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[FMA] RightsCon 2025: Amplifying Young Voices
With more than 400 sessions, 2,000 in-person attendees, and numerous networking events, RightsCon 2025 was the perfect avenue for digital rights advocates to gather, collaborate, and strategize how to...
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More Veggies Please? Metro Pacific eyes 10 more vegetable greenhouse facilities
BULACAN, Philippines – Business mogul Manny V. Pangilinan launched a new brand focused on making high-quality vegetables more accessible to businesses and households. It’s called “More Veggies Please”...
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FACT CHECK: ICC president’s statement on court’s jurisdiction taken out of...
Claim: Judge Tomoko Akane, president of the International Criminal Court (ICC), stated that the ICC has no jurisdiction over non-state parties. Rating: MISSING CONTEXT Why we fact-checked this: A reel...
View ArticleTrump drives trade war fears with new auto tariffs
Asian auto stocks fell on Thursday after US President Donald Trump unveiled a 25% tariff on imported vehicles, expanding a global trade war and prompting criticism and threats of retaliation from...
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[DECODED] Three ways Duterte’s propaganda machine has changed
Two weeks ago, I sent a newsletter about how former president Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest activated familiar disinformation tactics online. We were just starting to monitor the online discussions then,...
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Banking on women: Why these female employees stayed loyal to EastWest Bank...
Retaining employees is not a simple feat nowadays, especially after the post-pandemic “Great Resignation” trend snowballed across the globe. In fact, according to the 2025 Employee Sentiment Study of...
View ArticleLuto na! Treasure trove of vintage Philippine cookbooks now available online
MANILA, Philippines – Knowledge-sharing has taken the Philippine culinary community by storm! Thanks to the efforts of a passionate Reddit user and researcher, a treasure trove of over 70 vintage...
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OFW families will be hit hardest by ‘zero remittance week’ — economists
MANILA, Philippines – Economists believe that a planned “zero remittance week” among overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will hit their families back home the hardest. Their remarks come after some OFWs...
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Bacolod couple’s search for missing son prompts SC writ on cops’ accountability
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines – Merlina Tayo dreamt of her son Henry Jr. on Tuesday night, March 25. The vision was so vivid it jolted her awake. In her dream, her son was pleading for help, bruised...
View Article‘Dear Evan Hansen’ is coming to Manila in September
MANILA, Philippines – GMG Productions (GMGP) announced that the UK touring production of the Tony-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen will be making its way to Filipino audiences for the first time! It...
View ArticleBicol’s heated races in the 2025 polls
ALBAY, Philippines – Across six provinces, business moguls and determined neophytes are challenging established political clans in a battle for the soul of the Bicol region. Long-standing rivalries...
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WATCH: Campaign period begins for Metro Manila bets
MANILA, Philippines – The formal campaign period for local candidates in the 2025 midterm elections kicked off on Friday, March 28. For the next 45 days, local candidates will woo at least 7.56...
View ArticleDream run ends: Alex Eala falls to Jessica Pegula in Miami Open heartbreaker
MANILA, Philippines – Errors plagued Alex Eala as she bid goodbye to a breakthrough appearance in a Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour final. Eala saw her dream run in the Miami Open come to a halt...
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WATCH: Comelec gives updates on 2025 elections preparations
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday, March 28, holds its regular briefing on its preparations for the upcoming midterm elections, now less than two months away. The...
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South Korea hopes to use break in weather to contain deadly wildfires
ANDONG, South Korea – Light rain offered some relief to South Korean authorities tackling the country’s worst wildfires on record, with exhausted firefighters making another push on Friday, March 28,...
View ArticleComelec finishes printing voter’s information sheets for 2025 elections
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday, March 28, finished printing the more than 68 million voter’s information sheets (VIS) for the 2025 elections. The VIS kodigo, or...
View ArticleLIVE UPDATES: Prayer rallies on Rodrigo Duterte’s 80th birthday
Supporters of Rodrigo Duterte are staging prayer rallies on Friday, March 28, to mark the 80th birthday of the former president who is now detained in The Hague. Protesters are calling for Duterte’s...
View ArticleLIVE UPDATES: Local campaign period kickoff – 2025 Philippine elections
More than 41,000 candidates vying for over 18,000 local positions will officially start campaigning on Friday, March 28. The 45-day local campaign period for the 2025 midterm elections is taking place...
View Article[Vantage Point] Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest polarizes Philippine politics
Former president Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest on the strength of a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) seemed like wishful thinking or a mirage; that is, until it finally happened....
View ArticleRising above: Why a daughter is speaking out on abuse, trauma
MANILA, Philippines – Martina Bonoan never imagined that her story would have to unfold in such a public way. When she and her mother came forward with allegations of domestic abuse against her...
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