The appearance of Filipino boxing champion and Saranggani Rep. Manny Pacquiao on the US entertainment show 'Extra' on Wednesday (Thursday, Philippine time) may be cancelled following his recently quoted 'anti-gay' remarks. Read more...

A major Chinese airline on Tuesday announced that it will cancel some of its flights to the Philippines because of the decreasing number of Chinese tourists travelling here. Read more...

Starting Wednesday, the Chinese government will enforce a fishing ban covering all of its claimed territories in the West Philippine Sea including the waters around the disputed Scarborough Shoal. Read more...

China on Friday warned that the rally held in front of the Chinese consular office in Makati City would escalate the tension caused by the Philippine-China standoff over Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei reiterated their claim over Huangya...

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The oldest known version of the Mayan calendar, which was recently found in an excavation in Guatemala , shows that contrary to popular speculation the world is not slated to end in 2012.

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US President Barack Obama, who will be up for re-election in November, has expressed his support for same-sex marriage .

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The Philippine government drew flak on Friday for erecting a wall to hide a slum area near the venue of the Asian Development Bank’s 45 ^th Governors’ Meeting.

Militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) said the Aquino administration is “whitewashing poverty.”

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