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Song Joong-ki welcomes 2nd child with Katy Louise Saunders

Song Joong-ki welcomes 2nd child with Katy Louise Saunders

By Kathleen A. Llemit | 9 hours ago
Korean superstar Song Joong-ki and his British actress-wife Katy Louise Saunders’ family is growing with the birth of...
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From death row to life term: Mary Jane Veloso gets reduced sentence

From death row to life term: Mary Jane Veloso gets reduced sentence

By Ian Laqui | 12 hours ago
Marcos said that Indonesia has lowered Veloso’s sentence from the death penalty to life imprisonment.
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Alarcon drops career-high 33 point as Maroons spoil Red Warriors' bid for outright semis entry

Alarcon drops career-high 33 point as Maroons spoil Red Warriors' bid for outright semis entry

By Ralph Edwin Villanueva | 1 day ago
Harold Alarcon caught fire in the second half and unleashed a career-high 33 points to lead the University of the Philippines...
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Junior Warriors near slims sweep; Baby Tams enter semis

Junior Warriors near slims sweep; Baby Tams enter semis

By John Bryan Ulanday | 1 day ago
In junior high school basketball, top-ranked University of the East zeroed in on an elimination-round sweep, while Far Eastern...
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Romualdez to VP Sara: Show up at House probe and explain your confidential funds

Romualdez to VP Sara: Show up at House probe and explain your confidential funds

By Dominique Nicole Flores | 9 hours ago
House Speaker Martin Romualdez challenged Vice President Sara Duterte on Thursday, November 21, to show up at the congressional...
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From death row to life term: Mary Jane Veloso gets reduced sentence In this file photo, women's rights activists hold a candlelight vigil in Manila on Sept. 13, 2016, calling to save Filipina drug convict Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso who is facing execution in Indonesia.

Indonesia says clemency for Veloso up to Marcos

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President Marcos leads the groundbreaking of the MTerra Solar project, set to be the world’s largest integrated solar and battery storage facility, in Peñaranda, Nueva Ecija yesterday. Joining him are (from left) Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs Frederick Go, DILG Secretary Jonvic Remulla, Sen. Loren Legarda, Meralco chairman and CEO Manuel V. Pangilinan, Meralco vice chairman and MGEN director Lance Gokongwei and MGEN president and CEO Emmanuel Rubio.

Marcos Jr. leads groundbreaking of Meralco Terra Solar

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Senate President Francis Escudero answers questions from the media on October 29, 2024.

Re-nationalization of agricultural services pushed

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Vice President Sara Duterte attends her office's first budget hearing with the House appropriations committee on August 28, 2024.

Face House, explain intel funds, Sara urged

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Speaker Martin Romualdez.

Speaker vows to fight for AKAP funding

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The survey, conducted from Nov. 6 to 9, found that 64.83 percent of the respondents would vote for ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo if the elections were held during the survey period.

Tulfo brothers still leading in new Senate poll

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Former poll commissioner Rowena Guanzon may still run as a party-list nominee in the May 2025 midterm elections despite a Supreme Court (SC) ruling declaring null and void her substitution as the first nominee of the P3PWD party-list, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

â€Guanzon may still run as party-list nominee’

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Former Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Leal Guo or Guo Hua Ping (right) appears before Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality on Sept. 9, 2024.

Senate to hold last POGO hearing next week

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Japan agency seeks early warning system talks with Philippines Japan International Cooperation Agency President Tanaka Akihiko shakes hands with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. during a courtesy call on strengthening collaboration in disaster risk reduction on Nov. 20, 2024.

JICA expanding collaboration with Philippines on disaster risk reduction

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I was looking at the import numbers the other day, it showed that there is 10 percent more importation of pork this year than last year but it is not significant as it is only 10 percent, considering many pigs died (because of African swine fever or ASF),” Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. added.

â€No price cap on lechon despite increase in demand’

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“China has always been in the past been known as notorious in manufacturing fake products that they sell in markets around the world. But now, they apparently have fake fishing boats – disguised as fishing boats – deployed in the West Philippine Sea,” Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers said.

China’s fake fishing boats swarm West Philippine Sea – lawmaker

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The STAR Cover (November 22, 2024)

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Gilas Pilipinas center June Mar Fajardo defends the post versus a New Zealand rival in their FIBA Asia Cup qualifying match last night at the MOA Arena in Pasay.

Gilas nails historic first win vs Kiwis

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Ty Jerome of the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Cavs bounce back, Warriors roll on

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Nats to erase HKG nightmare

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Vanessa Gandler.

HD Spikers hold off Crossovers

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Volleyball stock photo.

Volley Angels make MPVA finals

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NU, La Salle renew volley rivalry

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Golf stock photo.

Suzuki, Lee top Southwoods tilt

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Clamping down on floppers

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A worker stands near a Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) storage tank at the Dhamra LNG Terminal Private Limited (DLTPL) near Dhamra port in Bhadrak district of India's Odisha state on Oct. 16, 2024.

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National Security Adviser Eduardo Año also confirmed the activities of Task Force Ayungin, but clarified that the unit is â??internalâ?? to the US and that all military activities or operations in Ayungin Shoal and in the West Philippine Sea in general such as supply missions were solely carried out by the Philippines.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on September 27, 2024. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opened a UN General Assembly speech vowing to counter "slanders" at the world body, where many delegates immediately walked out.

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Chito Roño initially returns to the horror genre with the Metro Manila Film Festival 2024 entry â??Espantaho,â?? written by Chris Martinez and produced by Quantum Films as its 20th-anniversary offering.

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