Rappler Talk Entertainment: Lola Amour on first international collaboration,...
MANILA, Philippines – Nearly a year after the release of their self-titled album and the staging of their solo concert, Lola Amour has just dropped their first international collaboration, “Maria,”...
View ArticleCambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet to visit Manila
MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang announced late Friday, February 7, that Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet will go on an official visit to Manila from February 10 to 11....
View ArticleCanada task force says Freeland, running to replace Trudeau, targeted by...
OTTAWA, USA – A Canadian task force said on Friday that malicious news articles originating on Chinese social media tried to disparage former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, who is running to...
View ArticlePentagon doubles number of news outlets to ‘rotate’ out from office spaces
WASHINGTON, USA – The US Defense Department on Friday, February 7, doubled the number of news organizations that must vacate their Pentagon office spaces to be replaced by other media outlets under a...
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This mobile bamboo library brings books and archaeology to kids
MANILA, Philippines – On some Saturdays, children living in the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman campus village crowd around the mobile bamboo library. Organized by archaeology students and...
View Article[Newspoint] Vigil for justice
There appears a resurgence of street activism lately. But while it’s a good thing in itself, its potency tends to dissipate because the participating groups, being disunited, are bereft of common...
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FACT CHECK: Photo of Martin Romualdez, other lawmakers with cash is fake
Claim: A photo shows House Speaker Martin Romualdez holding a wad of cash on a table while speaking with his fellow lawmakers, following the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte. Rating: FALSE...
View ArticleChoco Mucho hands 4th-set mauling to Akari for 4th straight win; Nxled snaps...
MANILA, Philippines – Contender Choco Mucho stayed meltingly hot in the 2025 PVL All-Filipino Conference, flying to its fourth straight win for a 6-3 record off a four-set win over a middling Akari,...
View ArticleTrump signs order to cut funding for South Africa over land policy, ICJ case
WASHINGTON, USA – President Donald Trump signed an executive order to cut US financial assistance to South Africa, the White House said on Friday, February 7, citing disapproval of its land policy and...
View Article‘Luka Magic’ grips Los Angeles further as Lakers look to debut Doncic against...
Five-time All-NBA guard Luka Doncic is expected to make his debut with the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday (Tuesday, February 11, Manila time) against the visiting Utah Jazz. The Lakers host the Indiana...
View ArticleMagnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes north of Honduras, GFZ says
An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck north of Honduras on Saturday, February 8, the German Research Center for Geosciences said. The quake was at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.21 miles), GFZ said after...
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Cupid-approved! Thoughtful Valentine’s Day gift ideas for your loved ones
MANILA, Philippines – If you’re tired of the usual flowers and chocolates, why not shake things up this year? Whether celebrating with a partner, family or friends, or even treating yourself, there’s...
View ArticleMavericks’ misfortunes continue: Anthony Davis injures self in bittersweet...
In his Dallas Mavericks debut, Anthony Davis scored 26 points with 12 rebounds before leaving in the third quarter with an abdominal injury, to guide a 116-105 victory over the Houston Rockets on...
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Villafuerte, CSPC admin gag CamSur publication The SPARK; Bicol orgs rally to...
CAMARINES SUR, Philippines – A pre-election survey published Friday, February 7, by The SPARK, the official student-community publication of Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges (CSPC), ignited...
View ArticleUS judge temporarily blocks DOGE from accessing gov’t payment systems, citing...
A federal judge early Saturday temporarily blocked billionaire Elon Musk’s government efficiency team from accessing government systems used to process trillions of dollars in payments, citing a risk...
View Article‘Austin, you’re him:’ Reaves bombs career-high 45 as LeBron, Luka-less Lakers...
Austin Reaves scored a career-high 45 points to go along with 7 rebounds and 7 assists, helping the Los Angeles Lakers post a 124-117 win over the visiting Indiana Pacers on Saturday (Sunday, February...
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EXPLAINER: Why building big AIs costs billions — and how DeepSeek changed the...
State-of-the-art artificial intelligence systems like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude have captured the public imagination by producing fluent text in multiple languages in...
View Article‘Playoff Justin’: Brownlee propels Ginebra past Meralco on the way to semis
ANTIPOLO CITY, Philippines – Barangay Ginebra keeps on turning to Justin Brownlee when the going gets tough. More often than not, Brownlee rises to the occasion, as he did in a 94-87 victory over...
View Article2025 Senate race kicks off in shadow of VP Sara’s impeachment
MANILA, Philippines – Around this time in 2022, then-presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. promised voters “unity” in a campaign speech that was scant on platform but heavy on imagery...
View ArticleAdvocates push for testing and awareness as HIV cases climb in Cordillera
BAGUIO, Philippines – For one young man from Itogon, Benguet, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) was just something he had heard about in passing, until it became his reality. Rodel (not his real...
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