Chinese researchers find bat virus enters human cells via same pathway as...
A newly discovered bat coronavirus uses the same cell-surface protein to gain entry into human cells as the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, raising the possibility that it could someday spread...
View ArticleIn Cebu, Duterte says Marcos like dictator father, campaigns local bets
CEBU, Philippines – Former President Rodrigo Duterte once again took swings at his successor President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., stating at a rally held in Mandaue City, Cebu, on Saturday, February 22,...
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Robert De Niro takes command as ex-US president in uncanny ‘Zero Day’
NEW YORK, USA – Disinformation, tech companies cozying up to top government officials, billionaires wielding influence, podcasters and social media figures threading into politics. Sound strangely...
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Is your parish or diocese holding prayers for Pope Francis?
MANILA, Philippines – The Catholic Church has been asking for prayers for Pope Francis as the 88-year-old pontiff remains hospitalized at Gemelli Hospital in Rome, battling double pneumonia. Is your...
View ArticleTim Cone, Gilas Pilipinas still trying to adjust without Kai Sotto
MANILA, Philippines – Life without Kai Sotto has been a bumpy road for Gilas Pilipinas. And the national team needs to figure out how to survive without the 7-foot-3 star soon as fiercer competition...
View ArticleFULL TEXT: Pope Francis’ message from Gemelli Hospital in Rome
MANILA, Philippines – The Vatican on Sunday, February 23, published a short text prepared by Pope Francis for his weekly Angelus, which he missed due to his confinement at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital. In...
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Art Fair 2025 draws crowds in through nostalgia and interactive exhibitions
MANILA, Philippines – For its 12th year, Art Fair Philippines moved into its new home at the Ayala Triangle, away from its usual spot at The Link. The five-level carpark had made way for many of Art...
View ArticlePope Francis in critical condition for second day, says Vatican
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis, battling double pneumonia, remains in a critical condition for a second day running and his prognosis is still guarded, the Vatican said on Sunday, February 23. The Pope,...
View ArticleTIMELINE: Pope Francis in Gemelli Hospital, February 2025
Pope Francis faces his most serious health crisis as he remains confined in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital for respiratory problems. Here is a timeline of events, showing how the Pope’s “strong cold” turned...
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Protect yourself: Here’s where you can get the HPV vaccine today
Unbeknownst to most people, cervical cancer, once a leading cause of death among women, is one of the only two preventable cancers thanks to the HPV vaccine. This life-saving vaccine protects against...
View ArticleAklan teen’s disappearance turns into a tragedy of misinformation
AKLAN, Philippines – They came with band instruments and voices, filling the town center of Banga with music on Sunday night, February 23. For the friends and relatives of 15-year-old Jhoros Flores,...
View Article‘Conclave’ wins top honor at 2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards
LOS ANGELES – “Conclave,” a drama about the selection of a new pope, won the top award at Hollywood’s Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, boosting the movie’s chances of success at next weekend’s...
View Article[Pope Watch] ‘Painful to imagine’
Pope Francis was not yet cured but was not “in life-threatening danger,” his doctors said in their first press conference late Friday evening, February 21 (Manila time). Whew! Like many Catholics, I...
View Article‘Killing Me Softly With His Song’ balladeer Roberta Flack dies at 88
NEW YORK, USA – Roberta Flack, the silky-voiced Grammy-winning singer whose sultry ballads “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “Killing Me Softly With His Song” topped the charts in the 1970s,...
View ArticleChina-origin scam syndicates are the new underworld
In the past, the most feared criminal group was the mafia. Oh, were they the stuff of memorable movies and novels! In our part of the world, it was the yakuza, the legendary underworld group, some...
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RESULTS: February 2025 Mechanical Engineers, Certified Plant Mechanics...
The following is a press release from the Professional Regulation Commission. The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 3,089 out of 6,318 passed the Mechanical Engineers Licensure...
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[OPINION] Never forget
February 22 to 25, 2025 marks the 39th anniversary of the People Power Revolution, launched by the Filipino people in 1986. It served, not only to free our people from authoritarian rule, but also as...
View ArticleUN Security Council adopts neutral US stance on war in Ukraine as Trump...
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations Security Council on Monday, February 24, adopted a US-drafted resolution on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that takes a neutral position on...
View ArticleTown alone in pushing back vs EDSA holiday downgrade in Negros Occidental
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines – Hinigaran came to a standstill Tuesday, February 25, as local officials led the town in marking the 39th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution – the...
View ArticleAt least 2 dead at South Korea construction site collapse, fire agency says
SEOUL, South Korea – At least two people died and five were injured on Tuesday after a collapse at a highway construction site in the South Korean city of Cheonan, fire authorities said. The accident...
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