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Año to LGUs: Declare Reds persona non grata

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has asked local officials around the country to declare the CPP-NPA as persona non grata.

Duterte admin asked to heed SC order protecting PH reefs

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte and other government officials must enforce the Supreme Court’s writ of kalikasan order directing them to protect and rehabilitate the marine environment in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said on Saturday.

Comelec: Daraga too hot for comfort; Duterte raises bounty by P20M

President Duterte has recommended to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to put the town of Daraga in Albay province under its control, after the assassination last week of Ako Bicol Rep. Rodel Batocabe.

PNP files charges vs Garin, dad for beating up Iloilo policeman

The Philippine National Police on Thursday filed criminal and administrative charges in the Office of the Ombudsman’s Iloilo field office against Iloilo Rep. Oscar Garin Jr. and his father, Guimbal Mayor Oscar Garin Sr., and two unidentified bodyguards for beating up a police officer.

Duterte order to deploy troops stumps Lacson

Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Sunday said Memorandum Order No. 32 (MO 32) was baffling, as President Duterte could deploy more troops to the provinces just by giving orders to the military.

Knights back in NCAA Finals for first time in three years

Letran hasn’t been in the NCAA Finals for three years. And for some schools with lesser basketball pedigree, that seems like a lifetime. “When you’re in a basketball school with a lot of championships, you always have to work for success,” coach Allen Ricardo told the Inquirer after Letran rallied for a 74-70 win over […]

Local bets up to foreign challenge at Hallow Ridge

Antonio Lascuña is embracing the challenge of a foreign contingent coming in to join the chase for the Stronghold Insurance Senior Open’s centerpiece title. “Good competition won’t hurt a tournament,” Lascuña said in Filipino even as he downplayed his status as the favorite in the 50-59 Senior class where Orlan Sumcad, Elmer Salvador and Mars […]

JDL steps up big and helps FiberXers into quarterfinals

ANTIPOLO—Juan Gomez de Liaño got one over his brother Javi on Friday and helped Converge book its place in the quarterfinals of the PBA Philippine Cup here. Gomez de Liaño’s 27 points behind four triples and one four-pointer allowed the FiberXers to take down the Magnolia Hotshots, 114-97, at Ynares Center to join three others […]

Archers have momentum—and Final Four history on their side—in KO clash with Bulldogs

La Salle will have some sort of momentum—and a lot of history on its side—coming into Saturday when the Green Archers clash with the National U Bulldogs for the second Finals berth of the UAAP Season 88 men’s basketball tournament. Unbeaten in three Final Four series against the Bulldogs, La Salle is also seeking to […]

PBA squads lend players to SEA Games team

The chase for quarterfinal berths and the twice-to-beat privileges in the PBA Philippine Cup resumes on Friday after a three-week break due to the Fiba window. Brothers Juan and Javi Gomez de Liaño face off for the first time in the big league as Converge takes on Magnolia at 5:15 p.m. at Ynares Center in […]

How my lola mothered me (and the entire household) through food

“Kumain ka na,” my grandmother would tell me day after day, as I arrived from school and sauntered into the dining room.  Some days, it was a question; other times it was firm insistence. Coming home to merienda was a ritual I eagerly looked forward to every time I came home—whether it was the pimiento […]

On biological clocks and calendars: Going against the grain of time

I’m nearly 30, and people have opined over my so-called biological clock, urging me to make haste as it was ticking quickly

Would it be fair for Dennis Padilla to attend Julia Barretto’s wedding uninvited?

Advanced mag-isip? Julia Barretto and Gerald Anderson have stirred engagement rumors after a sweet birthday post in March that they’ve since denied.  But Anderson has been teasing that he’s planning on doing it and this seemed to have surfaced insecurities in Barretto’s estranged father Dennis Padilla who’s already insisting on his attendance to the future […]

‘The Idol’ begs us to pity an abuser in gaslighting finale

Over the course of its run, the general consensus for the five-episode nonprestige HBO series “The Idol” seems to be that it already overstayed its welcome. However, the unearned twist in the show’s ending felt like the visual equivalent of premature ejaculation.  We were served a classic 180-degree turn—gaslighting, absolving, and begging us to pity […]

Dear insecure cishet men, Andrea Brillantes doesn’t live to impress you

This just in: Women know how to have fun! Women have hobbies! Women don’t live just to impress insecure men! Is self-described motivational speaker Rendon Labador vying for the spot of local manosphere mouthpiece? This week, he’s received backlash for disparaging, thinly veiled misogynistic comments against Andrea Brillantes who was minding her own business, playing […]

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