Dead drug suspect

LOOK | Draft UN rights recommendations to PH: Stop EJKs, capital punishment, etc

A draft report of the UPR Working Group on the Philippines includes calls on Manila to end the extrajudicial killings that have claimed thousands of lives in the government’s “war on drugs”, and to scrap plans to restore capital punishment.

Cannes says 2017 is first and last for Netflix unless it changes

Neflix movies might be barred next year unless it gives is movies a cinema release in France.

Turkey warns US of blowback from arming Kurdish fighters in Syria

Turkey warned the United States on Wednesday that a decision to arm Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State in Syria could end up hurting Washington, and accused its NATO ally of siding with terrorists.

Cayetano vows less ‘microphone diplomacy’

Newly appointed Foreign Affairs secretary Senator Alan Peter Cayetano said one of the bigger challenges that he would have to face once he becomes the country’s top diplomat would be to refrain from talking too much in public.

Jay Z fortune jumps 30 percent but Diddy reigns in rap rich list

Diddy remains the world's richest rap mogul but only $10 million separates him from Jay Z.

Beyond Insta-worthiness: Halal certified, organic foods are here to stay

The future is looking bright for small entrepreneurs in the food business.

US likely to expand airline laptop ban to Europe – officials

The Trump administration is likely to expand a ban on laptops on commercial aircraft to include some European countries, but is reviewing how to ensure lithium batteries stored in luggage holds do not explode in midair, officials briefed on the matter said on Wednesday.

Graduates of historically black Florida university turn backs on education secretary

Graduating seniors at Bethune-Cookman University in Florida turned their backs in protest of US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos at the start of her commencement speech on Wednesday at the historically black institution.

Another reason bedtime matters for preschoolers

Little kids who have a consistent bedtime routine and limited screen time may get better at regulating their emotions, a recent study suggests.

SALVATION | How Thai monastery brings addicts back from the void

Wat Thamkrabok, 140 kilometers north of Bangkok, has treated more than 110,000 addicts since it started its program in 1959, the monastery says.

PH Red Cross’ disaster response ship is truly amazing

Able to carry 120 passengers and either 20 ambulances or six cargo trucks, Amazing Grace can land on beaches in water as shallow as four feet and lower its main deck to unload equipment like a roll-on/roll-off vessel ship.

Ex-FBI chief Comey aimed to expand Russia probe before being fired – source

Days before President Donald Trump fired him, then FBI Director James Comey sought to expand his agency's probe into possible collusion between Trump's presidential campaign and Russia to sway the 2016 US election, a congressional source said on Wednesday.

WATCH | Sex toys, toddler shoes, fetish ropes found in house of U.S. citizen...

Authorities discovered what could have been the darkest corner of the Internet when they went to the house of 53-year-old American David Timothy Deakin in Angeles City, Pampanga.

WATCH | Social media Asec Mocha to shift from bashing Du30 critics to assailing...

Get ready with your shields, corrupt public officials. The new assistant secretary for social media has vowed to go after the crooks in government as she shifts away from bashing President Duterte's critics via social media.

Here’s what Sean Anthony, Bradwyn Guinto think about being traded

GlobalPort's new recruits Sean Anthony and Bradwyn Guinto didn't have much problem finding their groove in their first game with the Batang Pier. Anthony...