US anchors aid pier to Gaza beach, but distributing aid remains a problem
The United States anchored a temporary floating pier to a beach in Gaza on Thursday, May 16, to boost aid deliveries, but Washington is facing the same challenges that have beset the United Nations...
View Article[Judgment Call] Philippine seas and a healthy dose of transparency
Extracting quick and timely on-the-record answers from most diplomats is an exercise in hope. Answers, should they come, are seldom quick and rarely timely. But you try anyway. However, hoping for...
View Article‘This is June Mar’s team’: San Miguel leans on Fajardo to draw first blood in...
MANILA, Philippines – As the PBA Philippine Cup nears its end, San Miguel has been utilizing its most potent weapon to full effect. The Beermen leaned on June Mar Fajardo anew as they drew first blood...
View ArticleTimberwolves crushes Nuggets in game six; Series now tied at 3-3
BULAN, SORSOGON — The Minnesota Timberwolves unleashed a dominant performance to crush the Denver Nuggets, 115-70 in Game 6 in Target Center, Minneapolis this Friday, May 17. Anthony Edwards led...
View Article[PANOORIN] Paninindigan ng mga sibilyan sa Pag-asa Island
KALAYAAN, Philippines – Sa isla ng Pag-asa sa West Philippine Sea, patuloy na naninindigan ang mga residente laban sa China. “Hindi kami aalis dito. Sa amin ito,” sabi ni Maribel Belono. Dagdag niya,...
View ArticleFilipinos feast on Bamban mayor Alice Guo memes | The wRap
Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world: ‘Hindi ko na po maalala’: Filipinos online poke fun at Alice Guo through memes Filipinos online have a field day...
View ArticleUAAP champ La Salle gives new-look UST preseason reality check
MANILA, Philippines – De La Salle Green Archers flashed their champion form, handing the retooled University of Santo Tomas Growling Tigers a 68-61 beating in the FilOil EcoOil Preseason Cup on...
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DILG recommends preventive suspension of Bamban Mayor Alice Guo amid probe
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of the Interior and Local Government has asked the Ombudsman to issue a preventive suspension order against Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo amid their ongoing...
View ArticleVatican tightens procedures on supposed ‘supernatural events’
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican on Friday, May 17, tightened procedures for evaluating reported supernatural events such as weeping Madonnas and blood-dripping crucifixes that have for centuries whipped up...
View Article‘Pick your poison’: Ginebra flaunts depth as Pringle fires season high in...
MANILA, Philippines – Relatively silent for majority of the PBA Philippine Cup, Stanley Pringle made quite the noise just when Barangay Ginebra needed him the most. Pringle fired a season-high 22...
View ArticleHere’s how a solar storm could take down the internet, GPS, and cause...
The geomagnetic storm that began on May 10, 2024, generated stunning aurora borealis, more commonly known as the northern lights, that could be seen as far south as Mexico. They also generated...
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Philippine heat has always been a problem – and it’s going to get worse
Anna Dayola knows the Philippine heat all too well. Her daily three-hour commute is already grueling enough, but as a public school teacher, she also has to walk from one building to another inside...
View ArticleA year before 2025 polls, Marcos’ Partido Federal finds another ally in NPC
MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) forged an alliance with the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) a year before the 2025 national and local...
View ArticleNash Aguas, Mika dela Cruz now married
MANILA, Philippines – Former child stars Nash Aguas and Mika dela Cruz have tied the knot. In an Instagram post on Saturday, May 18, Dela Cruz shared a photo of herself preparing to walk down the...
View ArticleVietnam Communist party names police minister as state president
HANOI, Vietnam – Vietnam’s Communist Party has named police minister To Lam as the state president, the government said on Saturday, May 18, and also nominated a new head of the parliament in a major...
View ArticlePope Francis says tension and debate are inevitable, embrace them
VERONA, Italy – Arguments and tensions are inevitable in modern society and should not be brushed under the carpet, Pope Francis said on Saturday, May 18, warning that trying to impose a uniform...
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Marcos’‘toothless’ human rights body: Questionable composition, for political...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has already made it clear: he will not abolish the government’s anti-insurgency task force, the government body responsible for red-tagging activists and progressive...
View ArticleNew beginning: Forthsky Padrigao relishes career restart with UST
MANILA, Philippines – After a tumultuous year of public scrutiny for his time with the Ateneo Blue Eagles, former UAAP champion Forthsky Padrigao will finally don the black and gold uniforms of the...
View ArticleSulu Governor Abdusakur Tan to challenge Murad in BARMM
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – Sulu Governor Abdusakur Tan will challenge the leadership of Chief Minister Ahod “Al-Hajj Murad” Balawag Ebrahim in the 80-member Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim...
View ArticleCarlos Yulo rules floor exercise in Asian championships for 3rd straight year
MANILA, Philippines – There is a reason why the floor exercise is one of the favorite apparatuses of Filipino gymnastics star Carlos Yulo. Yulo ruled his pet event in the Men’s Artistic Gymnastics...
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