Cops also vulnerable to HIV—police

Aside from call center agents, policemen are also vulnerable to getting infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) due to the nature of their work, the Philippine National Police revealed.

Sony Pictures Entertainment cuts 450 jobs

LOS ANGELES, California, United States—Sony Pictures Entertainment is to trim 450 jobs from its workforce, the studio said Monday, with executives citing online piracy and changing viewer habits as reasons for the cuts.

US 'concerned' by arrests of Russian activists

WASHINGTON DC, United States—The US said Monday it was "concerned" about the treatment of about 100 protesters detained by Russian authorities during a peaceful weekend demonstration in Moscow.

‘Mechanical failure’ likely cause in Nomad Cotabato crash

Barely a week after a Philippine Air Force Nomad plane crashed in an urban-poor neighborhood here that killed a general and eight others, a PAF fact-finding mission about to wrap up investigation is more likely to blame "mechanical failure" as the cause of the tragedy, a ranking military official said Tuesday.