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All-out offensive vs BIFF over

MANILA (Updated) -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) ended on Monday its all-out offensive against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), AFP chief-of-staff Gregorio Pio Catapang said.

Mahathir Mohamad is last of Southeast Asia's old guards

Mon, 30 Mar 2015

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Two of Asia's best-known strongmen, Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew and Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad, had much in common — a streak of authoritarianism, little tolerance for...

Pinay videogame character ‘Josie Rizal’ trends on Twitter

Mon, 30 Mar 2015

"JOSIE Rizal," the first Filipina character in the latest installment of Tekken series, received mixed reactions from Filipino gamers.

The character, wearing a red headband, yellow dress...

After prison, a degree

Sat, 28 Mar 2015

ONCE a fugitive for three years and a prisoner for seven years, a former political detainee graduated this month from college.

In recent years, it was the Dean’s List, not an arrest warrant...

Tsunami warning issued for parts of Pacific after earthquake

Mon, 30 Mar 2015

SYDNEY (Updated) -- A powerful earthquake rattled the South Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea on Monday, prompting officials to issue a tsunami warning for vast swathes of the Pacific and...

Best Boxing Gym: ALA Boxing Gym | Best of Cebu

Mon, 30 Mar 2015

Considered the headquarters to some of the city’s finest trainers, the gym will have you running, punching, doing workouts — pushing you past your limits — all in one session. ALA Gym’s boxing...