What you need to know: Marcos in Malaysia for 47th ASEAN Summit
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. leaves Manila for Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, October 25, to join fellow Southeast Asian leaders and dialogue partners in the 47th Association of...
View ArticleKim Kardashian reveals brain aneurysm
Kim Kardashian, the American reality television star and businesswoman, disclosed that she has a brain aneurysm during the Season 7 premiere of The Kardashians. A preview clip from the opening episode...
View ArticleThailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit, influential style icon, dies at 93
BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit, who brought glamour and elegance to a postwar revival in the country’s monarchy and who, in later years, would occasionally wade into politics, has...
View Article[OPINION] To build trust, include researchers in major disaster infra projects
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in the Philippines to protest the alleged siphoning off billions of pesos designated for flood projects into ghost projects or into the hands of a few...
View ArticleHouse ups its own budget in 2026 by P10B. Where do the increases go?
The House of Representatives initially proposed P17 billion to the executive for its 2026 budget, which the executive granted. But when the House passed the spending bill for next year, the chamber...
View ArticleLIVE UPDATES: Marcos in Malaysia for ASEAN Summit, chairmanship turnover
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. flies to Kuala Lumpur to attend the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related Summits from Sunday, October 26, to Tuesday, October 28. In...
View ArticleUAAP set to unveil home arena in Season 90
MANILA, Philippines – The UAAP’s home arena will be ready to welcome fans in 2028. Featuring a seating capacity of 8,000, the 1.8-hectare arena in Pasig City is set to open by Season 90, just in time...
View Article[Finterest] What does it really mean when the PSE loses value?
MANILA, Philippines – How does P185 billion just disappear? That’s roughly how much market value vanished from the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) in just a few weeks. And while it’s not quite the...
View ArticleDoes the proposed 2026 education budget meet the 4% of GDP benchmark?
When the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released the proposed 2026 national budget, it proudly announced that the education sector received the lion’s share of the funds. The department...
View ArticleRhose Almendralejo, Alas U18 inch closer to Asian Youth Games crown
MANAMA, Bahrain – If Alas Pilipinas U18 can dream, why not shoot for the stars? The Filipinas stand three wins away from capturing the Asian Youth Games volleyball crown as they face Chinese Taipei in...
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