UK, European leaders join forces to draft Ukraine peace plan to take to US
LONDON, United Kingdom – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday European leaders had agreed to draw up a Ukraine peace plan to take to the United States, a vital step for Washington to be...
View ArticleKieran Culkin claims supporting actor honor as 2025 Oscars kick off
LOS ANGELES, US – A Real Pain star Kieran Culkin won Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards on Sunday where Anora, The Brutalist and Conclave were competing for the coveted best picture trophy....
View Article‘Flow’ wins best animated feature film Oscar
LOS ANGELES, US – The independent film Flow won the best animated feature film Oscar on Sunday, securing the first Academy Award for Latvia and its Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis. Flow follows a...
View ArticleIN PHOTOS: Oscars 2025 red carpet arrivals
MANILA, Philippines – The 97th Academy Awards officially started its festivities on Monday, March 3 (Manila time), with Hollywood’s biggest stars taking the red carpet before awards are handed out....
View Article[Walang Pasok] Class suspensions, Monday, March 3, 2025
MANILA, Philippines – Some areas suspended face-to-face classes for Monday, March 3, as they expect high heat index levels during the day. The heat index is measured using the air temperature and the...
View ArticleZoe Saldana wins Best Supporting Actress Oscar for ‘Emilia Perez’ role
LOS ANGELES, US – Zoe Saldana won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress on Sunday for her role as a Mexico City lawyer and fixer for a former drug lord in the crime drama and musical Emilia Perez. It...
View ArticleUSAID official warns of unnecessary deaths from Trump’s foreign aid block
A senior official with the US Agency for International Development in an email on Sunday, March 2, warned that the Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency will result in unnecessary deaths —...
View ArticleCourt junks case vs ex-mayor, 13 others in Negros Occidental ambush
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines – A regional court has dismissed murder charges against a former mayor, an incumbent vice mayor, and a dozen others accused in the killing of a councilor in Negros...
View ArticleFACT CHECK: No DBM transfer of P4.1-trillion budget to Marcos
Claim: The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released P4.1 trillion of the 2025 national budget to the Office of the President (OP). Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The Facebook post...
View ArticleIsraeli-Palestinian film ‘No Other Land’ wins best documentary feature
LOS ANGELES, March 2 (Reuters) – No Other Land, a film showing the alliance that develops between a Palestinian activist and an Israeli journalist amid their peoples’ conflict on the occupied West...
View ArticleHarry Roque failed to go to the US, went to China?
MANILA, Philippines – Harry Roque, who is facing a criminal complaint for human trafficking related to an alleged scam farm in Pampanga, traveled from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to China, Senator...
View ArticlePhilippines’ LGBTQ+ groups seek options to US aid
MANILA, Philippines – LoveYourself, a Philippines-based group providing free HIV testing and treatment services, was receiving aid from the United States like innumerable groups promoting health and...
View ArticlePNP recalls relief of anti-kidnapping chief
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine National Police (PNP) has recalled the relief of its Anti-Kidnapping Group (AKG) chief just days after he was sacked over issues in the rescue of a teen last week....
View ArticleComelec junks disqualification case vs Tulfo ‘dynasty’
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) threw out a petition that sought to block the 2025 candidacies of Tulfo family members for supposedly constituting a political dynasty. The...
View ArticleOver 1,000 protest NOAA scientist layoffs in Colorado
BOULDER, USA – Over 1,000 protesters gathered outside a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration building in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday, March 3, decrying Trump administration layoffs of what...
View ArticleTrump and TSMC announce $100-billion plan to build 5 new US factories
WASHINGTON, USA – Taiwanese semiconductor company TSMC plans to make a fresh $100 billion investment in the US that would involve building five additional chip facilities in the country in coming...
View ArticlePasay City court clears Neri Miranda in Dermacare criminal cases
MANILA, Philippines – Showbiz personality and entrepreneur Neri Naig Miranda has been cleared in her criminal cases, the actress’ camp said on Tuesday, March 4. Miranda’s counsel, FLO...
View ArticleChloe San Jose heats up March with 2 new singles: ‘FR FR’ and ‘Nonchalant’
MANILA, Philippines – Filipino-Australian content creator Chloe San Jose returns to the music scene with not one, but two singles coming this March under the ABS-CBN StarPop label. First up on Friday,...
View ArticleFACT CHECK: Palawan was never part of China – NHCP
Claim: The island of Palawan was once part of China and was called “Zheng He Island” after the famous Chinese explorer who sailed the seas and oceans of Asia from the 1300s to the 1400s. Rating: FALSE...
View ArticlePhilHealth’s finances expected to take spotlight in oral arguments
MANILA, Philippines – Supreme Court (SC) justices are expected to further scrutinize how the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is spending its money when the third round of oral...
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