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Long before he became president, Rodrigo Duterte was linked to one of the earliest and most controversial school shooting incidents in the Philippines. The account came from Duterte himself, who said during a campaign speech in Iloilo City in 2016 that he shot a fraternity brother at San Beda College in Manila in 1972 after

At a time when the Philippines remains deeply exposed to food imports, climate shocks, nutrition insecurity and the cultural pull of fast food and ultraprocessed diets, Dr. Teodoro C. Mendoza’s “Food Nationalism: Nourishing the Nation” arrives as both an argument and a challenge. It asks Filipinos to rethink food not merely as a commodity or

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Senior High School graduates seeking government-funded college or technical-vocational education assistance have until June 30 to apply for the Bagong Pilipinas Merit Scholarship Program (BPMSP). The scholarship provides tuition and other school fee support, as well as stipends and allowances, for qualified Filipino students enrolling in priority higher education and Technical

MANILA, Philippines — Investigators found that one of the two teenage suspects in the Tacloban City school shooting fired at least 33 rounds and reloaded his handgun during the incident, which claimed the lives of three students and left at least 20 others wounded. During a briefing in Malacañang on Tuesday, Philippine National Police (PNP)

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Invoking the ghost of Typhoon Ruping, Vice Mayor Tomas Osmeña has reiterated his call for an immediate halt to the 118.4-hectare Monterrazas de Cebu project, warning that the developer’s “fully operational” flood protections are a disaster waiting to happen against a major storm. During the Cebu City Council’s regular session on

(Image from Pagasa / Facebook) MANILA, Philippines — It will be a rainy Wednesday in parts of Luzon and the Visayas due to the southwest monsoon or “habagat” that is being enhanced by Typhoon Francisco (international name: Mekkhala) which is moving away from the country, the state weather bureau said. “The rains we are currently

Man ‘Steals’ Mobile Phone Inside Church A man was spotted in the CCTV footage praying first before he “stole” a cellphone inside a church in Batangas. No place is totally free from crimes and ill activities — even churches. There were several incidents in the past when certain undesirable activities like stealing occurred in the ... Read more

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MANILA, Philippines – Local stocks closed higher on Tuesday as bargain hunters swooped in on discounted shares, snapping a two-session decline, with foreign investors also returning as net buyers to provide added support. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) gained 1.51 percent, or 91.20 points, to finish at 6,126.22. Luis Limlingan, head of sales at

MANILA, Philippines — Paraffin tests conducted on the two suspects in the deadly Tacloban City high school shooting returned positive results for gunpowder residue, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported. The paraffin test checks for traces of gunpowder residue on the hands, potentially indicating that a person recently discharged a firearm. “The paraffin examination of

Phivolcs Releases Bulletin about the Earthquake in Sarangani, June 23, 2026 EARTHQUAKE – The Phivolcs recorded a 4.7 magnitude quake in Sarangani, June 23, 2026. Here are the details. Following the 4.9 magnitude quake that hit Davao Oriental this morning, another significant quake was recently recorded by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) ... Read more

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