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Nation
A U.S. Air Force transport aircraft crashed into a concrete road barrier while attempting to take off from a bypass road in Laoac, Pangasinan on Tuesday afternoon, injuring all five American military personnel on board. The pilot and two others were rushed to the hospital, while the remaining two
Politics
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte — the man who once dared the International Criminal Court to "come get him" — sat in pre-trial proceedings at The Hague on Thursday afternoon. The irony was thick enough to cut with a knife. The same leader who taunted, mocked, and threatened the ICC
Sports
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel just added some serious size to their frontcourt — acquiring 6-foot-8 big man Kemark Cariño from the Terrafirma Dyip in a one-on-one trade announced by the PBA on Friday. In exchange, Terrafirma gets veteran Ben Adamos. Cariño is a promising young talent who was picked by Terrafirma
Nation
The Bureau of Corrections dropped the hammer on Friday, relieving two prison superintendents from their posts amid ongoing investigations into their conduct — the latest shakeup under BuCor Director General Gregorio Catapang's watch. Out are Ricardo Sespene Jr., superintendent of the Leyte Regional Prison, and Marjorie Ann Sanidad, head
Showbiz
Filipino content creator and dancer Niana Guerrero is living her best life in Italy — she just made her Milan Fashion Week debut and the photos are absolutely sana all. The 18-year-old posted an Instagram Reel of herself dancing in the streets of Milan with the caption: 'First fashion week
Nation
Mayon Volcano in Albay generated an ongoing lava-collapse pyroclastic density current on Friday afternoon — the latest in a series of increasingly intense volcanic events that have kept Alert Level 3 in place over the Philippines' most perfectly shaped volcano. PHIVOLCS reported that lava effusion continues to generate flows that
Showbiz
The SexBomb Girls' legendary comeback concert series is getting the documentary treatment — and based on the teaser that Rochelle Pangilinan just dropped on Instagram, it's going to be an emotional ride. 'Sa likod ng Get Get Aww ay pawis, luha, at pusong hindi sumuko,' Rochelle
Crime
The massive four-alarm fire that ripped through Cabildo Street in Intramuros on Wednesday, destroying around 300 houses and displacing roughly 600 families, was allegedly started by a jealous man — according to the barangay chairman whose community was devastated. Barangay 655 Chairman Johnny Yacub told reporters that the suspect, driven by
Showbiz
Jasmine Curtis-Smith is setting the record straight once and for all: she has never had plastic surgery, especially not around her eyes — and she's not happy that people think otherwise. 'I have nothing against it, but I've never done it. I've never done
Nation
The Philippines' unified 911 emergency hotline receives up to 500 calls daily related to violence against women and children — a staggering number that the DILG says has been climbing steadily since the system went fully operational. Emergency 911 National Office executive director Francis Fajardo shared the data at a
Politics
Former Anakalusugan party-list representative Mike Defensor admitted Friday that he has been helping the 18 individuals presented as former Marines who claimed they delivered suitcases full of cash to politicians — pero he insists he had nothing to do with their affidavit or testimony. In an interview on Super Radyo dzBB,
Politics
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is set to make his first-ever state visit to the Philippines on March 3-4, Palace Press Officer Claire Castro announced Friday. The visit comes upon the personal invitation of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. — and it couldn't be more strategically timed. This will