Teachers are often regarded as their students’ second parents. But what happens if a teacher abuses a child who is supposedly entrusted to him?

A class adviser notices a grade five student’s unbuttoned uniform prompting the teacher to ask. But instead of explaining, the student suddenly weeps. Because of this, the adviser brings the student to the school’s guidance counselor where the girl admits she was raped by one of her teachers!

LEGAZPI City, Albay, Sept. 30, 2014—After an initial assessment of the projected damage after Mayon’s impending eruption, various church groups assure evacuees of their assistance.

This October 5 (Sunday), the search for the Performing Artist Extraordinaire begins via GMA Network’s newest reality talent search Bet ng Bayan. Hosted by no less than the Asia’s Songbird Ms. Regine Velasquez-Alcasid and Kapuso Prime leading man Alden Richards, Bet ng Bayan showcases exceptional Filipino talents—dancing, singing, and extraordinary performances.

South Luzon proved that competition is set to get tough come the much-awaited launch of GMA 7’s Bet ng Bayan as bets from the area faced each other off during the first regional finals of the program last September 21 alongside the grand celebration of Naga City’s Peñafrancia Festival.

This Saturday (September 20), Pepito Manaloto (Michael V.) and his wife Elsa (Manilyn Reynes) will bring romance to Kapuso viewers as they spend quality time together away from their kids.

The viewers can only expect hilariously sweet moments in this week’s episode as Elsa cooks unique recipes such as Sinigang na Balut and Fried Frog for her husband. However, things will turn out to be different from what she expects because of Pepito’s funny reaction upon eating his wife’s new dishes.

There are only three fruit-eating monitor lizards in the world and all of them can be found nowhere else on earth but the Philippines. In Catanduanes, Doc Nielsen is surprised to see a rare fruit-eating lizard called “butaan” inside an enclosure in the backyard of a resident. Doc Nielsen examines if the lizard is still fit to be released back into the wild.

MANILA, September 12, 2014—The Catholic Church’s social service arm Caritas Manila spearheads the construction of 25 new multipurpose chapels in parts of Samar and Leyte where typhoon Yolanda unleashed her ferocity, killing thousands of people and wrecking whole towns and villages.

GMA News Pillars Mike Enriquez, Mel Tiangco, Jessica Soho and Arnold Clavio were each bestowed with the FPI Bayabay Media Award by the Federation of Philippine Industries, Inc. (FPI).

The launch of the Alex Esclamado Memorial Award for Community Service in the Filipino-American community successfully culminated during the 11th NaFFAA National Empowerment Conference on August 9, 2014 at the Town & Country Resort and Convention Center in San Diego, California.

MANILA, August 29, 2014–Bishop Leopoldo S. Tumulak of the Military Ordinariate of the Philippines revealed that a Filipino chaplain is accompanying the Philippine military contingent in Syria, which is currently in a stand-off with rebels.

In a message to CBCP News, the 69-year old prelate said the Filipino chaplain is part of the country’s contingent, under the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force.

Tumulak called on Filipinos to pray for the safety of some 75 troopers caught in a stand-off with Syrian rebels in the Golan Heights.