NLEX boosts playoff bid with win vs Eastern, boots San Miguel out of contention
MANILA, Philippines – NLEX breathed new life into its playoff hopes in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup, and at the same time, shut the door on San Miguel. The Road Warriors assured themselves of at least a...
View ArticleMarcos to meet with Trump on migrant Filipinos
MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Thursday, January 30, that plans to meet with US President Donald Trump over his new immigration policy seen to affect the hundreds of...
View Article[Rappler Investigates] Fill in the blanks
Before anything else, Happy Chinese New Year! Gongxi facai or Xīnnián kuàilè! (Did I get it right?) Here’s to a good, if not better, new year of the wood snake! Speaking of snakes, what’s your first...
View ArticlePhilippines’‘best’ students left behind due to lack of gov’t support
MANILA, Philippines – If you’re concerned about the poor academic performance of many Filipino learners, you’d also be alarmed by the insufficient support for the country’s smartest students. The Year...
View ArticleUN rights chief seeks $500 million in 2025, warning lives are at risk
GENEVA, Switzerland – The UN human rights chief appealed on Thursday, January 30, for $500 million in funding for 2025 to support its work such as investigating human rights abuses around the world...
View ArticleFile complaints vs abusive priests, says CBCP head Cardinal David
MANILA, Philippines – The head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) urged Filipino Catholics on Thursday, January 30, to file complaints against abusive clergymen as bishops...
View ArticleStatesman, human rights defender Edcel Lagman dies
MANILA, Philippines – Albay 1st District Representative Edcel Lagman, among the longest-serving lawmakers in Congress post-EDSA revolution, passed away on Thursday, January 30. He was 82. His family...
View ArticleReversal of fortune: NorthPort nails No. 1 seed, San Miguel misses playoffs...
MANILA, Philippines – There’s an established pecking order among PBA teams, but the Commissioner’s Cup have been full of surprises. In a stunning reversal of fortune, NorthPort and San Miguel found...
View ArticleGroups urge gov’t to end harmful whale shark watching activities in Bohol
CEBU, Philippines – Environmentalists, diving operators, resort owners and other stakeholders in Bohol have banded together to call out establishments allegedly conducting harmful whale shark watching...
View ArticleUS watchdog: 10 priests with Cebu ties accused of sexual abuse
CEBU CITY, Philippines – At least 10 priests with ties to Cebu have been publicly accused of sexually abusing minors, according to an online database that tracks cases of abuse by Catholic clergy....
View ArticleMarcos offers China a ‘deal’: Want US missiles out? Leave West Philippine Sea
If China wants the United States’ Typhon missile system out from “this part of the world,” all it has to do is stop harassing Filipinos in the West Philippines Sea, said Philippine President Ferdinand...
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