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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.

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 […]

‘Die for the ball’ is Josh Ybañez battle cry in SEA Games debut

Josh Ybañez vows to “die for the ball” as he makes his Southeast Asian (SEA) Games debut with Alas Pilipinas in the 33rd edition in Thailand starting next week. Alas, which seeks to translate a memorable FIVB World Championship into a podium finish in the biennial meet, will continue to rely on Ybañez as its […]

Cabañero, Padrigao bullish on Tigers’ future

Until the last 48 seconds of the match, Nic Cabañero and Forthsky Padrigao stood on the precipice of a better ending to their stay with the University of Santo Tomas in the UAAP men’s basketball tournament. But then the heartbreak came. A triple from Terrence Fortea. Two stops by the University of the Philippines. In […]

Uy is first Filipino ultraman race finisher

Ultradistance racing sounds absurd. Imagine this: 515 total kilometers (km) of swim, bike and run in a three-day span that no Filipino has been able to finish for many years. That was until Jennifer Tan Uy conquered it very recently. “When I crossed the finish line, I wanted the world to see that Filipinos can,” […]

Teener Villaseñor steals Larga spotlight

If Darius John Villaseñor looked like someone who has climbed roads his entire life during the Solid North Larga Pilipinas bike race over the weekend, it’s because he has. At 18, Villaseñor didn’t look like a teenager thrust into the frenzy of a pro peloton and stunned veterans in the 143.68-kilometer (km) opening stage 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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