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CEBU CITY, Philippines – What started as a viral joke online has become an opportunity to promote support for local agriculture and Filipino farmers. Several agencies joined the “Sharmaine” trend, which humorously renamed an orange as Sharmaine, an avocado as Melanie, and a fly as Vanessa—characters popularized by TikTok creator BAET. The agency said it

MANILA, Philippines – The Trump administration is tightening rules for non-immigrant visa holders planning to “adjust status” and obtain their green card while they are in the U.S. — a policy that would require foreigners, including Filipinos to return to their home countries to process their U.S. residency appeal. While the rule is unlikely to impact

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine peso could slide beyond the 64-per-dollar mark if renewed tensions in the Middle East trigger another surge in global oil prices, according to MUFG Global Markets Research. In a market note, the Japanese banking group’s research arm said its base-case scenario still points to a gradual recovery of the local

SAN ANTONIO, United States — The New York Knicks are bracing for a hard-fought battle from San Antonio when the NBA Finals begin on Wednesday, while the Spurs seek revenge for a loss in the NBA Cup. Both clubs tried to keep the atmosphere as normal as possible during Tuesday media day interview sessions on

ANGELES CITY, Pampanga — Rescuers recovered another victim from the rubble of the collapsed nine-story building in Barangay Balibago early Wednesday, raising the death toll to 22. The Bureau of Fire Protection said the victim was successfully extricated at 7:21 a.m. after responders carried out sustained search, rescue, and retrieval operations at the collapse site.

MANILA, Philippines — A new analysis of data from the World Bank shows that finishing college “remains an achievement reached only by a limited share of the population.” Dr. Alicor Panao, an Inquirer data scientist, said this as schools across the country were again filled with sablay, togas and medals. RELATED STORY: DepEd mandates simple

Cristine Reyes and Gio Tingson talked about this aspect in their relationship Actress Cristine Reyes and former National Youth Commission (NYC) chairperson Gio Tingson talked about their political differences. Cristine and Gio are now engaged. The actress recently announced their engagement, and she shared that the proposal happened at their condo unit, and she even ... Read more

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MANILA, Philippines — Former House Speaker Martin Romualdez and the 18 supposedly former Marines who claimed to have delivered cash-filled suitcases to Romualdez and former House appropriations chair Elizaldy Co were invited to the Senate blue ribbon committee’s next hearing on the flood control controversy on Thursday. Following the Senate leadership shakeup on May 11,

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) will be deploying more police officers to the Senate in anticipation of possible protest actions amid “political tensions.” “Our current posture around the Senate is one of heightened vigilance but calibrated restraint,” PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said in a statement on Wednesday. “The Philippine

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The legal battle over alleged environmental risks linked to quarrying activities in Minglanilla has shifted from questions about landslide threats to questions about evidence itself after the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) challenged the admissibility of key materials presented before the court. The OSG, acting as counsel for government environmental