Pulilan parish welcomes relic of farmers’ saint

Pilgrims and devotees can now venerate a first-class relic of St. Isidore the Farmer at a diocesan shrine dedicated to the 12th-century Spanish saint...
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‘Justice for Awra’: Friends, colleagues rally behind Awra Briguela after Makati arrest

Friends of TV personality Awra Briguela stood by her after she was arrested in Makati City. Awra, along with some of her friends, figured in...
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Fast food chain offers unused party areas as SIM registration sites

A popular multinational fast food chain is offering assistance to mobile subscribers of Smart and TNT as the government extends the mandatory SIM card...
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BSP sees June annual inflation in 5.3% to 6.1% range

MANILA—  Philippine annual inflation in June was expected to come in between 5.3% to 6.1%, with downward pressure coming from lower prices of meat, fruit,...

‘Considered normal?’: Pia Wurtzbach’s IG story opens talks about boundaries, family expectations

Asking women about marriage and having children should not be normalized. This topic was discussed by social media users after Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach said...

Consumers, food-makers face choice as WHO cancer agency set to warn on aspartame sweeteners

LONDON— Consumers, food companies, retailers and restaurants need to decide whether to fight back or find alternatives to one of the world's most common artificial sweeteners,...
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Presumed human remains and shattered Titanic submersible returned to shore

OTTAWA — Presumed human remains and debris from the tourist submersible crushed to pieces in an undersea implosion that killed all five people aboard were...
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Awra Briguela posts another cryptic tweet after Ricci Rivero’s interview with Boy Abunda

Content creator Awra Briguela once again made buzz on Twitter after posting another cryptic tweet following athlete-actor Ricci Rivero's appearance in "Fast Talk With...

Philippines gets $1 billion ADB loan for electric bus program

MANILA— The Asian Development Bank approved on Thursday a $1 billion loan to help one of Philippines' largest cities procure a fleet of more than...

‘In God’s own time’, says church official on Bishop Verzosa’s cause

A Catholic official said that if and when Bishop Alfredo Verzosa is recognized as a saint is something that will happen “in God’s own...

Italy vows to find and punish tourist who defaced Colosseum wall

ROME— Italian authorities are looking for a tourist who scribbled graffiti on a wall of the Colosseum, with Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano calling for exemplary...
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For ‘legit’ updates: TVJ Productions unveils social media pages for fans

Following the transfer of the triumvirate TVJ to TV5, the newly-created media production company of the entertainment trio unveiled its official social media pages...

Fil-Australian chef earns online applause for MasterChef Australia dish

A Filipino-Australian chef gained fans online following his stellar performance in MasterChef Australia. The Facebook account of the show uploaded the part in an episode where...
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Scam alert: DSWD warns public vs fake links circulating on private chats

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) warned the public about suspicious links bearing the agency's identity. In a Facebook on Wednesday, June 2,...

For America’s political elite, family links to slavery abound

WASHINGTON— A chiseled block of sandstone in the U.S. Capitol’s visitor center serves as a reminder that the home of the nation’s Congress was built...