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Ex-transport chief Abaya faces graft over MRT maintenance deal

ABS-CBN News
Oct 23 10:39 AM | Updated Oct 23 03:43 PM

The Department of Transportation lodged Monday graft charges against some 30 former officials led by former secretary Joseph Emilio Aguinaldo Abaya in connection with an allegedly anomalous contract with the service provider of MRT-3. Read more »

Duterte visits Cardinal Vidal's wake

ABS-CBN News
Oct 23 10:34 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Monday paid his last respects to the late former Archbishop of Cebu Ricardo Vidal. Read more »

'Parang sindikato': Zubiri slams Aegis Jvris fratmen 'cover up'

ABS-CBN News
Oct 23 10:23 AM | Updated Oct 23 01:38 PM

Members of the Aegis Jvris fraternity who supposedly tried to cover up the death of law freshman Horacio Castillo during violent initiation rites acted like a "criminal syndicate," a lawmaker investigating the slay said Monday. Read more »

Lalaki inuntog ang kapwa pasaherong babae, arestado

ABS-CBN News
Oct 23 09:12 AM | Updated Oct 23 03:40 PM

Inaresto ang isang lalaki matapos umanong iuntog ang isang babae sa pader ng sinasakyan nilang jeep papuntang Monumento, Caloocan Lunes. Read more »

US defense chief Mattis in PH, will discuss North Korea crisis with allies

Phil Stewart, Reuters
Oct 23 08:13 AM | Updated Oct 23 09:32 AM

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he would talk with Asian allies about North Korea and the crisis caused by Pyongyang's "reckless" provocations, as he kicked off a week-long trip to the region on Monday to meet defense chiefs in the Philippines. Read more »

Stray diaper halts MRT operations, passengers endure long lines

ABS-CBN News
Oct 23 07:51 AM | Updated Oct 23 10:53 AM

(2nd UPDATE) A diaper was caught in one of the MRT-3's power lines, stalling rush hour operations and delaying tens of thousands of commuters Monday morning, a transportation official said. Read more »

Duterte, nanawagan para labanan ang terorismo

Marty Go, ABS-CBN News
Oct 23 01:09 AM

Ngayong tapos na ang gulo sa Marawi City, nanawagan si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa sambayanan na magtulungan para labanan ang terorismo. Read more »

LOOK: Duterte pays last respects to Cardinal Vidal

Donna Lavares, ABS CBN News
Oct 23 12:54 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte visited the wake of Cebu Archbishop Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal early Monday. Read more »

2 estudyante nalunod sa beach sa Pangasinan

Elaine Fulgencio, ABS-CBN News
Oct 22 11:23 PM

Nalunod ang dalawang estudyanteng grade 6 nang maligo sa isang beach sa Barangay Tobuan, Labrador sa probinsiyang ito, Sabado, pasado alas-3 ng hapon. Read more »

5.4-magnitude quake hits Batangas

ABS-CBN News
Oct 22 10:47 PM | Updated Oct 22 11:24 PM

A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Batangas Sunday night, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.  Read more »

Santo Papa, ikinatuwa ang drug rehab program ng Archdiocese of Manila

ABS-CBN News
Oct 22 09:55 PM

Nasa 132 drug surrenderer ang nagtapos sa drug rehabilitation program ng Simbahang Katolika.  Read more »

Suspected hitman of self-confessed drug lord nabbed in Cebu

Joworski Alipon, ABS-CBN News
Oct 22 09:41 PM

A suspected hitman of self-confessed drug lord Franz Sabalones was nabbed Sunday, a few days after the arrest of another one of his alleged cohorts. Read more »

Grocery bagger sa Laoag pinagbabaril, patay

Grace Alba, ABS-CBN News
Oct 22 09:40 PM

Patay ang isang lalaki matapos itong pagbabarilin ng mga hindi pa nakikilalang salaring magkaangkas sa motorsiklo sa Barangay 54-B Camangngaan, Sabado ng gabi.   Read more »

