Fierce fighting in northern Gaza as aid starts to roll off US-built pier
CAIRO, Egypt – Israeli forces battled Hamas fighters in the narrow alleyways of Jabalia in northern Gaza on Friday in some of the fiercest engagements since they returned to the area a week ago, while...
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Aboitiz InfraCapital drops bid for controversial water project in Negros...
BACOLOD, Philippines – Aboitiz InfraCapital has dropped its bid for the controversial P1.2 billion bulk water project in Negros Occidental. Negros Occidental Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz II...
View ArticleHa? Halaman? How to keep your garden alive in this heat
MANILA, Philippines – ICYMI: Plants are living things, too, that require tender loving care especially amid excessive heat. But gardening isn’t for the weak. Melanie Arbias, a faculty member at the...
View ArticleSMNI radio station’s YouTube channel can’t be accessed by administrators
MANILA, Philippines – The YouTube channel of DZAR 1026 Sonshine Radio, owned by embattled doomsday preacher Apollo Quiboloy‘s Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI), could not be accessed by its...
View Article[Newspoint] A little walk-back
It’s easy to understand why the Supreme Court ruling denouncing red-tagging has drawn reactions little short of ecstatic. Red-tagging is the weapon most widely deployed in suppressing political...
View ArticleWoods packing his bags after disastrous PGA Championship outing
A disastrous six-over-par 77 in the second round of the PGA Championship saw 15-time major winner Tiger Woods miles from the projected cut line in Louisville, Kentucky, on Friday, in his first...
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GSP Manila Council presents new slate of executives and members
BALAYAN, Batangas – For the years 2024–2027, the Manila Girl Scout Council revealed its new slate of board members and officials. They demonstrated an array of members devoted to uplifting young girls...
View ArticleIncoming Taiwan president Lai to pledge steady approach to relationship with...
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan’s next president, Lai Ching-te, will pledge to secure stability by maintaining the status quo in the island’s relationship with China in his inauguration speech on Monday, May...
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FACT CHECK: Jinggoy not expelled from Senate
Claim: Senator Jinggoy Estrada has been expelled from office. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The YouTube video bearing the claim was posted on May 16 by a channel with 110,000 subscribers....
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LOOK: Negros Occidental town marks 440th anniversary with ‘art hub’ bridge
BACOLOD, Philippines – Ilog town in Negros Occidental marked its 440th founding anniversary by converting its 48-year-old bridge, which has been out of commission for the last five years, into an “art...
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Duterte’s drug war pushes prisons to a breaking point
First of 2 Parts In April 2019, the death toll from Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs had already reached as many as 27,000 and was on top of the agenda of international human rights bodies. Below the...
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ChatGPT is now better than ever at faking human emotion and behavior
Earlier this week OpenAI launched GPT-4o (“o” for “omni”), a new version of the artificial intelligence (AI) system powering the popular ChatGPT chatbot. GPT-4o is promoted as a step towards more...
View Article[ANALYSIS] Cognitive warfare: The tip of China’s gray zone spear
The Chinese embassy’s claim that Filipino officials have agreed on a “new model” in Ayungin shoal is beginning to look like another disinformation master stroke. Amplified by trolls and pro-Beijing...
View ArticleDTI warns violators of price freeze order in 31 Western Visayas LGUs
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines – The Department of Trade and Industry in Western Visayas has warned business owners of the repercussions of violating the agency’s price freeze order, which can include...
View ArticleTrump pledges to ‘roll back’ Biden gun rules, fire ATF chief at NRA rally
TEXAS, USA – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pledged to unravel gun regulations put in place by Democratic President Joe Biden during a lengthy speech to the National Rifle Association...
View Article‘Triangle of Sadness’ director launches stuck-on-a-plane dark comedy at Cannes
CANNES, France – Ruben Ostlund, two-time winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s top prize and last year’s jury president, returned to the festival in southern France to launch his next project on...
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[The Wide Shot] I lost my wallet in Rome – and found something else
Last week, I wrote about the moment I froze after meeting Pope Francis. Today, let me tell you about the moment I froze again – this time, with cold sweat. Three days after meeting the Pope, in the...
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From OFW’s son to DMW chief, Hans Cacdac’s sleeves are already rolled up
Some time around the early 1980s, the son of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) wept on an airplane en route to visit his father, wondering why he had to travel such long distances just to see him. The...
View ArticleEJ Obiena regains form as Olympics nears, claims gold in Los Angeles Grand Prix
MANILA, Philippines – Back in action after a two-month break, Filipino pole vault star EJ Obiena returned to his winning ways. Obiena picked up another gold medal in his buildup for the Paris Olympics...
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‘It’s Okay to Not Be Okay’ PH remake: Cast members, what we know so far
MANILA, Philippines – For Anne Curtis, it was “definitely worth it” to have the upcoming Philippine adaptation of the hit K-drama It’s Okay to Not Be Okay as her first teleserye in a decade. “Hindi...
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