Sep 24, 2026
MANILA, Philippines — Medicine should never feel out of reach. Yet for many Filipinos, a trip to the pharmacy can mean literally crossing mountains and streams for a handful of tablets. In a remote sitio in Barangay Kalawakan, Bulacan, for instance, getting to the nearest pharmacy can mean traveling almost a dozen kilometers without public
PROSPERIDAD, AGUSAN DEL SUR, Philippines — For many cancer patients in Caraga, the struggle begins even before treatment. A diagnosis often means long trips outside the region, transportation expenses, missed work opportunities, and additional costs that burden families already coping with the disease. In Agusan del Sur, efforts are underway to change that reality through
Balendra Shah, 36, comes to the U.N. as a sun-glassed symbol of Gen Z political power. But concerns about his style are growing at home after devastating floods left thousands dead or missing.
In every community, village, town and region there are natural journalists: people who observe, record, analyze, remember, and challenge.
Hong Kong police are searching for a Chinese woman after a man’s body was found on a chair outside a commercial building in Tsim Sha Tsui early on Thursday. Officers also arrested a 28-year-old bar staff member and charged him with illegally handling a corpse. He told police he had helped the woman move the body to the car park. Police said they received a report at about 1.40am on Thursday of an unconscious person on a chair in a motorcycle car park outside K11 Art Mall. Paramedics pronounced a...
Ben&Ben has released their first-ever anthology album, “Nine.”
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said one soldier tried to kill himself when he was captured. “This is how they raise people in the North,” he said.
With the balance of power shifting between the US and China, the success of this week’s summit hinges not on headline-grabbing deals, but on practical, cautious consensus under a new strategic stability framework, according to Chinese researchers. Media outlets in China have given heavy coverage to President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the United States, highlighting its “historic, milestone significance”. It follows US President Donald Trump’s Beijing visit in May. Xi’s arrival in Washington on...
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s proposal for a phased approach to Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programmes is a pragmatic response, analysts say, but prospects for gaining its arch-rival’s acceptance remain uncertain. In a keynote speech to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, Lee laid out a long-term, step-by-step sequence for pursuing the ultimate goal of North Korea’s denuclearisation. He had called for Washington to ease sanctions in return for North Korea stopping its nuclear...
Meanwhile, a separate proposed amendment to the party list law seeks to prevent politicians like Agimat's Bryan Revilla from taking a backdoor to Congress. He belongs to Cavite's biggest dynasty.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that U.S. negotiators had restarted conversations about Iran’s nuclear program, but that there were no breakthroughs.
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