Police take back building from protesters at University of California, Irvine
IRVINE, USA – Police on Wednesday, May 15, appeared to take back control of a lecture hall from pro-Palestinian protesters who for several hours occupied a building at the University of California,...
View ArticleDOH raises concern over increasing HIV/AIDS cases in Bicol
SORSOGON, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) has sounded alarm bells as the Bicol region saw an uptrend in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) cases...
View ArticleDystopia and glamor collide as new ‘Mad Max’ saga premieres at Cannes
CANNES, France – Marvel royalty Chris Hemsworth walked the Cannes Film Festival’s red carpet alongside star-of-the-show Anya Taylor-Joy for the first time on Wednesday, May 15 night to mark the world...
View ArticleVictoria’s Secret fashion show set for a comeback after six-year gap
The popular annual runway show from Victoria’s Secret, featuring supermodels with jewel-encrusted bras and angel wings, will be back this fall season after a gap of nearly six years. The lingerie...
View ArticleUS raises concerns to Chinese officials about AI misuse
US officials flagged concerns over China’s “misuse” of artificial intelligence in their first formal bilateral talks on the issue, the White House said on Wednesday, as the superpowers seek to avoid...
View Article‘Back to Black’ brings Amy Winehouse story to big screen
LOS ANGELES, USA – Director Sam Taylor-Johnson didn’t want her 2024 biographical drama film about the late British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse to be too similar to the 2015 Oscar-winning...
View ArticleKnicks bounce back with dominant victory against Pacers in Game 5
ORANI, Bataan — The New York Knicks bounced back from a blowout loss against the Indiana Pacers, 121–91. The Knicks took away Game 5 of the second-round series of the Eastern Conference Semifinals at...
View ArticleMeta restores Facebook posts by Malaysian media on PM Anwar’s meeting with Hamas
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Meta Platforms has restored Facebook posts by Malaysian media covering Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s meeting this week with a Hamas leader, saying they were removed in error....
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Who is Alice Guo, Bamban mayor suspected of being a Chinese asset?
TARLAC, Philippines – Two years ago, 35-year-old Alice Leal Guo was celebrated for being the first female mayor of Bamban, a small, second-class municipality in the province of Tarlac, north of...
View ArticleCeltics put Cavs to bed, advance to Eastern Conference finals
The Boston Celtics are in a familiar place. The Celtics advanced to the Eastern Conference finals for the third straight year – and the sixth time in the last eight seasons – by dispatching the...
View ArticleUS 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...
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Carlos Yulo captures elusive individual all-around gold in Asian championships
MANILA, Philippines – Carlos Yulo can now call himself an all-around champion in the continental level. Ramping up his preparations for the Paris Olympics, Yulo opened the Men’s Artistic Gymnastics...
View ArticleAudit reveals Northern Samar’s P58M shortfall in tax, benefit remittances
MANILA, Philippines – The provincial government of Northern Samar has withheld over P165 million in taxes, including some P29 million from previous years, but has only remitted P118 million to the...
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[ANALYSIS] Challenges affecting the cold chain industry
Invited at the Monday Circle Financial Forum to speak on the state of the cold chain industry, Anthony S. Dizon, the incumbent president of the Cold Chain Association of the Philippines (CCAP), bared...
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Pope Francis says US Catholic conservatives have ‘suicidal attitude’
Pope Francis said his conservative critics within the Roman Catholic Church in the United States are trapped in a “suicidal attitude,” according to an interview with CBS. During the April 24 interview...
View ArticleAfter decades, Francis Ford Coppola’s opus ‘Megalopolis’ finally debuts at...
CANNES, France – Legendary director Francis Ford Coppola closed a decades-in-the-making chapter of his long career on Thursday as his passion project Megalopolis, a 138-minute epic science-fiction...
View ArticleGroup denounces military’s alleged red-tagging of IPs in Negros Occidental
BACOLOD, Philippines — The Ati Marikudo Tribe (AMT) of Isabela town in Negros Occidental denounced the alleged red-tagging by the military, accusing authorities of falsely labeling them as supporters...
View ArticleUAAP rivals Angel Canino, Bella Belen raring for first Alas Pilipinas team-up
MANILA, Philippines – After much fan clamoring, Philippine volleyball is finally set to catch a full glimpse of the future after the initial pool of the newly christened Alas Pilipinas women’s...
View Article‘Hindi ko na po maalala’: Filipinos online poke fun at Alice Guo through memes
MANILA, Philippines – Filipinos online are having a field day mocking the evasive mayor of Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, and her sticking to her claim during Senate hearings that she does not...
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