Samsung Electronics workers to strike on July 8-10, union official says
SEOUL, South Korea – A workers’ union at Samsung Electronics in South Korea has called a strike for July 8-10, a union official said on Tuesday, July 2, as it steps up industrial action against the...
View ArticleNew Zealand to press ahead with media content pay law
SYDNEY, Australia – New Zealand’s conservative coalition government will proceed with a bill that would make it compulsory for digital technology platforms to pay media companies for news, it said on...
View ArticleGrab launches Advance Booking for airport trips
MANILA, Philippines – Ride-hailing app Grab is launching a new Advance Booking feature to take the stress away from passengers who have to book rides to the airport during the early morning or...
View ArticleAustralia police arrests teenage boy after stabbing at Sydney university
SYDNEY, Australia – Australian police said it had arrested a 14-year-old boy after a stabbing at the University of Sydney on Tuesday morning, which triggered a lockdown of the university buildings....
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 ArticleMarcos gets cheers for NIR, jeers for inflation, rights concerns from Negros
BACOLOD, Philippines – As the Marcos Jr. administration received mixed reactions on Negros Island as it entered its third year, with local leaders cheering the creation of the Negros Island Region...
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Sonny Angara named as new education secretary
MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has named Senator Sonny Angara as the new secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd). “President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has announced that...
View ArticleHere are the 14 student films at Piling Obrang Vidyo film festival
MANILA, Philippines – UP Cinema’s annual inter-school film festival Piling Obrang Vidyo (POV) is back with a bang! This year’s festival will feature 14 original films from student filmmakers all over...
View Article‘When we fight, we win’: Sofitel workers assured jobs if hotel reopens
MANILA, Philippines – After weeks of picketing outside the hotel over their imminent job losses and sitting through hours of conciliation meetings, workers of the now-closed Sofitel Philippine Plaza...
View ArticleUS has ‘undeniable complicity’ in Gaza war killings, say former US officials
WASHINGTON, USA – A dozen former US government officials who quit over US support for Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, July 2, accused President Joe Biden’s administration of “undeniable...
View ArticleStephen Curry says farewell to Klay Thompson: ‘Splash Bros 4 life’
Stephen Curry shared a public goodbye to “Splash Brothers” partner Klay Thompson, who is headed from the Golden State Warriors to the Dallas Mavericks in a reported sign-and-trade. Curry posted a...
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Taiwan says China seizes fishing boat near Chinese coast
TAIPEI, Taipei – Chinese officials boarded and then seized a Taiwanese fishing boat operating near China’s coast close to a Taiwan-controlled island late Tuesday, July 2, and took it to a Chinese...
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Philippines’ oldest political prisoner walks free at 85
Gerardo “Gerry” dela Peña jumped from one religion to another. He has worshipped the same God, but in different churches. But he only had one prayer: to be a free man. On Sunday, June 30, Gerry got...
View ArticleDavao, not Cagayan de Oro, still Mindanao’s biggest economy
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – Northern Mindanao’s Regional Development Council (RDC) has debunked a viral social media claim that Cagayan de Oro City has overtaken Davao City as the fastest-growing...
View ArticleMapua gets CHED okay to offer Arizona State University courses
The following is a press release from the Commission on Higher Education. International education is now made more available to Filipino students after the Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED)...
View ArticleIan McKellen will not return to role after stage fall
LONDON, United Kingdom – British actor Ian McKellen, 85, will not return to the role of John Falstaff in a tour after he fell off a London stage mid-performance last month, the play’s producers said...
View ArticleSSS branches in Davao Region maintain 5-day operation
The following is a press release from the Social Security System. The Social Security System Mindanao South 1 Division clarified that the business operations of its eight branch offices in the Davao...
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Biden rejects growing pressure to abandon his campaign, vows to stay ‘to the...
WASHINGTON, USA – US President Joe Biden vowed to stay in the 2024 presidential race during calls with campaign staff and meetings with Democratic lawmakers and governors on Wednesday, as he sought to...
View ArticleSharon Cuneta ‘excited’ to make teleserye comeback under ABS-CBN
MANILA, Philippines – After a two-year break, Sharon Cuneta will be gracing the television screens once again as she’s set to make her teleserye comeback with a still-yet-to-be-revealed series under...
View ArticleRussia claims control of part of Chasiv Yar, Ukraine reports heavy fighting
MOSCOW, Russia – Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Wednesday, July 3, that its forces had taken control of a district in the key Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar, while Ukraine said the area was engulfed...
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