LIVESTREAM: Senate resumes hearing on Alice Guo, POGO ties
MANILA, Philippines – The Senate committee on women, children, family relations and gender equality and the committee on migrant workers on Monday, September 9, resumes its hearing on dismissed mayor...
View Article‘Harbin’ brings out fans of Korean stars in Toronto
TORONTO, Canada – Scores of movie fans waited for hours outside the Toronto premier of Harbin on Sunday, September 8, hoping to catch a glimpse of Lee Dong-Wook and Hyun Bin, the Korean stars paired...
View ArticleFear of ‘lost generation’ as Gaza school year begins with all classes shut
CAIRO, Egypt – The new school year in the Palestinian territories officially began on Monday, September 9, with all schools in Gaza shut after 11 months of war and no sign of a ceasefire. As fighting...
View Article‘Eruptive unrest’ possible amid series of Kanlaon Volcano earthquakes
MANILA, Philippines – State volcanologists warned the public that they could further raise the alert level of Negros Island’s Kanlaon Volcano, after a series of volcano-tectonic (VT) earthquakes were...
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Prices in the Philippines: Apple iPhone 16, Plus, Pro, Pro Max
MANILA, Philippines – Apple on Tuesday, September 10, posted the prices of the iPhone 16, and its Plus, Pro, and Pro Max variants on its website. They are as follows: iPhone 16 (6.1-inch display)...
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What we like and don’t like about the iPhone 16: Camera control, staggered AI...
Apple’s new iPhones are finally here. The Cupertino-based tech giant hosted its annual September launch event today, where it pulled the wrappings back on the iPhone 16, as well as new AirPods and...
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LIVE UPDATES: Apple Event – September 2024
Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 16, and news on iOS 18 as well as Apple Intelligence on Tuesday, September 10, 1 am. Watch here: Play Video
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Who helped Alice Guo flee from the Philippines?
Who could it have been? Speculation was rife over the identity of the mystery person who aided dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo, when she fled the Philippines last July. Senators who were...
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Police played Apollo Quiboloy’s ‘game’ until told to ‘finish it’
Alleged trafficker and doomsday preacher Apollo Quiboloy finally appeared in public on September 9, not as a televangelist, but as a captured fugitive who faces cases of abuse and trafficking. Wearing...
View ArticleEx-DOF official Andutan gets more jail time over tax credit fraud
MANILA, Philippines – The Sandiganbayan has convicted Uldarico Andutan Jr., former deputy executive director of the Department of Finance (DOF)’s now-defunct One-Stop Shop Inter-Agency Tax Credit and...
View ArticleJames Earl Jones, renowned actor and voice of Darth Vader, dies at 93
LOS ANGELES, USA – American actor James Earl Jones, an imposing stage and screen presence who overcame a childhood stutter to develop a stentorian voice recognized the world over as intergalactic...
View ArticleLIVESTREAM: House holds 2nd round of 2025 budget deliberations for Sara...
MANILA, Philippines – The House appropriations committee tackles the proposed budget of the Office of the Vice President for the second time on Tuesday, September 10, after Vice President Sara...
View Article‘Dogs in Philippine History’ among the nominees for 42nd National Book Awards
MANILA, Philippines – The furor over restaurant Balay Dako’s mishandling of how it treated an aspin (asong Pinoy) has surfaced renewed reminders to treat the breed with as much love as any other breed...
View ArticlePH men’s football team taps Albert Capellas as new head coach
MANILA, Philippines – It did not take long for the Philippine men’s national football team to find its newest head coach. Just two weeks since the surprise departure of Tom Saintfiet, the team on...
View ArticleSara Duterte accuses House leaders; House defers OVP budget again | The wRap
Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world: Sara Duterte accuses Romualdez, Co of meddling in 2023 DepEd budget Vice President Sara Duterte accuses House...
View ArticleThompson, Ginebra send Blackwater crashing back to earth; Rain or Shine whips...
MANILA, Philippines – Scottie Thompson hardly looked like a player who is not at 100% as he delivered an MVP-type performance for Barangay Ginebra. Thompson racked up a triple-double of 21 points, 11...
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Tropical depression outside PAR now a tropical storm named Bebinca
MANILA, Philippines – The tropical depression outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) strengthened into a tropical storm while passing close to the United States island territory of Guam...
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DFA Apostille Receiving Center opens in Ilocos Norte
(This is a press release from Robinsons Land Corporation.) Kablaaw, Ilocos! Here’s some exciting news for mallgoers in the north: the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Consular Office in Ilocos...
View ArticleUS government demands overhaul of Israeli conduct in West Bank after killing...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday, September 10, demanded an overhaul of Israeli military conduct in the occupied West Bank as they decried the fatal...
View ArticleMicrosoft hosts cybersecurity summit after global IT outage
Microsoft held a summit on Tuesday, September 10, to discuss steps to improve cybersecurity systems, after a faulty software update from CrowdStrike caused a global IT outage in July. The conference...
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