(File photo) MANILA – National Security Adviser Eduardo Año denied Thursday that a “gentleman’s agreement” had been struck between the Philippines and China on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) under the watch of former president Rodrigo Duterte. Año, a former chief-of-staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) under the …

ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Facebook)  ACT-CIS Rep. Erwin Tulfo led the OCTA Research’s latest senatorial survey results for the May 2025 elections, which were released on Thursday, April 4. OCTA’s survey, which was conducted from March 11 to 14, revealed that 16 personalities have a statistical chance of winning …

Actress Liza Soberano (Liza Soberano via Instagram)  MANILA, Philippines — Actress Liza Soberano was featured by popular American TikTok vlogger Daniel Mac. Daniel was known as a street vlogger asking people what they do for a living after he sees a nice car the people are driving. Liza was interviewed while she’s …

Magnified “cancer” text from a newspaper./Image by PDPics from Pixabay  PARIS, France — The number of new prostate cancer cases around the world will more than double over the next two decades as poorer countries catch up with the aging of richer nations, according to a Lancet report published Thursday. …

Philippines’ Hidilyn Diaz reacts after placing first in the women’s 55kg weightlifting competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo on July 26, 2021. (AFP / Vincenzo Pinto)  MANILA, Philippines — Hidilyn Diaz, the first and only Olympic gold medallist from the Philippines, vowed …

Sans reigning Rookie of the Year-Most Valuable Player Angel Canino, defending champion De La Salle turned back University of the Philippines, 26-24, 25-18, 24-26, 27-25, in the second round of the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament on Thursday, April 4, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. …

China claimed to have ‘discovered’ three underwater features during a 2004 survey by the China Navy Hydrographic Office, which submitted the names for consideration by the IHO in 2014. Not a month after then-Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said that allowing China into Benham or Philippine Rise “is more …

We cannot allow ourselves to be lulled into a false sense of security by statistics that do not reflect the grim truth. Despite claims of a 27-percent decrease in crime incidents, the reality on the ground tells a different story — one of fear, uncertainty, and a growing sense of …

As the United States reiterated its “ironclad” commitment to defending the Philippines in case of armed attack, a presidential adviser admitted Tuesday that the situation in the West Philippine Sea is “more intense than before.”  The Department of National Defense also reminded Filipinos not to lose sight of China’s illegal …

Tsunami warning for the provinces of Batanes Group of Islands, Cagayan, Ilocos Norte and Isabela has been lifted./Google Maps  MANILA, Philippines — The tsunami warning issued for several coastal provinces in the Philippines has been cancelled following a strong earthquake that struck Taiwan on Wednesday. The earthquake, measuring 7.5 magnitude …