Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar (center, standing) gamely takes a photo with Taylor Swift fans-slash-scholars during the viewing party. (Rep. Villar’s office) House Deputy Speaker and Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar recently helped made some 100 Taylor Swift fans’ dream come true by holding …
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Indigenous Women’s Collective calls for Buffy Sainte-Marie’s 2018 Juno to be rescinded after CBC investigation
An advocacy group devoted to amplifying the voices of Indigenous women says Buffy Sainte-Marie, a musician known for decades of Indigenous activism, engaged in a great deception regarding her origin as an Indigenous Sixties Scoop survivor. Advocacy group says evidence that contradicts songwriter's claims to Indigenous ancestry 'overwhelming' An advocacy …
Read More »President Bongbong Marcos to AFP leaders: Adapt, respond to emerging security, defense realities in PHL, region
President Bongbong Marcos with the newly-promoted generals and flag officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines after their oath-taking on Friday, Oct. 27./PCO/ (Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos has urged the Armed Forces of the Philippines to be prepared to adapt and respond to emerging national security and defense realities …
Read More »Biazon receives Muntinlupa’s climate action award in South Korea
“Muntinlupa, Nakakaproud!” This was what Mayor Ruffy Biazon said as he received Muntinlupa’s City Climate Action Award for its Energy Efficiency and Conservation Program in South Korea. The award was given to Biazon at the 2nd CityNet-Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (CityNet-ESCAP) SDG City Awards in …
Read More »Poll chief warns candidates vs vote-buying: ‘If you got away with it in the past, not this time’
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Thursday, Oct. 26 that the poll body despises vote-buying as much as election-related violence when perpetrated against candidates, urging the public to cease involvement in these illegal activities. Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia personally removed campaign materials …
Read More »113 Pinoys want to leave Lebanon—DFA
More Filipinos—now numbering 113–want to leave Lebanon amid the escalating tensions there between Israel and Islamist group Hezbollah, a known ally of Palestinian militant group Hamas, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Thursday, Oct. 26. Israeli soldiers gather near Merkava tanks as they man a …
Read More »Manhunt underway in Lewiston, Maine, after shootings leave at least 16 dead
A man opened fire at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night, killing at least 16 people and engulfing the state's second-largest city in chaos. The gunman remains at large and authorities have ordered residents and business owners to stay inside and off the streets. …
Read More »‘H’wag na tayong magbolahan’: Ex-Pres. Duterte claims House members have pork barrel
Former president Rodrigo Duterte turned combatant once again as he challenged the House of Representatives to “open the books,” referring to its financial documents, and accused its members of having pork barrel after the House removed Vice President Sara Duterte’s proposed multi-million confidential funds for 2024. Former For Former president …
Read More »40,000 Boholanos benefit from Abante Barangay service caravan
CEBU CITY – Close to 40,000 Boholanos have benefited from the provincial government’s Abante Barangay service caravan. BOHOLANOS have benefited from the Abante Barangay service caravan by the provincial government. From February 10 to August 10, the province, led by Gov. Aris Aumentado, has conducted a caravan of services in …
Read More »Parts of Luzon may still experience cloudy, rainy weather — PAGASA
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration on Wednesday, Oct. 25 said the shear line and the northeast monsoon or “amihan” may still bring rains to parts of Luzon. Photo credit to MB Visual Content Group PAGASA said Isabela and Aurora will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers …
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