COMELEC issues several rules for incoming 2025 elections
QUIAPO, MANILA – The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Chairman George Garcia announced that COMELEC decided to ban candidate substitutions based on withdrawal after the final day of filing...
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Pangilinan group restores Cagayan de Oro water supply as Marcos steps in
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – The Cagayan de Oro Bulk Water Incorporated (COBI) resumed its water supply to the local water district following initial discussions between President Ferdinand Marcos...
View ArticleFrench restaurant Metronome to close ‘indefinitely’
MANILA, Philippines – Metronome is closing its doors indefinitely, the French fine dining restaurant announced in an Instagram post on Thursday, May 16. View this post on Instagram A post shared by...
View ArticleLuka Doncic shines with triple-double; Mavericks defeat thunder in Game 5
SAN PEDRO, LAGUNA — The Dallas Mavericks regained ground versus Oklahoma City Thunder, 104-92, to win Game 5 at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City on Thursday, May 16. Mavs star player Luka Doncic...
View ArticlePhilippine Coast Guard to get 5 more 97-meter vessels from Japan
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is set to acquire five more 97-meter patrol vessels for Phase III of a decade-old marine safety capability improvement project funded by Japan....
View ArticleGAME SCHEDULE: PBA Philippine Cup semifinals
MANILA, Philippines – Four teams remain in the running for the PBA Philippine Cup title. San Miguel, Barangay Ginebra, Meralco, and Rain or Shine make up the semifinal cast as the battle for the...
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Opposition to P1.2B water project in Negros Occidental snowballs
BACOLOD, Philippines – Opposition is snowballing against the ambitious Negros Occidental Bulk Water Supply Project (NOBWSP), a P1.2 billion initiative aimed at securing water for the province. Negros...
View ArticleActor Dabney Coleman, villainous boss in ‘9 to 5,’ dies at 92
Dabney Coleman, a character actor who brought a glorious touch of smarm to the screen in playing comedic villains, mean-spirited bosses and outright jerks in films such as 9 to 5 and Tootsie, has died...
View ArticleFrancis Ford Coppola says he didn’t realize film ‘Megalopolis’ would be so...
CANNES, France – Francis Ford Coppola did not know how relevant Megalopolis, a sci-fi epic that is an allegory for the fall of the Roman Republic, would become to US politics when he first began...
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Napkin used by Barcelona to sign Messi sold for nearly $1 million
The napkin on which Barcelona promised to sign Lionel Messi when he was a 13-year-old has been sold for 762,400 pounds ($969,000), auction house Bonhams said on Friday, May 17. The napkin was signed...
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Peru protesters slam new insurance law that deems transgender people mentally...
LIMA, Peru – Hundreds of protesters in Peru’s capital marched on Friday, May 18, to demand the scrapping of a new law that describes transgender people, among others, as having a mental illness so...
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Marcos to PMA graduates: Be ready amid evolving threats, ‘blatant attempts of...
MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. told this year’s Philippine Military Academy (PMA) graduates to be ready to keep Filipinos safe and the territory secure, citing “evolving threats...
View ArticleAt Cannes, Barry Keoghan jokes about doing a musical after ‘Bird’
CANNES, France – Does Barry Keoghan have a musical in his future? After dance scenes in two recent films, including director Andrea Arnold’s fresh new Cannes Film Festival entry Bird, the Irish actor...
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Government behind majority of red-tagging cases involving journalists – NUJP...
MANILA, Philippines – The government was behind a majority of the red-tagging cases involving Filipino journalists, according to a study of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP)...
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[Ask the Tax Whiz] Ease of paying taxes law revenue regulations
Under the EOPT Law, Sales Commercial Invoices or Official Receipts are now both referred to simply as ‘INVOICE.’ Can you explain how this change might impact invoicing and billing practices for...
View ArticleNFL distances itself from player’s controversial speech on women, LGBTQ issues
The NFL has distanced itself from a commencement speech by Kansas City Chiefs placekicker Harrison Butker in which he urged women to prioritize motherhood over careers, attacked President Joe Biden...
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Putin ally says EU is hypocritical for ban on Russian media
MOSCOW, Russia – The speaker of Russia’s parliament scolded the European Union (EU) on Saturday, May 18 for banning the distribution of four Russian media outlets and said it showed how the West...
View ArticleTight finish sends Mavs past Thunder, into Western Conference finals
The Dallas Mavericks led for just one minute during the first 44-plus minutes of Saturday’s postseason game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. But down the stretch, the Mavericks were wiser and more...
View Article2 wounded after thrown grenade explodes in Cotabato City chapel
COTABATO, Philippines – Two people are wounded after a grenade was thrown and went off during a service at the Sto. Nino Chapel in Rosary Heights 3 in Cotabato City at around 10:30 am on Sunday, May...
View ArticleCOMELEC, NCSC unite for 2025 midterm elections, urge elders to register
BALAYAN, Batangas— The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and the National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC) united to urge more senior citizens to register as voters on Friday, May 17 in line with...
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