed areas in the South China Sea. Read more »

What to do when an earthquake hits

ABS-CBN News
Apr 23 11:35 PM

Filipinos are reeling from the aftermath of the two tremors that hit several parts of the country, but what procedures should be done when an earthquake occurs?  Read more »

EXPLAINER: Why Phivolcs revises magnitude level after quakes happen

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Apr 23 08:35 PM | Updated Apr 23 08:36 PM

Phivolcs science research specialist Lucille Rose Sanico said the magnitude of an earthquake is triangulated using data from three of the nearest monitoring stations. Read more »

Raw evil: Duterte's drug war 'biggest lie' in the last three years, says bishop

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Apr 23 08:59 AM | Updated Apr 24 06:08 AM

MANILA (UPDATED) - Bishop Pablo Virgilio David on Monday said the biggest lie that he has heard in the last three years is that “the drug war is meant to eradicate illegal drugs.” Read more »

Are PH journalists facing increasing level of intimidation, disinformation?

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Apr 23 02:15 AM

Journalists and civil society groups weighed in on Monday on the country’s state of media and disinformation. Read more »

Previous deadly attacks at Easter

Agence France-Presse
Apr 22 06:34 AM | Updated Apr 22 12:41 PM

After a series of explosions ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Sunday, killing more than 150 people, here are some previous cases of deadly violence at Easter: Read more »

Process of resurrection continues for once-dead Pasig River

Katrin Hartmann
Apr 20 04:59 PM

The Pasig River is among the world’s rivers that carry the most plastic waste to the sea, but a group tasked to renature it is reporting improvements. Read more »

Epilepsy blocked her dream of becoming a nun. Now, she's a fighter for the deaf

Jan Yumul
Apr 20 12:31 PM

Unbeknownst to many, the feisty 57-year-old interpreter for the deaf has been living with epilepsy - a condition that may have forever crushed Tess Buenaventura's dreams of becoming a nun.deaf education,sdeas,csb Read more »

‘Great event to see live’: Pinoy crucifixion in the eyes of some tourists

Ronn Bautista, Reuters
Apr 19 10:08 PM

The gory display of devotion, which the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines looks down upon, draws tourists to the province of Pampanga. Read more »

Hatred of journalists turning to violence, watchdog warns

Fiachra Gibbons, Agence France-Presse
Apr 18 06:56 PM | Updated Apr 18 07:59 PM

The number of countries where journalists can work safely is plummeting, the annual World Press Freedom Index revealed. Read more »

Hunt for Scarborough clams, aka ‘jade of the sea,’ translates to lucrative business

ABS-CBN News
Apr 18 09:38 AM | Updated Apr 18 10:05 AM

Shell carvings from clams that Chinese fishers pillage from the South China Sea could fetch as much as P5.5 million, according to a 2016 report.  Read more »

'Worse than jail': Former street kids recall horrors in youth shelters

Michael Joe Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Apr 18 05:41 AM | Updated Apr 18 10:13 AM

MANILA – In anguish, one boy cried out: “’Yung tingin sa mga batang lansangan ay isang putik na kailangan walisin!”  Read more »

Bandila Xtra: Monasteryo sa Maynila, Part 2

ABS-CBN News
Apr 18 02:37 AM

Sa Part 2 ng Bandila Xtra, pinayagan tayong masilayan ang bahagi ng monasteryong tanging mga monghe lang ang nakapapasok. Read more »

PH has other legal avenues aside from UN-backed court in China sea row - expert

ABS-CBN News
Apr 17 11:52 AM | Updated Apr 17 12:32 PM

The Philippines can take its territorial dispute with China to other legal platforms aside from a United Nations-backed court that the Asian giant has snubbed, an expert said Wednesday, following reports of Beijing's latest incursions into disputed waters.  Read more »

Bandila Xtra: Monasteryo sa Maynila

ABS-CBN News
Apr 17 01:01 AM

Ipinasilip sa Bandila X-tra ng mga monghe sa San Beda ang ganda, kasaysayan, at pananampalataya ng kanilang komunidad sa loob ng monasteryo. Read more »

Harvesting giant clams has led to ‘wanton destruction’ of Scarborough Shoal: expert

ABS-CBN News
Apr 17 12:23 AM

China uses the shells of giant clams as substitute for ivory. It is then used for sculptures and sold at a high price. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, this is not a photo of Paolo Duterte taking his shirt off

Agence France-Presse
Apr 16 06:08 PM

The claim is false; the photo contained in the post shows an ex-adviser to the president, not his son. Read more »

Only 1,900 of 43,000 candidates have registered campaign pages with Comelec

ABS-CBN News
Apr 15 11:39 PM

Many candidates for the May polls have yet to comply with the Commission on Elections' new rules on social media campaigning. Read more »

FBI Bars Some China Scholars From Visiting the U.S. Over Spying Fears

Jane Perlez, The New York Times
Apr 15 01:35 PM | Updated May 03 08:07 AM

Just as he had on previous trips, Zhu Feng bolted down his lunch at the Los Angeles airport before sprinting to catch his Air China flight back to Beijing. Read more »

Rising but remembering – Ormoc 28 years after the deadly flood

Cooper Resabal, VERA Files
Apr 15 01:56 AM

Some survivors are still haunted by images of that fateful day when a rampaging mix of mud, debris, and logs swept their houses, kin and neighbors to the Ormoc sea. Read more »

Filipino photojournalist gets nod from World Press Photo

ABS-CBN News
Apr 12 11:33 AM

A Filipino photojournalist has won second prize in the World Press Photo Award for his photograph on the Duterte administration's war on drugs. Read more »

Bandila Xtra: Tanaw ang Kaligtasan, Part 2

ABS-CBN News
Apr 12 01:22 AM

Tinuruan ni survival specialist Dr. Ted Esguerra ang mga guro at estudyante ng Philippine National School for the Blind kung paano makaliligtas sa mga sakuna gaya ng lindol at sunog. Read more »

Snipers, starvation and death: IS 'caliphate' ended in bloodbath

John Davison, Reuters
Apr 12 12:57 AM | Updated Apr 12 12:58 AM

Snipers in areas controlled by Syria's government near the village of Baghouz picked off women and children fetching water from the river or climbing the small hill to seek medical help in Kurdish-controlled territory, survivors said.   Read more »

Fish for alcohol, noodles: Filipino fishermen barter with Chinese at sea

Chiara Zambrano, ABS-CBN News
Apr 11 11:41 PM

Because China already has a constant and dominating presence in Scarborough Shoal, Filipino fishermen have learned to barter with the Chinese personnel they encounter at sea. Read more »

EXPLAINER: Who is Julian Assange, and why was he arrested?

Reuters
Apr 11 08:40 PM

Assange's supporters see him as a hero who challenges censorship; others say he risked security by revealing secret documents. Read more »