South Cotabato in state of calamity as El Niño destroys P200M in crops and...
GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines – Provincial legislators on Friday, April 26, placed South Cotabato under a state of calamity due to the destruction caused by the prolonged dry weather conditions and...
View ArticleFacebook show hosts accused of stealing Cebu City gov’t page to be arraigned...
CEBU, Philippines – The Regional Trial Court Branch 11 in Cebu City has set on Tuesday, April 30, the arraignment and pre-trial conference for the Cebu Updates Facebook page programs hosts accused of...
View ArticleAmid excessive heat, Cavite provincial government shifts to 4-day work week
CAVITE, Philippines – The provincial government of Cavite will shift to a “compressed workweek” starting Monday, April 29, to lessen the exposure of its workers and clients to the excessive heat and...
View ArticleSome US officials say in internal memo Israel may be violating international...
WASHINGTON, USA – Some senior US officials have advised Secretary of State Antony Blinken that they do not find “credible or reliable” Israel’s assurances that it is using US-supplied weapons in...
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Primitivo Mijares learned his writing ropes in Baguio Midland
BAGUIO, Philippines – I think it was his “pinabili lang ng suka” schtick which got us. We were having a staff meeting in the old Abanao office when we first saw him. He was just a boy with a...
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How drag helped Manila Luzon become her authentic self
This story is published in partnership with SoJannelleTV, a magazine show about Filipinos in North America When it comes to performing in drag, Manila Luzon puts the queen in drag queen. The...
View ArticlePolice arrest scores of pro-Palestinian protesters on US university campuses
Pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested on a handful of US university campuses on Saturday, April 27, as activists vowed to keep up the movement seeking a ceasefire in Israel’s war with Hamas among...
View ArticlePH’s Chantal Schmidt wins best evening gown in Miss Eco International 2024...
MANILA, Philippines – The Miss Eco International 2024 pageant hailed Philippine bet Chantal Elise Schmidt as the Best Evening Gown winner during its preliminary competition on Friday, April 26. The...
View Article[OPINION] Social media and limits of protected speech
Last of 2 parts Part 1: [OPINION] Badoy’s red-tagging and freedom of expression Free speech in the context of criticizing or disagreeing with judicial decisions is a rich topic and a question that the...
View ArticleMagic even series with shellacking of Cavaliers
The Orlando Magic emphatically evened their best-of-seven Eastern Conference first-round series with the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers, using a third-quarter flurry to erase a halftime deficit and...
View ArticleUS Homeland Security names AI safety, security advisory board
WASHINGTON, USA – The US Homeland Security Department (DHS) on Friday, April 26, announced a blue-ribbon board that includes the CEOs of OpenAI, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, and Nvidia that will...
View ArticleBiden jabs Trump in election-year roast at correspondents’ dinner
WASHINGTON, DC, USA – US President Joe Biden delivered an election-year roast on Saturday night, April 27, at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner as protestors outside criticized...
View ArticleAs Catantan earns spot in Paris Olympics, 3 Filipino fencers fall short
MANILA, Philippines – While fencer Samantha Catantan turned her dream to reality by qualifying for the Paris Games, three other Filipinos fell short of their Olympic aspirations. Noelito Jose, Hanniel...
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[ANALYSIS] Promoting PPP via a sufficiently empowered media
This addresses two concerns. One, the criticality of infrastructure build-up as a blanket platform that provides a basic pathway out of latent economic woes. And two, initiatives to develop an...
View ArticleTaylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ dominates US sales and...
LOS ANGELES, USA – Pop megastar Taylor Swift sold 2.61 million album and streaming units of The Tortured Poets Department during its first week of release in the US, Billboard reported on Sunday,...
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[Vantage Point] Xi’s flotilla blocks energy development in South China Sea
On May 15, a convoy of about 100 civilian fishing boats will sail to Scarborough Shoal from Zambales to install buoys, a symbolic assertion that the shoal is ours. Two mother boats will be in the...
View ArticlePH’s Chantal Elise Schmidt is Miss Eco International 2024 1st runner-up
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine bet Chantal Elise Schmidt finished 1st runner-up in the Miss Eco International 2024 coronation night held in Egypt on Sunday, April 28 (early Monday morning, April 29...
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FACT CHECK: No news of Rhenz Abando leaving KBL team Anyang JKJ
Claim: Filipino import in the Korean Basketball League (KBL) Rhenz Abando departed from his KBL team Anyang Jung Kwan Jang (JKJ) Red Boosters. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: A YouTube video...
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Students suffer in wilting heat, thwarting education efforts
MANILA, Philippines – Sweltering heat in the Philippines can curb farm production, disrupt water and power and weigh on businesses, but it also takes a toll on students, hampering the Southeast Asian...
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LOOK: These are the Top 3 National Costume for Miss Universe PH 2024
MANILA, Philippines – Filipino artistry was put in the spotlight during the Miss Universe Philippines (MUPH) 2024 national costume on Sunday, April 28, with the delegates from Southern California,...
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