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Año to LGUs: Declare Reds persona non grata

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has asked local officials around the country to declare the CPP-NPA as persona non grata.

Duterte admin asked to heed SC order protecting PH reefs

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte and other government officials must enforce the Supreme Court’s writ of kalikasan order directing them to protect and rehabilitate the marine environment in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said on Saturday.

Comelec: Daraga too hot for comfort; Duterte raises bounty by P20M

President Duterte has recommended to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to put the town of Daraga in Albay province under its control, after the assassination last week of Ako Bicol Rep. Rodel Batocabe.

PNP files charges vs Garin, dad for beating up Iloilo policeman

The Philippine National Police on Thursday filed criminal and administrative charges in the Office of the Ombudsman’s Iloilo field office against Iloilo Rep. Oscar Garin Jr. and his father, Guimbal Mayor Oscar Garin Sr., and two unidentified bodyguards for beating up a police officer.

Duterte order to deploy troops stumps Lacson

Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Sunday said Memorandum Order No. 32 (MO 32) was baffling, as President Duterte could deploy more troops to the provinces just by giving orders to the military.

Bol Bol and Tropang 5G back to winning ways

For only the second time in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup, coach Chot Reyes had company in the postgame press conference after a TNT victory on Friday. But it wasn’t Bol Bol who joined the Tropang 5G mentor after another hard-fought result when the defending champions edged out guest team Macau Black Knights, 119-112, at the […]

UAAP: String of KO matches starts with UST-FEU clash for No. 4

SCHEDULE: UAAP Season 88 volleyball tournament – playoff Far Eastern University on Wednesday had to wait for hours to know that it will play on in the UAAP women’s volleyball tournament. The Lady Tamaraws lived to fight another day courtesy of another team, taking the Smart Araneta Coliseum floor on Saturday against a side they […]

Creamline Cool Smashers find way back to top and what a climb it was

For the Creamline Cool Smashers, the most special championship will always be the most recent one. Their 11th title was the tallest mountain they had scaled yet, as the full-force Cool Smashers faced do-or-die games—unlike in the first 10 when they were the team to beat. They swept the Cignal Super Spikers all right, but […]

Alyssa gives Vanie her roses, says Cignal near breakthrough title

Vanie Gandler left everything on the floor and led Cignal’s balanced attack that dragged Creamline to a deciding fifth set in Game 2 on Thursday night. Yet, despite the undeniable resilience of the Super Spikers, the heart of champions in the Cool Smashers prevailed as they completed a series sweep to regain the Premier Volleyball […]

Cool Smashers reclaim one of three titles they lost last season

The harder the path, the sweeter the success for Creamline. Despite taking the toughest road to the finals, the Cool Smashers returned to the top of the PVL All-Filipino Conference after completing a series sweep of Cignal with a marathon 25-23, 22-25, 25-16, 16-25, 15-11 Game 2 win on Thursday in front of 17,358 fans […]

How my lola mothered me (and the entire household) through food

“Kumain ka na,” my grandmother would tell me day after day, as I arrived from school and sauntered into the dining room.  Some days, it was a question; other times it was firm insistence. Coming home to merienda was a ritual I eagerly looked forward to every time I came home—whether it was the pimiento […]

On biological clocks and calendars: Going against the grain of time

I’m nearly 30, and people have opined over my so-called biological clock, urging me to make haste as it was ticking quickly

Would it be fair for Dennis Padilla to attend Julia Barretto’s wedding uninvited?

Advanced mag-isip? Julia Barretto and Gerald Anderson have stirred engagement rumors after a sweet birthday post in March that they’ve since denied.  But Anderson has been teasing that he’s planning on doing it and this seemed to have surfaced insecurities in Barretto’s estranged father Dennis Padilla who’s already insisting on his attendance to the future […]

‘The Idol’ begs us to pity an abuser in gaslighting finale

Over the course of its run, the general consensus for the five-episode nonprestige HBO series “The Idol” seems to be that it already overstayed its welcome. However, the unearned twist in the show’s ending felt like the visual equivalent of premature ejaculation.  We were served a classic 180-degree turn—gaslighting, absolving, and begging us to pity […]

Dear insecure cishet men, Andrea Brillantes doesn’t live to impress you

This just in: Women know how to have fun! Women have hobbies! Women don’t live just to impress insecure men! Is self-described motivational speaker Rendon Labador vying for the spot of local manosphere mouthpiece? This week, he’s received backlash for disparaging, thinly veiled misogynistic comments against Andrea Brillantes who was minding her own business, playing […]

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