Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, former Police Chief Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa, and broadcaster Erwin Tulfo, along with some incumbent and former lawmakers will mostly likely win if the the senatorial elections were held today, according to a Pulse Asia survey released Friday. ... more

A provision strengthening the Philippines' sovereignty rights in a new federal constitution is not necessary, the director of UP Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea said Friday. ... more

MANILA (UPDATED) - Police have arrested veteran actor Julio Diaz in an anti-illegal drugs operation in Meycauayan, Bulacan Friday. ... more

MANILA - A member of President Rodrigo Duterte's consultative committee believes giving a sitting president two 4-year terms will make for a more accountable leader.    ... more

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board will grant "generic" franchises for 65,000 drivers of transport network vehicles that may be used for any ride-hailing company, a transport official said Friday. ... more

Matapos ang 12 taong pagtatago, nahuli sa Marinduque ang isang suspek sa pamamaslang, Huwebes. ... more

MAYNILA - Arestado ang 3 katao sa ikinasang buy-bust operation sa Barangay Payatas, Quezon City Huwebes ng gabi. ... more

Inaprubahan na ng Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board ang dagdag sahod para sa mga manggagawa sa Soccsksargen.   ... more

Patay ang itinuturing na number one sa drugs watch list ng Malolos City, Bulacan matapos umanong manlaban sa ikinasang buy-bust operation.   ... more

Patay ang isang babae matapos bugbugin ng kaniyang asawa dahil umano sa selos sa Marilao, Bulacan. ... more

These are the big stories that ANC will cover today. ... more

Siyam na opisyal ng barangay ang kabilang sa drug watchlist ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) sa rehiyon ng Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.   ... more

Tuluyan nang inilipat ang NFA sa pamamahala ng Department of Agriculture. ... more

Pero hindi pa masagot ng transportation department kung puwede na itong gamitin sa riles ng MRT-3. ... more

Naghain naman ng manifestation sa SC ang dalawang senador na humihiling na huwag pakialaman ang kaso. ... more

Tinawag ng Makabayan Bloc na "crackdown" sa mga bumabatikos sa pamahalaan ang ginawang pag-aresto kay Sister Patricia Fox ng Bureau of Immigration. ... more

Habang umaaray ang ilang mamimili sa mahal ng karneng baboy at manok, wala namang gaanong paggalaw sa presyo ng ilang klase ng isda. ... more

Arestado ang 3 katao, kabilang ang kapatid ng isang barangay chairman, sa buy-bust operation sa Tondo, Maynila. ... more

MANILA - Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday lashed out at the European Parliament's latest resolution that called on the Philippines to halt its anti-narcotics campaign. ... more

Police Director General Oscar Albayalde formally assumes leadership of the Philippine National Police.  ... more

Two lawmakers from Camarines Sur figure in a meltdown of sorts, which a political analyst said offers a peek of what to expect in next year's congressional and gubernatorial polls. ... more

Apektado ng mainit na panahon ang agrikultura at maging ang poultry na kabuhayan sa ilang probinsiya.  ... more

Hanggang Abril 19 ang palugit na ibinigay ng Korte Suprema para isumite ang mga pinal na argumento o memorandum kaugnay ng petisyon. ... more

Hindi pa rin papayagan ng Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board na makabiyahe ang mga bus ng Dimple Star. ... more

Ayon sa Comelec, hangga't walang batas na bumubuwag sa mga barangay na ito ay tuloy pa rin ang eleksiyon at puwede pa rin bumoto ang mga rehistradong botante dito.  ... more

Matagal nang minamanmanan ng NBI ang mga suspek dahil sa pagkadawit sa kasong pagpatay at pangangalakal umano ng ilegal na droga. ... more

Aminado ang mayor ng bayan ng Carmen na marami sa mga residente ang may armas bilang pang-depensa sa kanilang mga pamilya. ... more

Pinangunahan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang seremonya sa pagpapalit ng hepe ng Philippine National Police sa Camp Crame nitong Huwebes ng hapon. ... more

