Playoff-ready Winston steadies ship as Converge outlasts San Miguel despite...
MANILA, Philippines – Converge squandered a huge lead but still got the job done against San Miguel, 100-97, on Wednesday, June 11, at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium to enter the playoffs of the PBA...
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Villars’ PrimeWater in the spotlight — again, after Marcos visits Bulacan...
It had to take an inspection from no less than the President of the country to get the Villars’ PrimeWater to address a simple problem of a broken water pump and water line in Malolos City, Bulacan....
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How arguing with my British boss rekindled my love for the Philippines
I relished working for a foreign news outlet after the 2022 elections, because it meant I didn’t need to keep sticking my nose into the affairs of my country, the Philippines. Although I was based in...
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Romualdez: Senate remanding of Sara impeachment articles ‘deeply concerning’
MANILA, Philippines – Speaker Martin Romualdez closed the 19th Congress in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, June 11, sounding the alarm on the Senate’s decision to send back the articles of...
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Troops in LA can detain individuals, military official says, as protests spread
LOS ANGELES, USA – US troops in Los Angeles are authorized to detain people until police can arrest them, their commanding officer said on Wednesday, as hundreds of Marines prepared to move into a...
View ArticleBeach Boys founder Brian Wilson dies at age 82
LOS ANGELES, USA – Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson, who created some of rock’s most enduring songs such as “Good Vibrations” and “God Only Knows” in a career that was marked by a decades-long...
View Article50 years after Martial Law, land war still haunts Palawan’s Bugsuk Island
PALAWAN, Philippines – There are no bullets flying in Bugsuk Island, but the people are at war. For 68 days and counting, residents of Sitio Marihangin, a quiet coastal settlement on the southernmost...
View ArticleEx-Misamis Occidental congressman convicted in 2013 PDAF scam
MANILA, Philippines – The Sandiganbayan convicted a former lawmaker from Misamis Occidental and two officials of a non-government organization (NGO) of multiple criminal charges because of...
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[OPINION] An army brat ponders Independence Day
To the uninitiated, an army brat is a child of a military officer and not BRAT as millennials use the word nowadays. There exists a Viber chat group called AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) Brats...
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FACT CHECK: ICC has not yet released Duterte to return to PH
Claim: Former President Rodrigo Duterte has been allowed to return to the Philippines by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The post bearing the false...
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