First LPA exits PAR, second LPA develops into tropical depression outside PAR
MANILA, Philippines – The first low pressure area being monitored by the weather bureau already left the Philippine Area of Responsibility around 12 am on Tuesday, September 10, while the second LPA,...
View ArticleBe The Good: How can Metro Manila nurture startups?
MANILA, Philippines – Can Metro Manila be a startup city? Can the country’s capital become an innovation center, attractive to new entrepreneurs? In this episode of Be The Good: Let’s Talk...
View ArticleEJ Obiena plans pole vault clinics in search for next star
MANILA, Philippines – Filipino pole vault star EJ Obiena does not want to wait until the end of his career before he passes the torch. Obiena on Tuesday, September 10, said he hopes to share his...
View Article[Kitchen 143] Tres Filipino Twists
Kitchen 143 now heads out of the home kitchen and visits old and new favorite restaurants in and out of Metro Manila. In this episode, Kitchen 143 host Michelle Aventajado of Momma ‘N Manila visits...
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In Cambodia, environmentalists demand more transparency in sand mining
KANDAL PROVINCE, Cambodia – “If the riverbank collapses again, I don’t know what to do. I will have to find new land again,” said 48-year-old vendor Kong Srey An, whose rural wooden house had fallen...
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Kanlaon Volcano sulfur dioxide hits new high on September 10
MANILA, Philippines – Along with an increase in the number of earthquakes at Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Island, state volcanologists also reported a record-breaking surge in sulfur dioxide (SO2)...
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FACT CHECK: Video of Alice Guo, Abalos, and Marbil ‘hugging’ is AI-manipulated
Claim: Dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos, and Philippine National Police chief Rommel Marbil are seen hugging each...
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DOH says 54% of delayed pandemic allowances already disbursed
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) is halfway through distributing the remaining health emergency allowance (HEA) due to healthcare workers who served during the COVID-19 pandemic....
View ArticleZara to offer its secondhand clothes service in US by October
MADRID, Spain – Zara will offer its service for selling, repairing or donating secondhand clothes in the United States by the end of October as a way of prolonging their life cycle and reducing waste,...
View ArticleSenate to investigate ‘backdoor’ illegal recruitment, human trafficking
MANILA, Philippines – The Senate committees on labor and justice are set to investigate “backdoor” illegal recruitment and human trafficking, particularly how the Philippines’ porous borders have...
View ArticleJema Galanza returns as Creamline ousts Farm Fresh, nears historic PVL bid
MANILA, Philippines – Jema Galanza returned looking very much in sync with the Creamline offense, scoring a game-high 13 points for the final-bound Cool Smashers in a 25-15, 25-13, 25-19 smothering of...
View ArticleUS diplomatic facility attacked in Baghdad, no casualties, embassy says
BAGHDAD, Iraq – A United States diplomatic facility in Baghdad came under attack late on Tuesday, September 11, but there are no reports of casualties and a damage assessment is underway, a US embassy...
View ArticleUAAP champ La Salle rides 20-6 opening quarter, blasts Adamson for second win
MANILA, Philippines – The La Salle Green Archers flexed their championship pedigree in the continuation of the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball tournament, wrecking the Adamson Soaring Falcons, 82-52,...
View ArticleIn The Public Square: Who’s promoting pro-Beijing stories in the Philippines?
MANILA, Philippines – A new research report has just dropped—and the findings shed light on how the Chinese government seeks to influence coverage of its development projects in the Philippines. An...
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Making sense of the Alice Guo enterprise
If you are to believe the main cast of the POGO (Philippine offshore gaming operators) scandal — Alice Guo and Cassandra Li Ong — they are young Chinese-Filipino women who were just very business...
View ArticleKanlaon Volcano sulfur dioxide reaches record high for second straight day
MANILA, Philippines – The sulfur dioxide (SO2) emission of Negros Island’s Kanlaon Volcano soared to an average of 11,556 tons per day on Wednesday, September 11, a record high for the second straight...
View ArticleMapua rebounds after controversial NCAA season start; San Sebastian up
MANILA, Philippines – The Mapua Cardinals kept their focus on court, picking up their first win after disposing of the EAC Generals, 69-66, in the NCAA Season 100 men’s basketball tournament on...
View ArticleSulu’s exclusion from BARMM removes MILF’s election rival
MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court’s ruling that excluded Sulu from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will also remove the top challenger for the leadership post of the...
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Waste management company sues BCDA, CDC, DENR over Kalangitan landfill closure
CLARK FREEPORT, Philippines – The Metro Clark Waste Management Corporation (MCWMC), on September 9, filed graft and administrative complaints against the executives of the Bases Conversion and...
View ArticleRappler, AidData launch data journalism training for Filipino journalists,...
MANILA, Philippines – Rappler and AidData, an international development research lab at William & Mary‘s Global Research Institute, are now accepting applications for its hybrid training program...
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