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IN PHOTOS: Pahiyas Festival brings color anew to streets of Lucban
QUEZON PROVINCE, Philippines – After a plentiful harvest season, the municipality of Lucban, Quezon celebrates the Pahiyas Festival with colorful houses, carabaos pulling paragos decorated with fresh...
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Why this Venezuelan pageant king now calls Manila home
MANILA, Philippines – Reigning Man of the World titleholder Sergio Azuaga may have not yet gone to the more popular Philippine destinations, but he has already professed his love for the country that...
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[Vantage Point] Villar Land’s net income: A trillion-peso mirage?
It is no wonder that what Villar Land Holdings Corporation (PSE: VLC), formerly Golden MV Holdings, reported recently to the media as a stock disclosure, would shock investors. The firm announced a...
View ArticleCebu City Mayor-elect Nestor Archival to renegotiate Carbon Market agreement...
CEBU, Philippines – Cebu City Mayor-elect Nestor Archival said in a press conference on Tuesday, May 20, that he would aim to renegotiate the city’s agreement with the developers of the Carbon Market...
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[Edgewise] Racially slanted Trump immigration scheme bared
On the morning of May 6, armed ICE agents clad in black woke up, detained, and questioned a group of teachers from the Philippines and their family members at a home on Maui, Hawaii. There were no...
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Will the EDSA rehabilitation program benefit motorists, commuters?
MANILA, Philippines – While traffic at EDSA may worsen in the coming weeks as the government undertakes its long-overdue rehabilitation, motorists and pedestrians will soon reap the benefits,...
View ArticlePhilippines, US hold joint maritime drills in South China Sea
MANILA, Philippines – Coast Guard vessels of the Philippines and the United States have taken part for the first time in joint maritime exercises with naval and air force units in the contested South...
View ArticleRappler Talk: Pam Baricuatro on her plans for a ‘new Cebu’
CEBU, Philippines – Cebu has a new governor after more than a million residents decided on May 12, the midterm elections, that it was time for a change in leadership. Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia had...
View ArticleLIVESTREAM: Dialogue on ASEAN Maritime Security in Manila, Day 1
MANILA, Philippines – Manila is playing host to the 2025 Dialogue on ASEAN Maritime Security from Wednesday to Friday, May 21 to 23. The event “brings together Southeast Asia’s foreign policy...
View ArticleSean ‘Diddy’ Combs took ecstasy shaped like Obama’s face, jury hears
NEW YORK, USA – Sean “Diddy” Combs once took an ecstasy pill shaped like President Barack Obama’s face, the hip-hop mogul’s former personal assistant testified on Tuesday, May 20, at Combs’...
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3-day bounty in May: Albayanos’ vote-selling spree boosts local economy
ALBAY, Philippines – Daraga night market vegetable vendor Eden Manzano, 68, has been through many elections in her 45 years, but none like what she witnessed in the days before and after the May 12...
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Lani Cayetano’s team takes full control of Taguig City Council
MANILA, Philippines – The slate of Taguig City Mayor Lani Cayetano secured a solid victory in the 2025 elections. All of the 24 seats in the city council were won by the councilors under Cayetano....
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2025 Philippine elections: Candidates, voting, results, winners
A record-high 68.43 million Filipinos nationwide were registered to vote in the 2025 polls on Monday, May 12 — an election that took place midway into the term of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The...
View ArticleAmanda Echanis fights time: She’s a prisoner, mother, and now a student leader
It’s not loneliness, not boredom, nor frustrations over her case and national affairs, that Amanda Echanis considers her biggest enemy in detention. It’s time, she said, because her son is growing up...
View ArticleKremlin suggests ‘Golden Dome’ could lead to resumption of Russia-US arms...
MOSCOW, Russia – The Kremlin indicated on Wednesday, May 21, that President Donald Trump‘s “Golden Dome” missile shield plans could force the resumption in the foreseeable future of contacts between...
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GMA Network files P38-M estafa complaint vs Jalosjos-led TAPE
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines’ leading broadcast company GMA Network Incorporated has filed a nearly P38-million estafa complaint against the Romeo Jalosjos-led Television and Production...
View Article[Rappler Investigates] Proceed to impeachment trial or not?
As we wait for electoral noise to subside, we anticipate renewed activity in the country’s reinvigorated political chambers. Expected to unfold soon is a curtain-raiser of sorts — a possible prelude...
View ArticlePalarong Pambansa 2025: Games, results, updates
It’s that time of the year again when the best elementary and high school student-athletes from all over the country get the spotlight. The Palarong Pambansa returns to Ilocos Norte for the first time...
View ArticleProsecutor junks complaints over KOJC police operation filed by Duterte vs...
MANILA, Philippines – Prosecutors have dismissed some of the criminal complaints filed by former president Rodrigo Duterte against former Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)...
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FACT CHECK: Photo of Duterte ‘Coca-Cola statue’ in the Netherlands is...
Claim: A photo shows a statue of detained former president Rodrigo Duterte, allegedly created in the Netherlands using Coca-Cola bottles. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The photo circulated...
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