Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to new sexual assault charge
NEW YORK, USA — Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty to a new sexual assault charge on Wednesday, September 18, nearly five months after the disgraced Hollywood movie mogul’s earlier sex crimes...
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Filipino political scientist Temy Rivera dies
MANILA, Philippines – Filipino political scientist and reforms advocate Dr. Temario “Temy” Rivera died on Wednesday, September 18, after a bout with pancreatic cancer. Rivera — Temy or Mario to his...
View ArticleSean ‘Diddy’ Combs pleads not guilty to sex trafficking, judge denies bail
NEW YORK, USA — Sean “Diddy” Combs used his fame as one of hip-hop’s biggest names to coerce women into demeaning sexual acts as part of a long-running scheme of sex trafficking and racketeering,...
View ArticleJeepney protest in Bacolod ends in violent dispersal, arrests of transport...
BACOLOD, Philippines – Authorities used water cannons to disperse traditional jeepney operators and drivers protesting in Bacolod City on Wednesday, September 18, in a clash that left two police...
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Take part in Rappler’s 2025 senatorial election survey
MANILA, Philippines – Rappler on Thursday, September 19, launched the 2025 Philippine senatorial election survey to help us understand the pulse of the nation as we approach the midterm polls. As a...
View ArticleTrump blames ‘radical left’, without citing evidence, for second...
UNIONDALE, USA – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump claimed he was being targeted by “radical left” forces and vowed to campaign with renewed purpose at his first full-fledged campaign...
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What are KOJC leader Apollo Quiboloy’s ‘angels of death’ all about?
In the book of Exodus, it was an angel who brought death to some people in Egypt, except to those who followed Moses’ instructions about brushing goat or lamb’s blood on their doors. The reference to...
View ArticleJapan hails record Emmy success for ‘Shogun’ as cultural win
TOKYO, Japan — Japan’s government and people cheered the record trophy haul for period drama Shogun at the Emmy Awards as yet another win for their history and culture, which are becoming increasingly...
View Article‘Agatha All Along’ series builds witch coven community run by women
LOS ANGELES, USA – Actor Kathryn Hahn met with a person she describes as a real-life witch every week to help her further embrace her role as the witch Agatha Harkness in the show Agatha All Along....
View ArticleFormer mayor Jed Mabilog returns to Iloilo after seven years, on his 59th...
ILOILO, Philippines – Seven years was a long time for him to live in exile because the forces that chased him out were the very institutions meant to protect the public. Former Iloilo mayor Jed...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Republican denies calling himself Black Nazi, vows to stay in...
North Carolina’s Republican candidate for governor promised to stay in the race on Thursday after CNN reported that he once called himself a “black NAZI!” and proposed bringing back slavery in...
View Article[Good Business] Varacco Coffee’s journey: From farmers to farmer-scientists
“Aries, napag-iwanan na tayo.” (Aries, we’ve been left behind.) In 2015, Aries Asilo, president of Varacco and ThinnkFarm, learned from his mentor, the late Dr. Ernie Gonzales, about the Cultural,...
View ArticleFighting Brazil ban, X to name legal representative ‘very soon’, its lawyers say
BRASILIA, Brazil – Elon Musk’s social media platform X will present a Brazil legal representative to the local Supreme Court “very soon,” the firm’s lawyers said on Thursday, September 19, as the...
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[Ask The Tax Whiz] BIR Business Registration: What to know?
Is there a set deadline to register my business with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)? According to Section 236(A) of the Tax Code, every person that is subject to internal revenue tax should...
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Court orders arrest of Alice Guo for non-bailable trafficking charges
MANILA, Philippines – The Pasig Regional Trial Court (RTC) has ordered the issuance of warrants of arrest against dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo and other business partners over non-bailable...
View ArticleWalt Disney appoints ‘Moana’ writer Jared Bush as creative head of animation...
Walt Disney Animation Studios, in a significant leadership shift, named Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jared Bush on Thursday, September 19 as its new chief creative officer, effective immediately....
View ArticleComponents for pagers used in Lebanon blasts are not from Taiwan, minister says
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Components used in thousands of pagers that detonated on Tuesday, September 17, in Lebanon in a deadly blow to Hezbollah were not made in Taiwan, Taiwan’s economy minister said on...
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New LPA east of Batanes likely to develop into tropical cyclone
MANILA, Philippines – One of the cloud clusters inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) developed into a low pressure area (LPA) early Friday, September 20. As of 8 am on Friday, the LPA...
View ArticleMalaysia arrests CEO of Islamic firm as police widen raids in child sex abuse...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysian authorities on Thursday, September 19, arrested the chief executive and other senior managers of an Islamic conglomerate accused of running charity homes where...
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The Green Report: Why are Philippine cities sinking?
MANILA, Philippines – Metropolitan areas in the Philippines are sinking, a recent study from the University of the Philippines Resilience Institute (UPRI) and the National Institute of Geological...
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