-
Sandiganbayan Refuses Bid for Demurrer of Ex-Quirino Governor
The Sandiganbayan Second Division has denied the motion for leave to file demurrer to evidence filed by former Quirino Governor Pedro Ladia Bacani, who sought to challenge the sufficiency of the prosecution's evidence in his graft case involving the P4.99 million fertilizer fund scam back in 2004.
-
PH has no existing positive case of COVID-19 – Palace
The country has “no existing positive” case of the new coronavirus amid intensified government efforts to contain, if not stop the global health menace, Malacañang said Friday.
-
Pachauri, leader of Peace Prize winning climate panel, dies at 79
Indian environmentalist Rajendra Pachauri, who led the UN climate change group that won a Nobel Peace Prize but whose later years were dogged by sexual harassment allegations, has died at the age of 79.
-
Teaching innovation should start in basic education – DepEd
Learners can have a better understanding on the changes brought about by advance technologies if that is taught early, with the Department of Education (DepEd) urging that innovation in education should start at the grade school and secondary levels.
-
Lacson wonders what happened to Espenido, hopes police official can disprove allegations
"What happened?’’
Senator Panfilo N. Lacson, a former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, asked this after PNP Lt. Col. Jovie Espenido, was included in President Duterte’s narco list.
-
-
71-year-old PUI in La Union negative for coronavirus, dies of other causes
The Department of Health (DOH) said a 71-year-old man from La Union province who was being monitored for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) died due to other causes.
-
Ethiopia delays elections by two weeks to August 29
Ethiopia's electoral board said Friday it planned to hold landmark national polls on August 29, nearly two weeks later than an initial timeline announced last month.
-
POPCOM to youth: Be responsible, discerning this Valentine’s Day
The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) reminded the Filipino youth on Friday to heighten their sense of responsibility and discernment as they celebrate Valentine’s Day.
-
Russia's Putin says marriage is purely between 'man and woman'
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday stressed that marriage is solely a heterosexual union and supported the idea of enshrining the notion in the country's updated constitution.
-
Brazil's Bolsonaro lashes out at pope's Amazon text
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right climate-change skeptic, lashed out at Pope Francis Thursday after the pontiff pleaded for the protection of the Amazon rainforest, and attacked the environmental group Greenpeace as "rubbish."
-
New party boss of China's Hubei pledges to contain coronavirus: state media
BEIJING - The new Communist Party chief of China’s Hubei province pledged to contain the outbreak in the region that has been the hardest hit by the coronavirus, the province’s official newspaper reported on Thursday.
-
Hunt on for 'patient zero' who spread coronavirus globally from Singapore
SINGAPORE/SEOUL/LONDON - As lion dancers snaked between conference room tables laden with plastic bottles, pens, notebooks and laptops, some staff from British gas analytics firm Servomex snapped photos of the performance meant to bring good luck and fortune.
-
Singapore's biggest daily jump in new coronavirus cases takes tally to 58
SINGAPORE - Singapore on Thursday reported its biggest daily jump in coronavirus cases, with eight newly infected patients bringing its total to 58, the health ministry said.