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Corporate foundations across the Razon Group have joined forces to drive sustainable and inclusive development, strengthening synergy among their programs and initiatives. A ceremonial signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishing the Razon Group of Foundations was held on May 22 at La Mesa Ecopark in Quezon City. The group unites the six corporate

The food documentary Tasteful Thailand, directed by Chinese producer and filmmaker Chen Xiaoqing, won a Gold award at this year’s Telly Awards. The Telly Awards, held for the 47th time this year, received more than 14,000 entries reviewed by the Telly Awards Judging Council. The competition recognises productions across multiple formats, including television, YouTube, social …

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Cebu, Philippines  — As the month of May comes to a close, Filipino Catholics hold the Santacruzan, a procession of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Holy Cross that Saint Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine, found in Jerusalem in the early centuries of Christianity. Girls and women dressed in clothing that symbolizes Mary

National Master Merben Roque will spearhead the 15-player delegation set to take on Russian Grandmaster Ivan Popov in a rare simultaneous chess exhibition on May 28 at NUSTAR Resort and Casino.

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) has expanded its flagship P20 rice program to the province of Kalinga in the Cordillera Administrative Region. According to the DA, Agriculture Sec. Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. himself led the rollout of the program in the landlocked province which has more than 47,000 hectares of largely irrigated

ANGELES CITY — Buried beneath tons of concrete and twisted steel, construction worker Bryan Sytangco fought to stay alive as a nine-story building under construction in Barangay Balibago here collapsed before dawn Sunday, killing at least four people and trapping dozens more under the rubble. Sytangco, 46, recalled waking up around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, to

MANILA, Philippines— Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Rodante  Marcoleta have been named vice chairpersons of the Senate blue ribbon committee.  Marcoleta headed the committee during the time of then-Senate President Francis Escudero until he was replaced by Sen. Panfilo  Lacson after Sen. Vicente “Tito” Sotto III took over the chamber’s  leadership in September 2025. But following Sotto’s ouster as

ANGELES CITY — At least two survivors of the collapsed nine-story building in Barangay Balibago said minors may have been inside the construction site before the structure gave way. The accounts surfaced as rescuers continued searching for individuals feared trapped beneath the rubble of the unfinished mixed-use building along Teodoro Street. Ernesto Toleroso, 60, a

MANILA, Philippines — The crime rate in Metro Manila dropped by 39.06 percent in the past week, the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) said on Monday. In a statement, the NCRPO reported 78 index crime incidents from May 18 to 24, 2026, down from 128 during the same period last year. Index crimes refer

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A grade 6 student from Catmon Integrated School is hoping to win big in the chess competition of the ongoing Palarong Pambansa 2026 that is being held in Agusan del Sur, Mindanao. The Palarong Pambansa was formally opened on Sunday, May 24. John David Coming qualified for the chess competition in