Suspected Trump assassination plotter has criminal history, ties to Ukraine war
The erratic life of a struggling roofing contractor suspected of trying to shoot Donald Trump swerved from bounced checks to a gun felony conviction and a quixotic plan to help Ukraine fight Russia’s...
View ArticleLIVESTREAM: Senate hearing on Alice Guo, POGOs
MANILA, Philippines – The Senate committee on women, children, family relations and gender equality and the committee on migrant workers on Tuesday, September 17, resumes its hearing on the fake...
View ArticleTito Jackson, founding member of the Jackson 5, dies at 70
LOS ANGELES, USA – Tito Jackson, founding member of the popular Black American Motown group The Jackson 5 with his brothers, died on Sunday, September 15, at the age of 70, his family said. The...
View ArticleGlobal index for free and fair elections suffers biggest decline on record in...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Lower voter turnout and increasingly contested results globally are threatening the credibility of elections, an intergovernmental watchdog warned on Tuesday, September 17, as its...
View ArticleMeta bans RT and other Russian state media networks
NEW YORK, USA – Facebook owner Meta said on Monday, September 16, it was banning RT, Rossiya Segodnya, and other Russian state media networks from its platforms, claiming the outlets had used...
View ArticleTrain accidents in Albay raise alarm over safety measures
LEGAZPI, Philippines – Authorities and residents have expressed alarm over a series of train accidents in Albay, the last of which resulted in the death of a teenager in Barangay Inarado in Daraga...
View ArticleHow Intel lost the Sony PlayStation business
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Intel lost out on a contract to design and fabricate Sony’s PlayStation 6 chip in 2022, which dealt a significant blow to its effort to build its fledgling contract manufacturing...
View ArticleTrump offers little detail at crypto business unveiling
Donald Trump on Monday offered few details about a new cryptocurrency business that the Republican former president, his family and associates unveiled in a live event on X Spaces. Trump engaged in a...
View ArticleAkbayan, one rank shy of winning seat in 2022, fights for vacated party-list...
MANILA, Philippines – Party-list group Akbayan urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, September 17 to declare it a winner in the 2022 polls., Two years ago, the group ranked 57th in a...
View ArticleWATCH: Carla Guevara on being a supportive mom to KATSEYE’s Sophia Laforteza
MANILA, Philippines – No one is more proud of KATSEYE’s Sophia Laforteza for representing the Philippines and Southeast Asia than her own mom — actress Carla Guevara. “I’m so proud because she did it...
View ArticleLIVE: VP Sara Duterte attends House hearing on her use of public funds
MANILA, Philippines – The House good government committee — the lower chamber’s counterpart to the Senate blue ribbon committee — convenes on Wednesday, September 18, to discuss issues concerning the...
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‘Dream come true’: KATSEYE excited over performing in the Philippines
MANILA, Philippines – After around two years of training, competing, and eventually making their debut, members of global girl group KATSEYE got emotional after arriving in the Philippines, the home...
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Ex-CIDG chief Caramat says he was kept in the dark about Bamban POGO raid
MANILA, Philippines – Former Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) chief Major General Romeo Caramat Jr. told a Senate panel investigating illegal Philippine offshore gaming operators that...
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Gold Apollo says it did not make pagers used in Lebanon explosions
Taiwan’s Gold Apollo did not make the pagers that were used in the detonations in Lebanon on Tuesday, September 17, the company’s founder Hsu Ching-Kuang told reporters on Wednesday. At least nine...
View Article‘Bridgerton’ season 4 begins filming, adds new cast members
MANILA, Philippines – People of the ton, are you ready for Benedict’s love story? Netflix announced that Bridgerton’s season four has officially begun production by sharing a first-look photos of its...
View ArticleSulu’s exclusion from BARMM leaves seven parliamentary seats in limbo
DAVAO, Philippines — What happens now to the seven seats reserved for Sulu in the Bangsamoro parliament following the Supreme Court’s (SC) decision to exclude the province from the Muslim-majority...
View ArticleAlice Guo charged in court for trafficking
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Justice (DOJ) has formally charged dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo for trafficking. The DOJ filed the trafficking case with the Pasig City Regional...
View ArticleAustralia police charge man with being alleged mastermind of global crime app
SYDNEY, Australia – Australian police charged a man with creating and managing a messaging app used by global organized crime networks, in the first case of its kind in the country. The 32-year-old...
View ArticleCalifornia governor signs legislation to protect entertainers from AI
WASHINGTON, USA – California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two bills into law on Tuesday, September 17, that aim to help actors and performers protect their digital replicas in audio and visual...
View ArticleUpdate temporarily makes X available again to many in Brazil
SAO PAULO, Brazil – Social media platform X became accessible to many users in Brazil on Wednesday, September 18, as an update to its communications network circumvented a block order by the country’s...
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