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Spacious Circle

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 17 01:00 AM

People enjoy the open space, as they visit the Quezon City Memorial Circle on Friday. Read more »

Justice for murdered farmers

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 16 10:40 PM

A woman places a candle near posters bearing the names of murdered farmers in Negros Oriental during a protest at UP Diliman, Quezon City, on Friday.  Read more »

Time to fight dengue

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 16 09:05 PM

A child walks by a poster for the NCR-wide synchronized dengue clean-up drive in Quezon City on Friday.  Read more »

Diez files gender discrimination case after mall toilet incident

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 16 07:22 PM

Transgender woman Gretchen Diez takes an elevator moments before filing a gender discrimination case against Araneta Center Inc. for violating the city’s Gender Fair Ordinance before the Quezon City Pride Council on Friday. Diez was briefly detained on Tuesday after a scuffle with a mall janitress over her use of the female restroom.  Read more »

Million dollar smiles

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 16 04:37 PM

Smile Train Ambassador and reigning Miss Universe Catriona Gray plays with Kendrick Antonio during her visit with cleft lip and palate patients at the Philippine Band of Mercy in Quezon City on Friday. Read more »

Malate demolition

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 16 04:02 PM

A child plays by a creek as MMDA and DENR personnel demolish houses during clearing operations at the stretch of Estero de San Antonio Abad in Malate, Manila on Friday. Read more »

Russian plane emergency landing

Moscow News Agency/Reuters
Posted at Aug 15 09:41 PM

A still image, taken from a drone video footage, shows the Ural Airlines A321 passenger plane following an emergency landing in a field in Moscow Region, Russia Thursday. Read more »

Just another day

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 09:20 PM

Children at Baseco Compound in Tondo, Manila, make a Philippine flag for a school presentation on Thursday.  Read more »

Painting carabaos

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 05:12 PM

Teodora Madredejos paints a carabao made of papier-mache during an all-day event at the opening of Likha-an: Lunduyan ng Tradisyonal na Sining at Kultura at the Puerta Real Gardens in Intramuros, Manila on Thursday. Likha-an aims to promote and preserve traditional Philippine art by providing a space for artists and the general public. Read more »

74th anniversary of Japan's WWII surrender

Charly Triballeau, AFP
Posted at Aug 15 03:53 PM

A visitor to the Yasakuni shrine in Tokyo carries the Japanese flag on Thursday, the 74th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II. Read more »

ISKOnek kiosk unveiled

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 11:08 PM

People take pictures as they use the “ISKOnek” WiFi kiosk, which features free WiFi hotspot, charging station, and phone booth, near Manila City Hall Wednesday Read more »

Fun by the filthy bay

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 09:59 PM

Children at Baseco compound in Tondo, Manila, frolic along the shore of the Manila Bay on Wednesday.  Read more »

Looking for their daughter

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 06:05 PM

Jovita Antoniano, mother of a missing 11th-grader, wipes her eye as she looks at “Allen,” an alleged former New Peoples Army (NPA) rebel, during a senate inquiry on missing minors supposedly being recruited by leftist organizations. Read more »

74 years since

Bullit Marquez, AP
Posted at Aug 14 03:53 PM

Protesters display placards during a rally by comfort women or wartime sex slaves near the Presidential Palace to mark the 74th anniversary of the end of World War II on Wednesday in Manila. Read more »

Testing for dengue

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 11:15 PM

A boy cries as a Department of Health doctor extracts blood samples to test for dengue at the barangay hall of Palo Alto, Canlubang in Laguna on Tuesday. Read more »

Making do

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 09:24 PM

An infant confined at the Dr. Jose P. Rizal Memorial Provincial District Hospital in Calamba, Laguna on Tuesday is placed under a makeshift oxygen hood made of a 6-liter plastic water container.  Read more »

Last call for boarding

Philip Fong, AFP
Updated as of Aug 13 07:43 PM

A tourist gives her luggage to security guards as she tries to enter the departures gate during another demonstration by pro-democracy protesters at Hong Kong's international airport on Tuesday. Read more »

Confiscated contraband

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 13 08:30 PM

Manila Police District (MPD) officers and employees prepare improvised firearms and illegal gambling machines confiscated from Baseco in Port Area in Manila through two weeks of operations. The guns and machines will be presented to Manila Mayor Isko Moreno at the City Hall on Tuesday. Police held a series of operations at the compound following Moreno's orders, with Sunday's raids leaving three suspects dead and 37 arrested on drug-related charges. Read more »

Hajj begins

Waleed Ali, Reuters
Posted at Aug 10 12:06 AM

Muslim pilgrims face the Kaaba as they pray at the Grand Mosque during the annual Hajj in the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia on Friday. Read more »

Looking for dry ground

Aaron Favila, AP
Posted at Aug 09 09:08 PM

Workers carrying plastic plants wade in floodwater, as heavy monsoon rains continue in Manila on Friday. Read more »