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) expressed concerns over the detention of an Australian nun due to alleged partisan political activities.  ... more

Base sa pag-aaral, ang mga plastic straws na kumakalat sa dagat ay isa sa mga pangunahing nagdudulot ng mga sakit sa mga pawikan.   ... more

Apat na establisimyento sa Cavite at Laguna ang ni-raid ng National Bureau of Investigation dahil sa reklamong pagbebenta ng mga pekeng krayola. ... more

Ayon sa Environmental Management Bureau, bibigyan ng pagkakataong makapag-comply ang mga nabigyan ng notice of violation at hindi sila ipasasara kagaya ng ginawa sa Boracay. ... more

PALM BEACH: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) he hoped his improbable summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un would go ahead—but warned he was not afraid to walk away if the meeting appears unlikely to be “fruitful.” The odds of the Trump-Kim talks taking place… ... more

BEIRUT: UN security experts have said they were negotiating with Syrian and Russian authorities for international chemical inspectors to deploy to the site of an alleged toxic gas attack near Damascus, after a reconnaissance mission came under fire. The team from the world’s chemical arms watchdog has not yet been… ... more

THE HAGUE: Britain accused Russia on Wednesday of breaking the two-decade international ban on chemical weapons, at emergency talks on last month’s poisoning with a nerve agent of a former Russian spy. The accusations came as diplomats from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons met behind closed-doors in… ... more

BEIJING: Chinese combat helicopters conducted live-fire drills with missiles off the country’s southeast coast, state media said on Thursday, without confirming whether the exercises took place in the sensitive Taiwan Strait. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) exercise took place Wednesday and involved various types of helicopters that tested “all-weather operational… ... more

The Defense Ministry yesterday denied that weapons seized from a Thai national in Thailand’s Trat province, which borders Koh Kong province’s Cham Yeam International Border checkpoint, were from Cambodia. Chhum Sucheat, spokesman for Defense Ministry, said yesterday that news report published by Thai media outlet was false. “The spokesman of… ... more

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called snap elections for June 24, bringing the polls forward by a year-and-a-half to accelerate the transition to a new system critics fear will lead to one-man rule. The announcement by the strongman leader, who has ruled his country since 2003, upended… ... more

TAMPA: NASA on Wednesday blasted off its newest planet-hunting spacecraft, TESS, a $337 million satellite that aims to scan 85 percent of the skies for cosmic bodies where life may exist. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) soared into the cloudless, blue sky atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from… ... more

BEIJING: Chinese combat helicopters conducted live-fire drills with missiles off the country’s southeast coast, state media said on Thursday, without confirming whether the exercises took place in the sensitive Taiwan Strait. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) exercise took place on Wednesday and involved various types of helicopters that tested “all-weather… ... more

"Paasa" raw ang Palasyo sa isyung endo. Giit naman ng Malacañang, natupad na ng presidente ang pangakong tapusin ang "5-5-5 endo." ... more

Isang 18 anyos na babae mula Caloocan City ang nakatakas sa kamay ng mga taong dumukot sa kaniya matapos niyang kagatin ang kamay ng isa sa mga ito.   ... more

Kilalang may-ari ng isang welding shop sa lungsod ang suspek, at marami umano sa mga tumatakbong traysikel sa siyudad ang ipinapagawa sa kaniyang shop. ... more

Nangangamba ang ilang manggagawa sa Boracay na apektado sa pagsasara ng isla na baka hindi akma sa kanilang mga kakayahan ang ibibigay na mga trabaho ng DOLE.  ... more

Bukod umano sa kantahan at inuman, talamak din umano ang prostitusyon sa bar.  ... more

Tumanggi ang mga residente sa alok na relokasyon sapagkat may "historical value" umano ang lugar, kung saan daw nagsimula ang lahi ng mga Maranao. ... more

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday issued a new warning to so-called scalawags in the Philippine National Police (PNP), as the 195,000-strong force welcomed a new chief who vowed to impose a “low-key but stern kind of leadership.” ... more

