Georgia high school student, 14, shoots and kills 4 while wounding 9
ATLANTA, USA – A 14-year-old student killed two fellow students and two teachers, while wounding nine others, in a shooting at a Georgia high school on Wednesday, September 4, just weeks after classes...
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PhilHealth promises 50% increase in benefit packages before yearend
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has promised to increase benefit package rates by 50% before the year ends. “We started with a 30% increase almost across...
View ArticleElton John, Angelina Jolie movies among London Film Festival line-up
LONDON, United Kingdom – From a documentary about Elton John’s final US live shows to Angelina Jolie’s Maria Callas biopic, this year’s BFI London Film Festival promises a star-studded line up that...
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Worked for only an hour in 3 months? To PH gov’t, you’re already considered...
One of the high points of his administration that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. likes to brag about is how employment is high and how unemployment is at one of its record lows in decades. But when we...
View ArticleFrance’s Macron names Brexit negotiator Barnier as new prime minister
PARIS, France – French President Emmanuel Macron appointed Michel Barnier, the EU’s former Brexit negotiator, as his new prime minister on Thursday, September 5, tasking him with unifying France and...
View ArticleJune Mar Fajardo knocks in buzzer-beater as San Miguel ends perfect ROS run
MANILA, Philippines – The victory couldn’t be any more pulsating for San Miguel Beer. Just when Rain or Shine looked poised to keep its unbeaten run going, June Mar Fajardo came to the Beermen’s...
View ArticleJosh Cullen’s ‘Lost & Found’ album: A track-by-track guide
MANILA, Philippines – It’s finally here, BBQs! SB19’s Josh Cullen has just released his first-ever solo album on Friday, September 6. Titled Lost & Found to reflect Josh’s “emotional reality,” the...
View ArticleLIVESTREAM: Alice Guo’s arrival in the Philippines from Indonesia
MANILA, Philippines – Dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo returned to the Philippines past Friday midnight, September 6, days after her arrest in Indonesia earlier this week. Guo is accompanied...
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Alice Guo back in the Philippines, fears ‘death threats’
MANILA, Philippines – Dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo arrived in Manila on Friday, September 6, days after her arrest in Indonesia and a high-level coordination over her deportation between...
View ArticleInside Alice Guo’s deportation: A rushed flight, a 1 pm deadline
In the morning of Thursday, September 5, Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos said he called President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. He wanted to go to Indonesia to get the hunted Alice Guo. He wanted for the...
View ArticleNo repeat final stint as wheelchair racer Jerrold Mangliwan concludes...
MANILA, Philippines – A slow start doomed Filipino wheelchair racer Jerrold Mangliwan as he concluded his campaign in the Paris Paralympics. The 44-year-old veteran missed the final of the men’s 100m...
View ArticleParis Paralympics 2024: Games, results, latest updates
The uphill climb on the world sports stage continues for the Philippines as the 2024 Paris Paralympics runs from August 28 to September 8 (August 29 to September 9, Manila time), two weeks after the...
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DENR targets 3 million trees planted in Upper Marikina Watershed by 2028
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is targeting to plant three million trees in the next four years within the Upper Marikina Watershed in a bid to...
View ArticleAlice Guo didn’t post bail, will face Senate on September 9 | The wRap
Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world: Alice Guo doesn’t post bail for graft charges, stays with PNP Dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo skips bail when she...
View Article‘Freak of nature’ Aguilar delivers again as Ginebra keeps Phoenix winless
MANILA, Philippines – At 37 years old, Japeth Aguilar has been turning back the hands of time. Aguilar turned in his highest scoring performance in four years and propelled Barangay Ginebra to a...
View ArticleJapan boots out Gilas Boys in FIBA U18 Asia Cup
MANILA, Philippines – The Gilas Pilipinas under-18 team crashed out of contention in the FIBA U18 Asia Cup 2024 after absorbing an 85-61 loss to Japan in the qualification to the quarterfinals stage...
View ArticleThailand’s king swears in new government after turmoil
BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn swore in Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and 35 cabinet ministers in Bangkok on Friday, September 6, ushering in a new government in...
View ArticleAngel Otom concludes Paralympic debut with 5th-place finish in butterfly final
MANILA, Philippines – Filipina para swimmer Angel Otom fell short of a medal anew as she ended her run in the Paris Paralympics. Otom finished fifth in the final of the women’s 50m butterfly S5 at the...
View ArticleAfter a month, quorum allows Antique provincial board to get to work
ILOILO CITY, Philippines – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Antique finally got a quorum, a month after its work had been stalled with the suspension of eight of its members by the Office of the...
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Stranded worker’s chance find turns Cadiz seascape into giant clam sanctuary
BACOLOD, Philippines – Cadiz City in Negros Occidental has transformed a once-threatened marine area into a thriving sanctuary for giant clams. Located in the village of Cadiz Viejo, some 50.3...
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