Apple loses smartphone sales crown in China, drops to third in 2024
BEIJING, China – Apple was dethroned as China’s biggest smartphone seller in 2024, with local rivals Vivo and Huawei overtaking the iPhone maker after its annual shipments in the country declined 17%,...
View Article‘Twin Peaks’ creator and filmmaker David Lynch dies at 78
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, USA – David Lynch, the American filmmaker, writer, and artist who scored best director Oscar nominations for Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man, and Mulholland Drive and co-created...
View ArticleSouth Korea’s Yoon refuses questioning again as detention deadline looms
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea’s arrested President Yoon Suk-yeol will not attend a new round of questioning by investigators on Friday, January 17, his lawyer said, as authorities face an imminent...
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Indonesian deepfakes impersonate former health ministers to promote dubious...
First of 2 parts One quiet afternoon in October 2024, my 72-year-old mother approached me, her smartphone in hand. “Is this true?” she asked, her voice tinged with concern. She turned the screen...
View Article8 morning habits that keep me (and other students) sane
MANILA, Philippines – For students like me, mornings can be a make-or-break moment: Will I make it on time or will I break my perfect attendance streak? We battle with blaring alarms, hurried showers,...
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FACT CHECK: Viral posts on ‘HIV-infected’ needles in blood tests a hoax – DOH
Claim: Individuals posing as health workers are infecting people with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) through contaminated needles used in blood sugar tests. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked...
View ArticleWATCH: Sara Duterte critics hold Mass for peace at EDSA Shrine
MANILA, Philippines – Three days after the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) peace rally, critics of Vice President Sara Duterte held a Mass for peace and justice at the iconic EDSA Shrine. Father Flavie...
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HRW: Marcos needs to ‘match his words with action’ for drug war victims
MANILA, Philippines – The human rights situation in the Philippines may have improved in the past year, but President Ferdinand Marcos has not taken concrete actions to provide justice to victims of...
View ArticleEastern Visayas tightens security as police map 26 election hotspots
TACLOBAN, Philippines – Over 10,000 soldiers, police officers, and Philippine Coast Guard personnel are set to fan out across Eastern Visayas as they brace for likely election-related violence ahead...
View ArticleLeBron James’ family remains evacuated due to wildfires
LeBron James and his family continue to stay in a hotel after evacuating their home because of the wildfires that have engulfed the Los Angeles area for the past week. They were among those forced to...
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AI taking away newsroom jobs not a concern for Iloilo media — for now
ILOILO CITY – This is how the media industry worldwide is largely concerned about the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to displace workers: The World Economic Forum forecasts that 85 million...
View ArticleTikTok says it will go dark Sunday in US without assurance from Biden
WASHINGTON, DC, USA – TikTok warned late Friday, January 17, it will go dark in the United States on Sunday, January 19, unless President Joe Biden’s administration provides assurances to companies...
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Are candidates funding their own campaigns? Camille Villar, Imee Marcos ads...
MANILA, Philippines – As early as January 2024, Senator Imee Marcos already aired 271 TV and radio ad spots worth P21 million, based on published rate cards, or before discounts. Every month since...
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‘Marvel Rivals’ is an antidote to superhero fatigue and live service skepticism
Despite some skepticism from players and critics alike, Marvel Rivals continues its triumphant march into 2025. The hero shooter launched early December last year and has generated the kind of...
View ArticleWATCH: Cebu fluvial procession for Fiesta Señor and Sinulog 2025
CEBU, Philippines – More than 300 sea vessels joined the fluvial procession held along Mactan Channel in Cebu for the annual celebration of Fiesta Señor and Sinulog 2025 on Saturday, January 18. This...
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The experiential magic of Filipino fermentation in the kitchen
MANILA, Philippines – To understand fermentation, one can speak of human experience. In abstracting a particular taste of atchara from the rest of the atcharas I had before, I would think of my...
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Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro+ 5G review: Good mid-range phone with a couple of...
For better or worse, Xiaomi’s best-selling Redmi Note series continues to blur the lines between budget and mid-range market segments. And those lines are perhaps more blurred than they have ever been...
View ArticleRestaurants to look forward to in 2025
MANILA, Philippines – Last year, we bid goodbye to a handful of beloved restaurants, but when one door closes, several others open. The year 2025 brings new and exciting reasons to dine out; it’s...
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Content vs consent: Street photography in Baguio gives rise to privacy concerns
BAGUIO, Philippines – Imagine being out on the streets, going about your errands, and soon finding your photo posted on social media by a stranger. “I was shocked,” said Marie (not her real name), a...
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Meet the ‘beauticians’ of the Santo Niño in Cebu
CEBU, Philippines – For more than a dozen years, Saturnino Lanaja has repainted and brushed the dust off of more than a thousand replicas of the image of the Santo Niño — the Child Christ. With a...
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