1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (1101+ words) By Maria Tsvetkova and Dan Fastenberg Scott Larsen was 4 years old when his dad, the New York City firefighter he was named after, was killed in the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. His father, then 35, had recently…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (372+ words) The spokesperson and adviser of the House prosecution panel on Saturday warned that foreign malign influence operations could exploit Vice President Sara Duterte’s Senate impeachment trial and other divisive domestic controversies to deepen the political polarization among Filipinos. Former Surigao…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (263+ words) Former Department of Education (DepEd) Undersecretary Michael Poa on Wednesday told the Senate impeachment court that paying informants for information did not necessarily lead to successful intelligence gathering. Poa testified as a hostile witness on the 21st day of Vice President…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (409+ words) BY EDISON JOSEPH GONZALES The Sept. 14 parliamentary election in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will put the region’s transition to self-governance to a critical test, with development partners watching what comes next. In an interview on BNC’s…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (502+ words) BY EDISON JOSEPH GONZALES Mindanao is making a broader push to attract private investment and development support as it seeks to become an investment destination and growth center. On BNC’s “Business 360,” Leo Tereso Magno, secretary of the Mindanao Development Authority,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (507+ words) President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to spend $4 million to bolster right-wing media in Europe, part of a package of at least $25 million for civil society groups working on conservative causes in the region, according to four people familiar with…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (357+ words) GENEVA, Aug 31 (Reuters) – A U.N. committee said countries are legally obliged to consider reparations for the transatlantic slave trade and take other measures to address the enduring legacy of racial discrimination it says persists today. Guidance published on Monday by the…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (215+ words) House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Rep. Antonio Tinio on Monday criticized the Marcos administration’s distribution of Special Allotment Release Orders (SARO) to local officials, calling it a “shameless ceremony of political patronage.” Tinio questioned the distribution of SAROs…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (437+ words) Parañaque City Rep. Brian Yamsuan has called for alternative funding sources for the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) should Congress enact a measure abolishing the travel tax, which has bankrolled part of the agency’s funding. CHEd, which was tasked with…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago   (214+ words) Sen. Francis Pangilinan on Monday paid tribute to Filipinos he described as “modern-day heroes” as the country commemorated the annual National Heroes’ Day. In a statement, Pangilinan said he wanted to honor not only the heroes remembered in history books,…...