Naghamunan, nagmurahan at nagpalitan ng maiinit na salita ang dalawang kongresista mula sa Camarines Sur, Huwebes, dahil sa umano'y biglaang pagtatambak ng lupa sa isang daanan sa bayan ng Pili. ... more

The annual US-Philippine drills are held to test the readiness of their militaries to respond to threats that include natural disasters and militant extremist attacks. ... more

A metal object needs to be extracted from the forehead of the female NPA rebel, who must also undergo tests to make sure her baby is OK. ... more

Director General Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa stepped down as chief of the Philippine National Police on Thursday after nearly 2 years at the forefront of the government's war on drugs. ... more

GUIUAN, Eastern Samar - Nasabat ng pulis ang 4 kilo ng hinihinalang cocaine sa Barangay Sulangan sa bayang ito Huwebes. ... more

MANILA - Activist lawmakers on Thursday slammed President Rodrigo Duterte for calling an Australian nun accused of engaging in "political activities" in the country "foul-mouthed."  ... more

MANILA - The parents of a teenager who died months after she was given Dengvaxia shots filed on Thursday fresh criminal complaints before the Justice department against past and present health officials. ... more

MANILA - Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon on Thursday filed a dissenting vote against the Senate committee report on Dengvaxia that recommended the filing of charges against former President Benigno Aquino III and 2 former Cabinet members. ... more

Patay ang isang pastor habang sugatan naman ang 2 kasamahan nito matapos pagbabarilin ng mga armadong lalaki na pinaniniwalaang mga miyembro ng New People's Army noong Miyerkules. ... more

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Thursday said he and several other government officials would meet with Facebook representatives to discuss the social network’s choice of fact-checkers. ... more

MANILA - Malacañang on Thursday said the government is not cracking down on foreign critics of President Rodrigo Duterte, including those perceived to be sympathetic with left-leaning organizations, noting there is a law banning them from participating in “political” or “partisan” activities in the country. ... more

Music icon Freddie Aguilar, journalist Jiggy Manicad and 18 others are being considered for inclusion in PDP-Laban's Senate slate for the 2019 midterm elections, Senator Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III said Thursday. ... more

ILIGAN CITY – Unidentified assailants shot and killed a police officer in Barangay Del Carmen early Thursday morning. ... more

President Rodrigo Duterte’s consultative committee has firmed up the new federal constitution to “obligate” the government to pursue the Philippines’ sovereign rights over parts of its territory now being claimed by China. ... more

 The Supreme Court will decide on the petition to nullify Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno's appointment next month, Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said Thursday. ... more

Isa ang sugatan habang tatlo naman ang patay nang pagtatagain ng isang dating adik ang kaniyang mga kasamahan sa loob ng isang bahay sa Barangay Cansojong dito sa lungsod, Huwebes. ... more

Police Director Camilo Cascolan will take over the leadership of the National Capital Region Police Office, a post held by the new Philippine National Police chief Director General Oscar Albayalde. ... more

Huminto sa gitna ng Santolan at Ortigas Station ang isang southbound na tren ng MRT, Huwebes ng hapon. ... more

Members of the International Criminal Court (ICC) won't be barred from entering the Philippines as long as they come as tourists and not as investigators, President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesperson said Thursday. ... more

MANILA - Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday asked the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) to reverse its earlier decision on the ballot shading threshold in connection with the recount for the poll protest against her.  ... more

Apat na matataas na posisyon ang magkakaroon ng mga bagong pinuno, kabilang na ang NCRPO, ang opisinang lilisanin ni Director Oscar Albayalde, na uupo bilang hepe ng PNP. ... more

President Rodrigo Duterte will no longer issue an executive order to stop "end of contract" or endo in favor of legislation at the Senate, which he will certify as a priority, one of his economic managers said Thursday. ... more

MANILA - President Duterte has appointed Court of Appeals Associate Justice Socorro Inting as the newest member of the Commission on Elections, a source told ABS-CBN News. ... more