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FACT CHECK: Facebook page falsely claims Olympic wins of 4 Filipino athletes
Claim: Filipino athletes Elreen Ando, Carlo Paalam, John Cabang Tolentino, and EJ Obiena won gold in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: Graphics...
View ArticleCurbing illegal recruitment at grassroots level a challenge for DMW
MANILA, Philippines – Despite the government having information campaigns about the tactics of illegal recruiters, the Department of Migrant Workers found that aspiring overseas Filipino workers...
View Article[DASH of SAS] Dear Senator Padilla, ‘No’ is a complete sentence
Dear Senator Robin Padilla, Your projection of masculinity which made you popular in the ’90s, and presumably even got you elected to the Senate when acting no longer served as a viable source of...
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Will Sara Duterte still get parliamentary courtesy in budget hearings?
In the past two years, it was a walk in the park for Vice President Sara Duterte to get her budget request approved. Budget hearings, both in the Senate and the House of Representatives, had...
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Russia declares US Clooney Foundation an undesirable organization
Russian prosecutors said on Monday, August 19, they had designated The Clooney Foundation for Justice, a US non-profit group, as an “undesirable” organization for carrying out work at “a Hollywood...
View ArticleCoritha and the tragic story of Filipino legacy artists
This story first appeared in ourbrew.ph. MANILA, Philippines – By the early 1980s, Pinoy Rock and its mellower sibling Pinoy folk-rock have reached a saturation point of sorts. The mass market has...
View ArticleChina takes aim at ‘chaotic’ fan groups after Olympians abused online
HONG KONG – China’s government and official sporting bodies have condemned fans for using social media to attack and spread rumors about the country’s Olympians and said the behavior had an extremely...
View ArticleFormer New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern to attend US Democratic...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern will attend the Democratic National Convention that begins on Monday, August 19 (August 20, Manila time) in Chicago, Ardern’s...
View ArticleMaybank becomes first commercial bank to offer Islamic banking services
MANILA, Philippines – Maybank Philippines is now the country’s first private commercial bank to offer Shariah-compliant services with the inauguration of its Islamic banking unit. Situated in...
View ArticleAlice Guo already left PH on July 18 – Hontiveros
MANILA, Philippines – Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, August 19, said that dismissed mayor Alice Guo of Bamban, Tarlac left the Philippines on July 18. In her privilege speech, Hontiveros bared a...
View ArticleCall for participants: UP Resilience Institute Quake Quest competition
The following is a press release from the UP Resilience Institute. The UP Resilience Institute and UP Intelligence Systems Center is proud to announce Quake Quest: Unleashing Innovations in Seismology...
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[ANALYSIS] The political power play for Meralco
As its critical institutions tank before our eyes, we see that the Americans have just recently learned how the weaponization of legal processes can be applied against perceived adversaries. Spreading...
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‘Illegal demolition’ threatens century-old village in Tarlac
PAMPANGA, Philippines – Fredie Laurente, 69, has spent his entire life in Barangay Central in Hacienda Luisita, Tarlac City, where his family and forebearers have lived since 1925. Alongside 987 other...
View ArticleUS says Iran cyber operations targeted Trump, Harris campaigns
WASHINGTON, USA – The United States on Monday, August 19, accused Iran of launching cyber operations against the campaigns of both US presidential candidates and targeting the American public with...
View ArticleIsraeli military retrieves bodies of 6 hostages held in Gaza
JERUSALEM – Israel retrieved the bodies of six hostages from the Khan Younis area in southern Gaza overnight, according to statements from the military and the prime minister’s office on Tuesday,...
View Article[WATCH] #KomyuterDiaries: The duality of Cubao as a transport hub
MANILA, Philippines – Cubao as a transport hub — thumbs up or thumbs down? Several public transportation vehicles from different parts of Metro Manila, the Greater Manila area, and some provinces in...
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PhilHealth to push through with P10-B second fund transfer to national treasury
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) will remit P10 billion to the National Treasury on Wednesday, August 21, as scheduled. This will be the second tranche of...
View ArticleNew arrest warrant out as police continue search for Apollo Quiboloy
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – A regional court in Pasig City issued an alias warrant of arrest against fugitive preacher and Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Apollo Quiboloy in connection with...
View ArticleRappler Recap: Sara Duterte, Risa Hontiveros clash during Senate budget hearing
MANILA, Philippines – In a heated exchange during a budget hearing on Tuesday, August 20, Vice President Sara Duterte got defensive when Senator Risa Hontiveros asked her about the content of the...
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Mpox is not the new COVID, says WHO official
BERLIN, Germany – A World Health Organization official stressed on Tuesday, August 20, that mpox, regardless of whether it is the new or old strain, is not the new COVID, as authorities know how to...
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