LIVE UPDATES: Prayer rallies on Rodrigo Duterte’s 80th birthday
Supporters of Rodrigo Duterte are staging prayer rallies on Friday, March 28, to mark the 80th birthday of the former president who is now detained in The Hague. Protesters are calling for Duterte’s...
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‘The next president’? Vico Sotto teased by his dad, ‘Bossing’ Vic, during...
PASIG CITY, Philippines – The crowd in the atrium of the Mutya ng Pasig Mega Market roared in excitement as a familiar figure tried to sneak around and behind the rostrum, assisted by stage hands as...
View ArticleGreenland forms new government hours before visit by US Vice President Vance
NUUK, Greenland – Greenland presented a new government coalition agreement on Friday, March 28, just hours before a visit by US Vice President JD Vance to the Arctic island that President Donald Trump...
View ArticleRappler Recap: Healthcare front and center as gubernatorial bets woo voters...
LAGUNA, Philippines – The issue of healthcare was front and center as gubernatorial candidates in Laguna courted voters on the first day of the local campaign period for the 2025 midterm elections on...
View ArticleTNT stuns Ginebra in Game 7 overtime heart-stopper for 2nd straight PBA crown
MANILA, Philippines – Another championship duel against Barangay Ginebra still yielded the same result for TNT. The Tropang Giga reasserted their mastery over the Gin Kings and ruled the PBA...
View ArticleUN’s World Food Programme says 58 million face hunger crisis after huge...
ROME, Italy – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday, March 28, that 58 million people were at risk of extreme hunger or starvation unless urgent funding for food aid is secured, after...
View ArticleCampaign period begins for local bets | The wRap
Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world: Local campaign period kicks off for 2025 Philippine elections More than 41,000 candidates vying for over 18,000...
View ArticleMinus Jayson Castro, Rey Nambatac steps up to bag first Finals MVP
MANILA, Philippines – Rey Nambatac stepped up in the absence of TNT’s last Finals MVP and won the same award for himself. Nambatac claimed his first Finals MVP award as the Tropang Giga captured the...
View ArticleIsrael flouting international law with forced evacuations in Gaza, UN says
GENEVA, Switzerland – The UN Human Rights office accused Israel on Friday, March 28, of violating international law by forcibly displacing Palestinians in Gaza under “mandatory evacuation orders.” The...
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LIVE UPDATES: Local campaign period kickoff – 2025 Philippine elections
More than 41,000 candidates vying for over 18,000 local positions will officially start campaigning on Friday, March 28. The 45-day local campaign period for the 2025 midterm elections is taking place...
View ArticleAs Duterte allies hold mañanitas, Alyansa bets join local sorties in Cebu
CEBU, Philippines – Much like in other parts of the country, March 28 was an eventful day in Cebu: allies of former president Rodrigo Duterte held prayer rallies and “solidarity” events, while...
View ArticleManila: What’s surprising about Isko Moreno running for mayor again?
MANILA, Philippines – Residents of the Philippines’ capital city have a mountain of problems they have to face on a daily basis: garbage, traffic, floods, housing, taking care of senior citizens. And...
View ArticleCharged and shocked: Lights out for Choco Mucho as Akari rolls to PVL semis...
ANTIPOLO, Philippines – In arguably the most nail-biting match yet in the 2025 PVL All-Filipino Conference, the Akari Chargers rose from the dead to shock the Choco Mucho Flying Titans in the...
View ArticlePasig: Is good governance something you take against a mayor?
MANILA, Philippines – It’s Team Giting vs Team Kaya in Pasig City, whose reelectionist Mayor Vico Sotto is being challenged by a businesswoman, whose business operations were once called out by city...
View ArticlePhilippines prepares assistance for earthquake-hit Myanmar
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine government has announced its scheduled assistance for its Southeast Asian neighbor Myanmar, recently hit by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake that killed over a thousand...
View ArticleCanino bucks bad spill, powers La Salle to gripping 5-set escape of UST
MANILA, Philippines – Angel Canino showed yet again that she gives her all for La Salle. Despite suffering a bad spill in the fourth set, Canino willed La Salle past the UST Golden Tigresses, 15-25,...
View ArticleWHO proposing to cut jobs and slash budget by a fifth, memo shows
GENEVA, Switzerland – The World Health Organization (WHO) is proposing to reduce staff numbers and the scale of its work as it slashes its budget by just over one fifth due to the impact of US funding...
View ArticleEx-Church of England leader says scale of abuse scandal ‘overwhelming’
LONDON, England – Justin Welby, the former spiritual leader of Anglicans worldwide, reiterated he had failed to ensure proper investigations into allegations of abuse within the Church of England,...
View ArticlePetro Gazz burns rival Creamline in 4th-set blowout to boost PVL finals bid
RIZAL, Philippines – The race to the PVL All-Filipino Conference championship remains wide open for the taking as mighty Petro Gazz rode a fourth-set blowout to send a statement to rival Creamline,...
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ABKD conducts voters’ ed seminar at St Paul University Manila
ABKD convener Dr. Jonathan Geronimo spoke before the students of St Paul University Manila (SPUM) last 26 March 2025 as part of Paulivotes 2025: Empowering Choices, Upholding What’s Right. Geronimo...
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