ABS-CBNNews.com reports that US-based Filipino journalist Granville Ampong has owned up to the confusion created by his online article on Manny Pacquiao allegedly saying that gay men should be “put to death” — a statement that angered the gay community in the U.S. Pacquiao was reportedly quoting Leviticus 20:13, which states: "If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads."

ABS-CBNNews.com reports that Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and his trainer Freddie Roach had both denied that Pacquiao received divorce papers from his wife Jinkee on the eve of his fight with Juan Manuel Marquez last November. They were referring to a report by LA Times’ Lance Pugmire quoting Roach as saying that the divorce papers were among Pacquiao’s “distractions” during his fight with Marquez.

ABS-CBNNews.com reports that actor Derek Ramsay has finally admitted through Twitter that he and long-time girlfriend Angelica Panganiban had broken up. "Guys we truly appreciate all your concerns,” Ramsay tweeted Monday, May 14. “Even though Angel and I are no longer together we still have the utmost respect for one another.”

GMA News Online reports that the Philippines’ Brian Viloria defeated via technical knockout Sunday, May 13, Mexico’s Omar Niñp Romero in their fight at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City to retain his WBO Flyweight title.

Where are all the leather-clad, gun-toting reel heroes now?

GMA News Online reports that the website of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) was replaced Wednesday afternoon, May 9, with a text message indicating it was hacked into by "Net user." "Hacked by Net user!... Just fun a fun!!" read the text message on the defaced page. The site was taken offline before 3 p.m. PAGASA advised visitors to its website to go to its alternate site (kidlat.pagasa.dost.gov.ph) for the meantime.

Inquirer.net reports that Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim, using a mallet, literally smashed 15 “videokarera” (virtual horse racing) machines that were seized by authorities in Tondo, Pandacan, Sampaloc and Binondo last month. The report quoted Lim as saying that a videokarera machine “distracts the youth from their studies.” “The confiscation of the machines is an important accomplishment in our campaign against criminality,” he added.

Inquirer.net reports that Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist and radio broadcaster Ramon “Mon” Tulfo on Monday, May 7, filed grave coercion and physical injury charges against Raymart Santiago and Claudine Barretto a day after the celebrity couple and some companions allegedly ganged up on him at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. The report said Tulfo “brought” his black eye to the Prosecutor’s Office as evidence.

ABS-CBNNews.com reports that the Ninoy Aquino International Airport management has no CCTV footage of the brawl that happened between Inquirer columnist Ramon Tulfo and the group of Raymart Santiago and Claudine Barretto. The report quoted NAIA General Manager Angel Honrado as saying that the fight occurred at the baggage conveyor area, which is not covered by airport CCTV cameras.

Philippine News Agency, via Interaksyon.com, reports that the Davao City government has arrested at least 2,364 litterbugs since the "No segregation, No collection" policy was implemented by the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) in July last year. Of the total violators, 480 are facing charges before the Regional Trial Court (RTC 11) for violating the Republic Act 9003, otherwise known as the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.