No Garma to face Duterte in Senate drug war hearing
MANILA, Philippines – Retired police colonel Royina Garma, the House quad committee’s whistleblower who said there were rewards for drug war killings, did not attend the hearing at the Senate on...
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Tech today perpetuates colonialism, inequality, and societal biases. Here’s how.
MANILA, Philippines – Widespread, deep-seated social inequalities and injustices kept society divided and marginalized groups oppressed for thousands of years. So what happens when you add tech into...
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Surveillance business model drives data exploitation, threats to privacy –...
MANILA, Philippines – Chances are you’ve been hit by an online advertisement for a product you were searching for just minutes ago. This is among the impacts of the surveillance business model, which...
View ArticleNegros Occidental palm oil project under fire over missing environmental...
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines – The Consunji group’s Hacienda Asia Plantations Incorporated (HAPI) found itself facing a fresh wave of public outcry, with local environmental groups stepping up calls...
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UN COP16 nature talks gridlocked as conservation funding trickles in
CALI, Colombia – Countries were at an impasse over how to fund conservation and other key decisions as the UN COP16 biodiversity summit entered its second week on Monday, October 28, with nations...
View ArticleStar is born: Paolo Banchero supernovas for 50 points as Magic top Pacers
Paolo Banchero became Orlando’s first player with a 50-point game in 20 years and flirted with a triple-double Monday night (Tuesday, October 29, Manila time) to lead the Magic past the visiting...
View ArticleBooker, Durant combine for 63 as Suns hand Lakers first season loss
Devin Booker scored 33 points and Kevin Durant added 30 points, eight rebounds and four blocked shots to lead the host Phoenix Suns to a 109-105 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night...
View ArticleKyrie-led Mavericks earn win as Jazz lose young gun Taylor Hendricks to...
Kyrie Irving scored 23 points to lead the Dallas Mavericks past visiting Utah in a 110-102 victory on Monday night in a game marred by an injury to Jazz power forward Taylor Hendricks. After Dallas...
View ArticleFounder of TikTok owner ByteDance jumps to top of China’s list of richest people
SHANGHAI, China – ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming is China’s richest person, with personal wealth of $49.3 billion, an annual rich list showed on Tuesday, October 29, although counterparts in real...
View ArticleVeteran Mindanao journalist Rommel Rebollido writes 30
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – Veteran Mindanao-based journalist Rommel Rebollido passed away before dawn on Tuesday, October 29, in General Santos City. He was 67. His passing came as a shock to his...
View ArticleUndas 2024 mall schedules
MANILA, Philippines – Malls in Metro Manila have started publishing their adjusted operating hours ahead of the All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day holiday break this weekend. Here’s the rundown of the...
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FACT CHECK: Video of Brazil flood misrepresented as Kristine’s impact in Bicol
Claim: Aerial video footage shows the damage caused by Severe Tropical Storm Kristine in the Bicol region. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The video bearing the claim has gained 96,000 views...
View ArticleFreddie Freeman, Dodgers take commanding 3-0 World Series lead vs Yankees
An ailing right ankle isn’t preventing Freddie Freeman from making World Series history. Freeman homered for the third game in a row, Walker Buehler pitched five scoreless innings of two-hit ball and...
View ArticleAt least 55 Palestinians killed in strike on Beit Lahiya, Gaza emergency...
CAIRO, Egypt – At least 55 Palestinians were killed and dozens others wounded in an Israeli strike on a residential building in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya on Tuesday, October 29, the...
View ArticleChina, queried on Trump comments, says Taiwan could become ‘discarded’
BEIJING, China – China implied on Wednesday, October 30, that if US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump won the November 5 election he could ‘discard’ Taiwan, saying the United States has...
View ArticleLongtime Meralco import Allen Durham retires from the PBA
MANILA, Philippines – As he retires from the PBA as one of its most prolific imports, Allen Durham looked back fondly on his decade-long stint. A three-time Best Import awardee with the Meralco Bolts,...
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WATCH: Tech and its harms panel at Social Good Summit 2024
MANILA, Philippines – The third panel at Social Good Summit 2024 was about, “Tech and its harms.” It was a conversation between Rappler CEO and 2021 Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and Meredith Whittaker,...
View ArticleCops file complaints vs 6 suspects in American’s Zamboanga del Norte abduction
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines – Police have filed kidnapping and serious illegal detention complaints against six people linked to the October 17 abduction of American national Elliot Eastman in Zamboanga...
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Duterte’s admissions during Senate drug war hearing and what they mean
While it had been confirmed by his key Senate ally days earlier, former president Rodrigo Duterte still surprised many when he appeared at the Senate blue ribbon subcommittee’s inaugural hearing on...
View ArticleUndas 2024 bank schedules
MANILA, Philippines – The country’s major banks are releasing their schedule for the upcoming Undas weekend. Here’s what has been published so far: BDO Unibank BDO branches across the country will be...
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