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Everyday heroes
Commemorating National Heroes’ Day amid a raging pandemic, when death and desolation are aplenty, moves one to salute the everyday heroes who have touched our lives through their acts of kindness, compassion, and inspiration...
SC departs from tradition, won’t announce topnotchers in bar exam
MANILA, Philippines —Departing from tradition, the 2020-2021 bar examination will have no top 10 passers, the Supreme Court said in a Bar Matter released Friday. Instead, an examinee who obtains an 85 percent or...
Famed DoTA 2 caster Aldrin ‘Kuya D’ Pangan loses battle with COVID-19
MANILA, Philippines — A massive outpouring of tributes has poured in for famed e-sports caster and commentator Aldrin “Dunoo” Pangan, also known as Kuya D, after he was confirmed to have succumbed to COVID-19...
Ugas open for a rematch with Pacquiao: ‘A legend like that deserves it’
MANILA, Philippines—Yordenis Ugas is more than willing to give Manny Pacquiao a rematch. Ugas upset Pacquiao on Sunday (Manila time) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas to retain the WBA (Super) welterweight title. “Two-hundred percent,”...
BSP replaces man’s termite-damaged peso bills worth P50,000
MANILA, Philippines —Adonis Buemia delivered ice for a living for three decades. In the course of this time, the 70-year-old was able to save enough to buy a house, a brand new tricycle, and...
Anti-communist campaign gets new name in Cordillera
BAGUIO CITY, Benguet, Philippines — A controversial plan to implement the government’s anti-drug tactic “tokhang” (contraction of Visayan terms for “knock and plead”) on activists, journalists, and government employees in the Cordillera has been...
PGH stops accepting ‘walk-in’ COVID-19 patients
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine General Hospital (PGH), the country’s biggest COVID-19 referral facility, has stopped accepting walk-in patients as the surge in new infections continued to overwhelm the health-care system. PGH on Tuesday...
Highest since 2020: PH logs 18,332 new COVID-19 cases
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has recorded its highest daily count of 18,332 COVID-19 cases ever since the pandemic hit the country in 2020, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Monday. This drove nationwide...