‘All about winning’: Millora-Brown stays poised in rough UP-UST semis duel
MANILA, Philippines – Ever since flying to the Philippines to play for the UP Fighting Maroons, Quentin Millora-Brown has been exposed to the physical style of basketball. With the stakes upped in the...
View ArticleDeath toll rises to 12 as Thailand and Malaysia face worst floods in decades
BANGKOK, Thailand – The death toll from the worst floods in decades in southern Thailand and northern Malaysia climbed to at least 12 on Saturday, November 30, authorities said, as tens of thousands...
View ArticleUAAP champion La Salle breezes past Adamson, arranges finals rematch with UP
MANILA, Philippines – For the second straight year, it will be a La Salle-UP men’s basketball finals in the UAAP for Season 87 as the Green Archers blew out the Adamson Soaring Falcons, 70-55, at the...
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New Greek metro is archaeological window on the past
ATHENS, Greece – A metro system in Greece’s second city, Thessaloniki, officially opened on Saturday, November 30, with its stations displaying the same ancient artifacts that nearly derailed the...
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IN PHOTOS: Latter-day Saints light up Manila temple for Christmas 2024
MANILA, Philippines – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, formerly known as the Mormon Church, lit up its Manila Philippines Temple along White Plains, Quezon City, as the Philippines...
View ArticleSyrian rebels sweep into Aleppo, army says dozens of soldiers killed
AMMAN, Jordan – The Syrian army said on Saturday, November 30, that dozens of its soldiers had been killed in a major attack by rebels who swept into the city of Aleppo in the northwest, forcing the...
View ArticleTitle over MVP: Escamis focused on helping Mapua end decades-long wait for...
MANILA, Philippines – School honor carries more weight than personal glory for Mapua ace Clint Escamis. Escamis said he doesn’t mind losing his bid for back-to-back MVP awards as he placed greater...
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[Only IN Hollywood] How a crucial Filipino role in ‘Conclave’ was switched to...
LOS ANGELES – How did a crucial Filipino character in Conclave, a thrilling fiction drama on the secret process to elect a new Pope and widely bruited as one of the best picture contenders in this...
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What’s your GOTY? ‘Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’ vs. ‘Metaphor ReFantazio’
MANILA, Philippines – In about two weeks, one of the top award-giving bodies in videogames, The Game Awards, hands out its trophies. And certainly, the Game of the Year (GOTY) prize is the most...
View ArticleCity of San Fernando in Pampanga shifts to sustainable parol this year
PAMPANGA, Philippines – ‘Tis that season again and the streets of the self-styled Christmas capital of the Philippines, the City of San Fernando in Pampanga, are again all aglow with yuletide...
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[Two Pronged] School counselor seeks advice on handling cases of self-harm
Rappler’s Life and Style section runs an advice column by couple Jeremy Baer and clinical psychologist Dr. Margarita Holmes. Jeremy has a master’s degree in law from Oxford University. A banker of 37...
View ArticleTop EU officials visit Ukraine in show of solidarity
KYIV, Ukraine – European Council President Antonio Costa and Kaja Kallas, the EU’s foreign policy chief, arrived in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Sunday, December 1, using the first day in their new...
View Article[REFLECTION] An evangelical take: Gratitude is key to a meaningful Advent
We just celebrated Thanksgiving here in the States, when — on a Thursday to be exact — the “firehose of news across the country is getting turned off for a brief moment of calm,” as journalist Isaac...
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Young rowers gather for Philippine Indoor Rowing meet
MANILA, Philippines – More than 100 athletes from Metro Manila gathered at the University Hotel in UP Diliman on Saturday, November 30, for the 2nd Philippine Indoor Rowing Meet. Organized by the...
View ArticleFULL SPEECH: The future is unclear but not prewritten – Ukrainian lawyer...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Ukrainian human rights lawyer Oleksandra Matviichuk is one of the keynote speakers for the 14th Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture on November 24, 2024 at the Cape Town...
View ArticleIceland’s Social Democrats win election, unseating ruling coalition
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Iceland’s center-left Social Democratic Alliance became the biggest party in a snap election that unseated the ruling coalition of the past seven years, the final count showed on...
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After the rescue comes the harder part of survival
Two groups of people ran to meet Elmer Balbero as he came out of the airport that day. One was a group of reporters. Another was his wife and two daughters he had not seen in seven years. The...
View ArticleWATCH: Catholic seminarians serenade guests at Latter-day Saints’ Christmas...
MANILA, Philippines – The annual temple lighting activity of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, formerly called the Mormon Church, is a feast for people of different faiths. Even...
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Tech in 2024: A Musk-fueled X-odus, and the deepfake apocalypse that didn’t...
We’re rounding up the biggest trends, headlines, and stories from the tech scene in 2024. In this one, we talk about how a significant amount of users fled the now-right-wing X platform, and how the...
View ArticleFormer Silay mayor Carlo Gamban found dead in apparent gun accident
BACOLOD, Philippines – Former Silay City mayor Carlo Gamban was found dead in his home on Monday afternoon, December 2, sending shockwaves across Negros Occidental. Authorities confirmed the death of...
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