Новости за 12.10.2016

FISHING – A resident of Baseco Compound in Manila receives his new fishing utensils that will help him in his livelihood during a turnover ceremony yesterday. Sen. Cynthia Villar, who also heads the committee on social justice, welfare and rural development, and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources spearheaded the donation of fishing utensils to the beneficiaries. (Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin)

President Duterte poses with the newly-appointed officials after the oath-taking ceremony held at the Malacañang Palace on Tuesday, all of them raising what looks like the administration’s signature ‘clenched fist’ sign. (Malacañang Photo / Manial Bulletin)

Hypersensitive to criticism of his deadly drug war, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has made a habit of questioning the future of his country’s longstanding alliance with the U.S.

An anti-mosquito coil is the only protection against dengue for street dwellers living in an abandoned structure in South Road Properties in Cebu City. (Juan Carlo de Vela/ Manila Bulletin)

You have to admire Lindsey Graham’s guts.

The issuance of tricycle franchises in Quezon City will now be rationalized in a bid to address the problem of colorum trike operations in the city.

GREENVILLE, N.C. — The Latest on flooding after Hurricane Matthew (all times local):

A flood of posts from Chinese netizens has inundated American basketball player Robert Brown’s Sina Weibo page, with many attacking him for the graffiti that he recently drew on the Great Wall.

Lloyds Banking Group Plc, Britain’s largest mortgage lender, will eliminate about 1,340 jobs as part of a cost-cutting program that started in October 2014.

The Duterte administration is flexing its muscles to push through with its plan to construct 60-kilometer bullet train from Subic to Clark and vice versa.

No CCTV unit was installed in the area where actor John Wayne Sace was shot by unidentified armed men the other day but policemen vowed to continue gathering eyewitness accounts to shed light on the incident.

Donald Trump’s campaign has no clear policy on how to stop the humanitarian crisis in Syria. Trump and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, don’t agree on the way forward.

For some time now President Obama has focused serious efforts on legacies he will leave behind and, like many of his predecessors, he early on discovered the Antiquities Act to help him define them.

In an Oct. 10 letter to the editor the writer stated that the undecided voters, whom "both candidates" (actually there are four) are courting, must not be reading about the current events as they cannot decide on a candidate. He states, "Neither candidate is perfect." But certainly, he claims, information, not emotion...

The world is a crazy place and far too often I hear myself asking "what is wrong with people?"