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Jim Paredes' daughter takes break from social media

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 03 12:32 PM

Amid the controversy her father is currently embroiled in, the daughter of Jim Paredes has decided to temporarily leave social media. Read more »

Leah Navarro defends Jim Paredes, wants video thieves charged

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 06:25 PM

Singer Leah Navarro on Tuesday said those who leaked and shared the viral explicit video of Jim Paredes should be charged for violating his data privacy. Read more »

'I made a mistake': Jim Paredes owns up to viral sex video

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 02 01:33 PM

MANILA - Singer-composer Jim Paredes has confirmed it was him on the explicit video that recently went viral on social media. Read more »

Pope promises 'healing' of Church amid sex abuse scandal

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 01 03:46 PM

Abuse scandals have hit countries around the world, with lives devastated from Australia to Chile, Germany and the US. Read more »

I was a porn writer, no big deal

Carmela Maraan Fernando
Posted at Mar 30 01:38 PM

An ex-porn writer talks about yoghurt, leaky faucets, and other wicked euphemisms for the singing spasm. Oh, and how your average sex writer is probably a family woman with a child to feed and bills to pay. Read more »

Actor George Clooney calls for boycott of Brunei-owned hotels

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 30 10:35 AM

WASHINGTON, United States - American actor George Clooney has called for a boycott of nine Brunei-owned hotels over the sultanate's imposition of the death penalty for gay sex and adultery.   Read more »

The great sex recession: celibate Americans at record high

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 30 10:48 AM

WASHINGTON - The share of American adults having no sex in the past year reached an all-time high in 2018, an intimate survey revealed Friday, and many of those missing out are men in their 20s. Read more »

George Clooney urges boycott of Brunei-owned hotels over nation's gay sex penalties

Reuters
Updated as of Mar 30 10:49 AM

LOS ANGELES - Oscar-winning actor George Clooney has called for a boycott of luxury hotels, including the Beverly Hills Hotel, owned by Brunei because of the Southeast Asian nation's plans to impose the death penalty for people having gay sex or committing adultery. Read more »

Pope signs law to prevent child abuse in Vatican and its embassies

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Mar 30 05:39 AM

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Friday made it compulsory in law to report the sexual abuse of children within the Vatican and in its diplomatic missions worldwide. Read more »

Brunei to impose death by stoning for gay sex and adultery

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 27 11:47 PM

Adultery and gay sex in Brunei will be subject to death by stoning from next week, authorities said, under a strict Sharia law that has been on hold for four years amid heavy criticism. Read more »

K-pop star arrested for filming and sharing sex video

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 22 08:44 AM

SEOUL - K-pop star Jung Joon-young has been arrested, hours after he apologized for filming and distributing illicit sex videos, in a scandal that has rocked South Korea's entertainment industry. Read more »

South Korea arrests 2 for spy cameras inside motels

Hyonhee Shin, Reuters
Posted at Mar 21 10:59 PM

SEOUL - South Korean police have arrested two men for using illegal spy cameras at motels to film and livestream videos of about 1,600 guests, raking in about 7 million won ($6,200) over the past three months, police said on Wednesday. Read more »

YG Entertainment terminates contract with Seungri

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 13 05:09 PM

The management agency of Korean boy group Big Bang has terminated its contract with member Seungri following the latter's retirement announcement. Read more »

Review: ‘On The Basis of Sex’ is a portrait of a Supreme Court Justice as rock star

Andrew Paredes
Posted at Mar 12 03:35 PM

The scope and ambition of the film may be modest, but its director hits story beats with all the force of an asteroid hitting Earth. Read more »

Convicted Australia cardinal sentence to be broadcast live

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 12 12:45 PM

Pell, the most senior Catholic clergyman ever found guilty of child sex abuse, faces a maximum 50 years in prison for assaulting 2 choirboys in a Melbourne cathedral in 1996-97. Read more »

New R. Kelly sex abuse tape discovered: lawyer

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 11 08:34 AM

NEW YORK - One of the lawyers representing women who claim they were abused by R&B star R. Kelly said Sunday a new video tape had emerged which showed the singer "sexually abusing children." Read more »

Mother knows best? Not in sex education, says group

Michael Joe Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 08 07:05 PM

MANILA - They say mother knows best. But this is not the case in terms of teaching sexuality and reproductive health to their adolescent children. Read more »

Pinoy priest charged with raping altar girl, filming sex act in Philadelphia

TJ Manotoc, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 07 05:16 PM

PHILADELPHIA - A Filipino Catholic priest has been charged with raping a teenage girl and recording their sexual encounter that occurred 5 years ago. Read more »

Lalaki timbog sa 'pangingikil' ng maseselang larawan, pagbabanta sa ka-chat sa dating app

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 02 10:30 PM

Aminado naman si Sam sa kaniyang nagawa. Pero iginiit niya na hindi niya talaga ipagkakalat ang maseselang retrato at video. "Ang pinaka-goal ko lang is ma-try lang po, pero hindi naman aabot sa ganoon," aniya.  Read more »

16 babaeng biktima ng human trafficking, nailigtas sa Makati

Michael Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 28 07:23 AM

Nailigtas ng mga awtoridad mula sa prostitusyon ang 16 babae, kabilang ang 11 menor de edad, sa Makati Miyerkoles ng gabi. Read more »