Klay Thompson signs with Mavericks, ending iconic run with Warriors – reports
Four-time NBA champion Klay Thompson agreed to a sign-and-trade deal to join the Dallas Mavericks, according to multiple reports, closing the historic championship chapter of his career with the...
View ArticleLIVESTREAM: Vatican foreign minister holds press conference in Manila
Bookmark and refresh this page for the live press conference of Archbishop Paul Gallagher. MANILA, Philippines – The Vatican’s foreign minister, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, is holding a press...
View ArticleRich get richer again: PBA approves Blackwater-TNT trade for Rey Nambatac
MANILA, Philippines – The Blackwater franchise is once again responsible for boosting a Manny V. Pangilinan (MVP) team in the PBA as the league approved on Tuesday, July 2, a trade that will send star...
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Still no white knight: Okada parent ends talks with Dennis Uy’s Emerald Bay...
MANILA, Philippines – Dennis Uy still has no white knight to fund the stalled development of Emerald Bay casino in Cebu, after the parent company of Okada Manila officially walked away from...
View ArticleUkraine’s defense minister to hold talks with Austin, Pentagon says
Ukraine’s Defense Minister Rustem Umerov will hold talks with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in Washington on Tuesday, July 2, on firming up military cooperation between the two countries, the...
View ArticleENTERTAINMENT: Movies, music, TV, theater – July 1-7, 2024
MANILA, Philippines – Planning to go to catch the latest movie or watch a theater play? Here are some entertainment events that will be happening from July 1 to 7 to help you plan your week ahead....
View ArticleGoogle Translate adds 110 new languages, including support for Hiligaynon,...
MANILA, Philippines – Google announced last Thursday, June 27, it added support for 110 new languages to Google Translate, thanks to some help from its PaLM 2 large language model. While about a...
View ArticleUP shores up frontline anew, taps one-and-done Quentin Millora-Brown
MANILA, Philippines – The UP Fighting Maroons continue to strengthen their lineup ahead of the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball tournament, tapping 6-foot-10 Filipino-American big man Quentin...
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FACT CHECK: Video of ‘Putin capture’ is just game simulation
Claim: Russian President Vladimir Putin has been captured by US and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The claim was made in the title and...
View ArticleIn The Public Square: AI smart or AI stupid?
MANILA, Philippines – At the 2024 International Media Conference, much of the discussion revolved around generative artificial intelligence. But the tone of discussion has changed greatly from the...
View ArticleMalaysia’s Najib loses legal bid to serve sentence under house arrest
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – A Malaysian court dismissed jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s legal bid to obtain a document that he said would allow him to serve his remaining prison sentence under...
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OnlyFans vows it’s a safe space. Predators exploit kids there
Editor’s note: Story contains accounts of child abuse. When a 16-year-old girl from Florida went missing in April 2023, her parents searched her phone, desperate for clues. What they found shocked...
View ArticleBGC’s Savage MNL closes down after 6 years
MANILA, Philippines – Chef Josh Boutwood’s Savage MNL is closing down after six years of business, the restaurant in Arya Plaza, Bonifacio Global City (BGC) announced on Tuesday, July 2. Savage MNL,...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about Comelec’s Special Register Anywhere Program
MANILA, Philippines – Have you registered to vote? Just about three months before the deadline for voter registration, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) continues its efforts to make voter...
View ArticleTall order for Gilas Pilipinas as Latvia crushes Georgia to open FIBA OQT
MANILA, Philippines – Host Latvia opened hostilities in Group A of the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Riga with a bang after an 83-55 blowout of Georgia on Tuesday, July 2. Providing a preview...
View ArticleHindi ito Marites: The false choice from China
That not all Filipinos are rallying behind the 2016 arbitral ruling that affirmed the Philippines’ sovereign rights in the South China Sea is a testament to China’s efforts to fragment Philippine...
View ArticleBaguio officially joins calls for humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza
BAGUIO, Philippines – The Baguio city council passed a resolution on Monday, July 1, to officially register the city’s support for global calls for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Authored by Councilor...
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LIST: Officials who admitted post-Duterte that drug war was abusive
The House of Representatives is now doing an initiative unimaginable few years back: probe into former president Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war. The investigation, however, is eight years late as the...
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Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks
TOKYO, Japan – Japan’s government has finally eliminated the use of floppy disks in all its systems, two decades since their heyday, reaching a long-awaited milestone in a campaign to modernize the...
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Lourdes won’t remove mosaics by priest accused of abuse, for now
VATICAN CITY – The sanctuary of Lourdes, one of the world’s most popular Catholic pilgrimage sites, will not for the moment remove mosaics made by a prominent Slovenian Jesuit priest accused of sexual...
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