Need data ASAP? Smart now lets subscribers borrow load via Loan-A-Load service
Mobile services provider Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) has unveiled Loan-A-Load, an innovative service that enables subscribers to borrow data, especially when they are running out of data...
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RESULTS: August 2024 Guidance Counselors Licensure Examination
The following is a press release from the Professional Regulation Commission. The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 316 out of 539 passed the Guidance Counselors Licensure...
View Article‘We can still rise’: Gilas Pilipinas climbs 4 spots in FIBA world rankings
MANILA, Philippines – Ahead of Gilas Pilipinas’ twin home games this November, the national basketball team climbed four notches in the FIBA men’s rankings, now sitting at 34th. The Philippines, along...
View ArticleCheKiBam: Diokno, Pangilinan, Aquino seek ‘early’ support in vote-rich Cebu
CEBU, Philippines – Former senators Kiko Pangilinan and Bam Aquino, and human rights lawyer Chel Diokno bared plans to collaborate with local leaders in Cebu for the upcoming 2025 senatorial race,...
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[Ilonggo Notes] Coffee table books on Iloilo as an emergent industry
ILOILO, Philippines – If not in the news or social media for its gastronomy title, bike awards, museums, or the esplanade, recent publications have helped put Iloilo squarely in the sight of tourists,...
View ArticleBittersweet: Klay Thompson, Steph Curry set up 1st-ever clash in...
The first night of the 2024 Emirates NBA Cup will feature guard Klay Thompson, now with the Dallas Mavericks, facing the host Golden State Warriors, with whom he spent the past 13 seasons and won four...
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Earth has just ended a 13-month streak of record heat – here’s what to expect...
A 13-month streak of record-breaking global warmth has ended. From June 2023 until June 2024, air and ocean surface water temperatures averaged a quarter of a degree Celsius higher than records set...
View ArticleIndian hospitals hit as doctors strike to protest rape, murder of medic
KOLKATA/BHUBANESWAR, India – Hospitals and clinics across India turned away patients except for emergency cases on Saturday, August 17, as medical professionals started a 24-hour shutdown in protest...
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SM City La Union: What we know so far
MANILA, Philippines – First, the bad news. There will be no Christmas celebration in the upcoming SM City La Union this year. That’s because the Sy family’s first SM mall in the province of La Union...
View ArticleJaja Santiago obtains Japanese citizenship, now eligible for national...
MANILA, Philippines – You may now call her Sachi Minowa. Middle blocker Jaja Santiago inches closer of fulfilling her dream to play in the Summer Olympics after officially obtaining her Japanese...
View ArticleIndonesia holds curtailed Independence Day event in troubled new capital
NUSANTARA, Indonesia – Indonesia celebrated its independence anniversary at the site of its planned new capital, Nusantara, for the first time on Saturday, August 17, in a scaled-back ceremony as the...
View ArticlePBA coaches, players hesitant but curious to use novel 4-pointer
MANILA, Philippines – Things will shake up in the upcoming 49th PBA season as it will debut the four-point line. Previously used in PBA All-Star games, the local league will now incorporate the...
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How businesses can responsibly use AI, according to experts
CEBU, Philippines – How can the corporate world ride on the wave of artificial intelligence? With the unprecedented rise of AI today, many industries are looking to take advantage of AI tools to grow...
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Eva Le Queen seeks to evolve Filipino drag through ‘Drag Race Global All...
MANILA, Philippines – During a premiere viewing party of RuPaul’s Drag Race Global All Stars, Eva Le Queen was performing a lipsync of Six: The Musical’s “No Way” to an electric crowd when the stage...
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‘Home of the Brave’ docu highlights faces of undocumented OFWs in US
MANILA, Philippines – Amid the posh and glamor of Los Angeles, California, are invisible Filipino workers who wish only to work hard and bring their families towards their dreams. Except perhaps they...
View Article[Kitchen 143] Juan Carlo the Caterer
Kitchen 143 now heads out of the home kitchen and visits old and new favorite restaurants in and out of Metro Manila. In the second of this three-part catering series, Juan Carlo the Caterer visits...
View ArticleThai king endorses Paetongtarn Shinawatra as prime minister
BANGKOK, Thailand – Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn endorsed Paetongtarn Shinawatra as prime minster on Sunday, August 18, two days after parliament elected her, paving the way for the formation of a...
View ArticleX says it is closing operations in Brazil due to judge’s content orders
SAO PAULO, Brazil – Social media platform X said on Saturday, August 17, it would close its operations in Brazil “effective immediately” due to what it called “censorship orders” by Brazilian judge...
View ArticleBianca Bustamante seen as ‘important figure’ in rise of Filipina racers
MANILA, Philippines – For decades, men dominated the Philippine motorsport scene. Then came in trickles of female licensed competitors recently, with the country now having 12 official racers. But...
View ArticleFrench actor Alain Delon dies aged 88, French media report
PARIS, France – French actor Alain Delon, who melted the hearts of millions of film fans whether playing a murderer, hoodlum or hitman in his postwar heyday, has died, French media reported on Sunday,...
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