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True fan: Heat coach Erik Spoelstra gushes over Alex Eala’s Miami Open run
MANILA, Philippines – Consider Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra one of Alex Eala’s biggest fans, and not of the bandwagon kind, either. Two years removed from first meeting the Filipina tennis...
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Robbing a bank when no one’s looking
The most important place on earth that virtually no one has ever heard of is called the Saya de Malha Bank. Among the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks, this...
View ArticlePetition asks Supreme Court to push Congress to pass anti-dynasty bill
MANILA, Philippines – Various groups, including two former magistrates and a 1987 Constitution framer, are making a renewed effort in asking the Supreme Court to compel Congress to (SC) pass a measure...
View ArticleEnvironmental groups, bishop warn of Tañon Strait pollution from Cebu power...
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines – Environmental advocates, including a Catholic bishop from Negros Occidental, have raised concerns over the operations of a 340-megawatt coal-fired power plant in...
View ArticleChina launches military drills around Taiwan, calls its president a ‘parasite’
BEIJING, China – China’s military on Tuesday, April 1, said it had begun joint army, navy and rocket force exercises around Taiwan to “serve as a stern warning and powerful deterrent against Taiwanese...
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[Finterest] Fitch upgrades Landbank’s Viability Rating. What does it mean?
MANILA, Philippines – State-run Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) has received an upgraded Viability Rating (VR) from Fitch Ratings, improving from ‘bb’ to ‘bb+’. Jargon aside, what does this...
View ArticleUS sanctions 6 Chinese and Hong Kong officials for rights abuses
The US on Monday, March 31, sanctioned six senior Chinese and Hong Kong officials for “transnational repression” and further eroding the autonomy of Hong Kong, in the first major move by the Trump...
View ArticleHuge fire at Petronas gas pipeline in Malaysia injures 33
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – A fire at a gas pipeline operated by Malaysia state energy firm Petronas injured 33 people on Tuesday, April 1, on the outskirts of the capital Kuala Lumpur, authorities said....
View ArticleSouth Korea’s THEBLACKLABEL opens global auditions — and Filipinos can join
MANILA, Philippines – South Korean record label THEBLACKLABEL announced on Tuesday, April 1, that it would be opening global auditions across 11 countries, including the Philippines. Anyone born...
View ArticleMyanmar earthquake survivors without food, shelter as death toll climbs
BANGKOK, Thailand – Aid groups in the worst-hit areas of Myanmar said there was an urgent need for shelter, food and water after aquake which killed more than 2,700 people, including 50 preschoolers,...
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