Body of beheaded former village chief found in Basilan

ABS-CBN News
Oct 22 09:28 PM

The headless body of a former barangay chairman in a Basilan town was found Sunday morning, local police said. Read more »

Cebuanos flock to Cardinal Vidal's wake

Joworski Alipon, ABS-CBN News
Oct 22 09:20 PM

Catholic faithful in this city lined up at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral Sunday to pay their respects for the late Archbishop Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal. Read more »

Mga pulis at militanteng grupong nag-aabang kay Duterte, nagkagirian

ABS-CBN News
Oct 22 08:48 PM | Updated Oct 22 08:51 PM

Nagkagirian at nagkatulakan nang harangin ng mga pulis ang mga demonstrador na gusto sanang makalapit kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa kaniyang pagbisita sa Bacolod City, Negros Occidental. Read more »

Mag-anak na lumikas sa Marawi, 'minartilyo' sa Iloilo

ABS-CBN News
Oct 22 08:02 PM

Patay ang limang buwang sanggol at ang kaniyang ama, habang sugatan naman ang ina, matapos hatawin ng martilyo sa loob ng kanilang tindahan sa Mandurriao Plaza sa Iloilo City nitong Linggo, Oktubre 22. Read more »

Mala-'Hiroshima' na lugar sa Marawi, iminungkahi ng isang arkitekto

ABS-CBN News
Oct 22 07:57 PM

Imimungkahi ng isang arkitekto na, sa halip na pabalikin ang mga residente, magtayo na lamang ng bagong siyudad sa paligid ng Marawi. Puwede raw gawing pook na gumugunita sa dinanas ng Marawi ang lugar ng bakbakan, tulad ng "ground zero" sa Hiroshima, Japan. Read more »

Hapilon DNA sample hand-carried to US, says envoy

ABS-CBN News
Oct 22 07:22 PM | Updated Oct 22 08:34 PM

The DNA sample taken from terrorist leader Isnilon Hapilon, who was killed in Marawi City, was hand-carried by a representative of the US Embassy from the Philippines to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's office in Quantico, Virginia. Read more »

'Maute-ISIS, nagkukubli sa isang gusali na lang'

ABS-CBN News
Oct 22 06:25 PM | Updated Oct 22 09:06 PM

Sa isang gusali na lamang nagkukubli ang mga natitirang miyembro ng teroristang grupong Maute na nais matugis ng tropa ng pamahalaan ngayong Linggo, Oktubre 22. Read more »

Isa pang batch ng mga sundalong galing Marawi, nakabalik na sa Maynila

Lyza Aquino, ABS-CBN News
Oct 22 05:50 PM

Dumating na sa Villamor Air Base sa Pasay madaling araw ng Linggo ang panibagong batch ng mga sundalo na sumabak sa giyera sa Marawi City sa Mindanao. Read more »

Butuan's Bishop Pueblos passes away

Rodge Cultura, ABS-CBN News
Oct 22 05:00 PM

The head of the Diocese of Butuan and Agusan for more than 21 years died while in treatment at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center on Saturday evening. Read more »

14 patay sa Zamboanga dahil kay 'Paolo'

ABS-CBN News
Oct 22 04:39 PM | Updated Oct 22 05:35 PM

Umakyat na sa 14 ang nasawi dahil sa pananalasa ng Bagyong "Paolo" sa Zamboanga peninsula, kinumpirma ng Office of Civil Defense ng rehiyon, Linggo.  Read more »

Philippine Scops owl rescued in La Union

Marc Teomar Bautista, ABS-CBN News
Oct 22 04:28 PM

Students from San Fernando City found a Philippine Scops Owl, a kind of bird found only in the country, in their school while they were having lunch last week. Read more »

5 buwang sanggol, patay matapos umanong pukpukin ng martilyo

ABS-CBN News
Oct 22 04:22 PM

Patay ang isang sanggol habang sugatan ang mga magulang nito matapos umano silang pukpukin ng martilyo sa loob mismo ng kanilang tindahan sa Mandurriao Plaza, Iloilo City. Read more »