LIVE UPDATES: UP vs UST – UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball Final Four
MANILA, Philippines – Will it be four straight finals appearances for the UP Fighting Maroons? Armed with a twice-to-beat advantage, the second-ranked Fighting Maroons eye a quick entry to the finals...
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Iloilo vendors fear businesses may not survive under prolonged relocation
ILOILO CITY, Philippines – This December, hundreds of vendors who were relocated from the three district markets of Iloilo City were hoping to return to their original stalls. It has been two years...
View ArticleAdamson survives Ateneo’s gritty OT stand in UAAP women’s stepladder semis
MANILA, Philippines – The Adamson Lady Falcons withstood the Ateneo Blue Eagles’gallant stand down the stretch to secure a 59-53 overtime win in the stepladder semifinals of the UAAP Season 87 women’s...
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A roofdeck adventure with the Mountain Man
BAGUIO, Philippines – It isn’t the easiest place to find. Somewhere in Lualhati, tucked near the Presidential Mansion, you’ll question every turn you make. The building itself is unassuming, almost...
View ArticleFierce debate over curbs on plastic output as treaty deadline looms
BUSAN, South Korea – Negotiators on a treaty to curb plastic pollution face tough debate on the last day of scheduled talks, as over 100 countries support curbing production while a handful of...
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Angara urges loan payments moratorium for typhoon-affected DepEd employees
MANILA, Philippines – Education Secretary Sonny Angara is calling for a temporary halting of the collection of loan payments for teaching and non-teaching personnel as they recover from the recent...
View ArticleChina vows ‘resolute countermeasures’ after US arms sale to Taiwan
China vowed “resolute countermeasures” on Sunday, December 1, to a recently approved US arms sale to Taiwan, saying it had lodged a complaint over the sale, which it said seriously infringes on...
View Article[Kitchen 143] Buon cibo at Francesco’s San Juan
Kitchen 143 now heads out of the home kitchen and visits old and new favorite restaurants in and out of Metro Manila. In this episode, Kitchen 143 host Michelle Aventajado of Momma ‘N Manila visits...
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How Philippine clinics illegally facilitate surrogacy
READ: Part 1 | Inside the Philippines’ booming underground surrogacy industry The last time Maria* gave birth, she said it felt different from the previous times she birthed her two children. It was,...
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LIVE UPDATES: Mapua vs Benilde – NCAA Season 100 men’s basketball finals, Game 1
MANILA, Philippines – The Mapua Cardinals earned an 84-73 win over the St. Benilde Blazers to go up 1-0 in the best-of-three NCAA Season 100 men’s basketball finals at the Araneta Coliseum on Sunday,...
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LOOK: ‘World’s longest stamp’ showcases Philippines’ historic churches
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) unveiled the “world’s longest usable” postage stamps for the holidays. Titled Simbang Gabi sa Ilog Pasig (Christmas Dawn Masses along...
View ArticleRainy start for December in parts of Southern Luzon, Visayas due to shear line
MANILA, Philippines – The shear line is bringing moderate to intense rain to nearly two dozen provinces in Southern Luzon, Western Visayas, and Eastern Visayas on Sunday, December 1. The shear line...
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[The Wide Shot] Catholics, Latter-day Saints sing ‘Joy to the World’
If I visit another religion’s place of worship, will I go to hell? Questions such as this hounded me when I was a kid, raised in a Catholic family and educated in a school run by Spanish Catholic...
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Impeachment complaint filed against VP Sara Duterte
MANILA, Philippines – A coalition of various organizations filed an impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte with the House of Representatives on Monday, December 2, kickstarting a...
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Maginhawa Street’s colorful experiment to bring back ‘people-centered’ spaces
MANILA, Philippines – Visit Maginhawa Street today and you’ll see something new — a corridor of colors on one side of a 250-meter portion of the famous Quezon City street. This rainbow ribbon,...
View ArticleNic Cabañero grateful even as UST ends run with Final Four loss
MANILA, Philippines – For Nic Cabañero, patience paid off even after the UST Growling Tigers ended their UAAP campaign in the Final Four. Winning just a combined six games in his first three years...
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Mindanao literature, ethics intersect in Cagayan de Oro scholars’ gathering
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – Mindanao literature has long been overlooked despite its rich heritage. Scholars have struggled to address this neglect through archiving, translating, and promoting...
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Japanese brewer hopes UNESCO listing makes sake as popular as sushi
FUSSA, Japan – At a Tokyo brewery dating back to the days of the samurai, Koichi Maesako drops a 3-meter-long wooden paddle into a giant, jade-colored tank and gently stirs the white mixture that will...
View ArticleVerstappen wins in Qatar, McLaren suffers penalty blow
DOHA, Qatar – Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday, December 1, a day after being stripped of pole position, as McLaren and Ferrari took their constructors’ title duel down to...
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FACT CHECK: No P45,000 gift card giveaway from SM Markets
Claim: SM Markets is giving away free gift cards worth P45,000 to Filipinos aged 35 to 64 years old. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The Facebook page “The Local Basket” posted more than 20...
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