Social media platform X back up after brief outage, Downdetector shows
Social media platform X was back up on Tuesday night, August 27, after an outage that lasted less than an hour, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. Downdetector, which tracks...
View ArticleQuiboloy group files new petition to stop ongoing police operations at KOJC
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – Fugitive doomsday preacher Apollo Quiboloy’s Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) has filed a petition to halt police operations aimed at capturing the elusive pastor and four...
View ArticleNaomi Osaka dons tutu ‘super suit’ in triumphant US Open return
NEW YORK, USA – Twice US Open winner Naomi Osaka played like a tennis superhero on Tuesday, August 27, but instead of a cape, her super suit had bows. She set the tennis world and the internet ablaze...
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Female from Metro Manila, 12-year-old boy from Calabarzon positive for mpox
MANILA, Philippines – There are now five active mpox cases in the country after the Department of Health (DOH) announced the detection of two more cases on Wednesday, August 28. Mpox case 13 is a...
View ArticleRappler Talk Entertainment: Ely Buendia on new single, album ‘Method Adaptor’
MANILA, Philippines – OPM icon Ely Buendia will release his solo album Method Adaptor on November 8, his second after his solo debut, 2000’s Wanted: Bedspacer. In that span of time, nearly 24 years to...
View Article[OPINION] Big books, small gains: Why ‘Isang Kaibigan’ is child-unfriendly
The Isang Kaibigan book controversy is the story of design, production, procurement, and distribution of learning materials — both textbooks and supplemental reading — in public schools under the...
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RESULTS: August 2024 Sanitary Engineers Computer-Based Licensure Examination
The following is a press release from the Professional Regulation Commission. The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 105 out of 156 passed the Sanitary Engineers Computer-Based...
View ArticleWATCH: 2024 Ramon Magsaysay Awards ceremony
MANILA, Philippines – The Ramon Magsaysay Foundation honors this year’s awardees on Saturday, August 31. In a press statement, RMAF Chairperson Cheche Lazaro said: “As we celebrate the 117th birth...
View ArticleUN to vaccinate Gaza’s children against polio during pauses in fighting
GENEVA, Switzerland – The United Nations will start vaccinating some 640,000 children in the Gaza Strip against polio on Sunday, September 1, a campaign that relies on daily eight-hour pauses in...
View ArticleUkraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region is legitimate, says NATO’s...
BERLIN, Germany – Ukraine’s incursion into Russia‘s Kursk region is legitimate and covered by Kyiv’s right to self-defense, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told German weekly Welt am Sonntag...
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Studio Ghibli founder Miyazaki Hayao among 2024 Ramon Magsaysay awardees
MANILA, Philippines – Japanese filmmaker and Studio Ghibli founder Miyazaki Hayao is among the five Ramon Magsaysay awardees for 2024, the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) announced on...
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Defending champion Djokovic knocked out of US Open 3rd round
NEW YORK, USA – Novak Djokovic suffered a major upset at the hands of Alexei Popyrin with a 6-4, 6-4 ,2-6, 6-4 beating in the third round of the US Open on Friday, August 30 (Saturday, August 31,...
View ArticleDoctor charged in death of ‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry ‘incredibly remorseful’
LOS ANGELES, USA – One of two doctors who are among the five people charged in the ketamine overdose death of Friends star Matthew Perry was barred by a federal judge on Friday, August 30, from...
View ArticleOasis reunion drives surge in eDreams travel searches
News of British rock band Oasis’ long-awaited reunion tour next summer has led to a surge in searches for travel to Britain and Ireland, Spanish online travel booking company eDreams said on Friday,...
View ArticleSwiss choose Basel to host 2025 Eurovision Song Contest
ZURICH, Switzerland – Next year’s Eurovision Song Contest will be held in the Swiss city of Basel, the event’s organizer said on Friday, August 30, setting it up for an economic boost from the...
View ArticleEraserheads and the Pop Machine Magic
You would think the Eraserheads fever would have subsided by now. Guess not. After a one-night “farewell” show in December 2022 where some 75,000 people showed up, the Heads have gone on tour in...
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Philippines’ active mpox cases now at 8
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday, September 1, reported three new cases of mpox, bringing total number of active cases in the country to 8. “As public awareness grows and...
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Catriona Gray ‘traumatized’ after losing passport, belongings in London robbery
MANILA, Philippines – Catriona Gray’s trip to London took a traumatic turn after she fell victim to a robbery incident. The Miss Universe 2018 relayed the unfortunate incident through an Instagram...
View ArticleHarris calls Trump cemetery visit ‘disrespectful’ political stunt
WASHINGTON, DC, USA – US Vice President Kamala Harris criticized Republican presidential rival Donald Trump on Saturday, August 31, over a visit he made to soldiers’ graves at Arlington National...
View ArticleWATCH: Inside the illegal POGO hub in Cebu
CEBU, Philippines – Authorities found an illegal POGO hub during what was supposed to be a rescue operation at Tourist Garden Hotel in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Saturday morning, August 31. Presidential...
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