MANILA – A trio of friends from the Philippines are taking on the challenge of fighting fake news online by proposing a database that will store collected information on fake news sites and serve as a reference for researchers, journalists, and even ordinary netizens. Troglodyte — a Filipino group composed of a game developer, and engineer and a businessman — won the coveted P100,000 grand prize and bested teams from Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines at the first Break the Fake Grand Hack

Bayan Mo iPatrol Mo launched its election coverage for Halalan 2019 in line with the ABS-CBN Integrated news election campaign called Ipanalo: Boses ng Pilipino. The event, which took place at San Sebastian College – Recoletos yesterday, aimed to encourage ordinary citizens to participate in the upcoming elections and serve as citizen journalists. Over 100 students from partner schools such as San Sebastian College – Recoletos, CEU, FEU, STI, DLSU, PUP and San Beda University joined the event.

Less than two months before the 2019 midterm elections, Bayan Mo iPatrol Mo continued its campaign to educate voters by launching the Visayas leg of “Ipanalo: Boses ng Pilipino” in Bacolod City. Over 200 students from the University of St. La Salle participated in the series of lectures and games that aim to encourage the youth to be involved in the elections. Lawyer Salud Villanueva, Bacolod Provincial Election Supervisor, said it’s important to tap the youth, since their votes can have a big

Over 1,000 students from the Fr. Saturnino Urios University in Butuan City joined the Mindanao launch of Bayan Mo iPatrol Mo’s Halalan 2019 election campaign carrying the theme “Ipanalo: Boses ng Pilipino.” In a bid to touch base with Bayan Patrollers nationwide, BMPM brought the event to Butuan City so students and teachers alike can spend an entire day learning about their role in the midterm elections on May 13. BMPM teamed up with the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) regional office in C

MANILA, Philippines – Ballsy Aquino-Cruz, eldest sister of President Benigno Aquino III, said that she is still hopeful that his brother and celebrity stylist Liz Uy will remain friends even though they have reportedly stopped dating. “She's [Liz] such a nice person, very nice. And maski hindi sila magkatuluyan, I hope maging malapit pa rin siya sa pamilya, tutulungan pa rin niya sa pags-style si Kris at si Noy," Aquino-Cruz said. Sources close to Aquino and Uy told ABS-CBN News on Thursday th

MANILA - A woman survived a fall from the 18th floor of a condominium in Makati City on Wednesday morning. At around 11 a.m., Idelyn Monteno, 20, fell from the 18th floor of Park View Condominium, located at Valero St., Salcedo Village, and landed in the swimming pool at the 7th floor of the building. Monteno was immediately brought to the Makati Medical Center where she is being closely observed. Authorities are still investigating whether she accidentally fell or intentionally jumped. Repor

Several hours after a massive fire torched 200 houses in Navotas City on Friday, ABS-CBN delivered much-needed aid, including rice, canned goods and clothes to affected families now staying in temporary shelters. Cristina Abletes, 26, said she woke up to the sound of her neighbors yelling. When she looked out the window, she saw the flames. Abletes said she and her brother scrambled to escape with her 3-week-old twins Martina Luis and Martina Denise. As she ran with her child to evade the fir