Halloween may be a night for mischief, but it is no excuse for poor manners
Oct 28, 2026
Manila sent two strikingly different messages to Beijing on October 13. At the Malacanang Palace, a presidential spokeswoman reaffirmed Manila’s commitment to sustaining diplomatic and economic ties with China, saying “China needs the Philippines, and the Philippines needs China”. That same day, Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jnr rejected a call for military-to-military communication with China, a move that received public support from the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Teodoro...
COTABATO CITY, BARMM, Philippines — Eleven former members of extremist groups have surrendered to the military and were presented to the commander of the Army’s 601st Infantry Brigade during a ceremony at the headquarters of the 38th Infantry Battalion (38IB) in Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur, on Tuesday, Oct. 27. Lt. Col. Mark Anthony P.
While Kris Aquino chose to ignore the insensitive remarks made on the "Machong Chismisan" podcast about her son Josh, she made sure to acknowledge the public's overwhelming support for her son.
The Philippines' underlying vulnerability is a structural imbalance between the dollars the country earns and those it spends
United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth arrived in the Philippines on Tuesday night to attend the ASEAN Defense Ministers" Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus).
More than 1,000 people are still taking shelter in evacuation centres, awaiting temporary housing three months after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Japan’s Kumamoto prefecture, damaging their homes. The quake occurred at 4.27pm on July 28. As of Monday, the death toll stood at 38 – 36 from confirmed disaster-related causes and two suspected to be disaster-related – bringing the number of casualties to 420. Evacuation centres remain open at 21 locations in seven cities and towns. In...
An American student considering studying in China attended a briefing with a senior FBI official at a Washington think tank last month to address her concerns about whether such an experience could jeopardise her prospects for a career in the federal government. The official’s message: travelling to China would not automatically disqualify her. She welcomed the clarification but said she wasn’t “completely reassured”. “I’m still wondering if it’s a good idea to go,” said the student, who...
Chinese Coast Guard and People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) ships were seen near Bajo de Masinloc during a Philippine government mission to deliver fuel assistance to Filipino fishermen on Tuesday, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Wednesday.
Intensifying hostilities between Yemen and Saudi Arabia further disrupt oil supplies and heighten the risk of a wider regional conflict, eight months since the Iran war began
Fresh-graduate job postings in Hong Kong fell 22 per cent in the first nine months of this year from the same period in 2025, according to data from one of the city’s biggest job-search platforms, with an industry leader warning that advances in technology will deepen the decline. Its data also showed more graduates chasing fewer jobs: a typical listing for graduates drew 56 per cent more applications than a year earlier. Yet about 85 per cent of the 298 companies Jobsdb surveyed in August and...
Glaiza De Castro opened up about the physical, emotional, and mental changes she has experienced during pregnancy as she prepares to welcome her first child.
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