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EDSA rehabilitation long overdue, but problems lie ahead

THE Department of Public Works and Highways has announced plans to rehabilitate the entire length of EDSA this year.Publ...

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Property tax reform, flood relief among top priorities for NW Iowa legislators in 2025

Northwest Iowa legislators named property tax reform, flooding relief, eminent domain and educational concerns, such as ...

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'Ascertain Facts, Take Action': Poll Body's Action Against Parvesh Verma After Kejriwal's Complaint

The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday directed the Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi to launch an inquiry and take app...

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'Green Bones,' the movie

"GREEN Bones," the entry that won Best Film at the Metro Manila Film Festival, takes a look at our penal system and the ...

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Lessons from Thai tourism

IN the Asia Edition of Bloomberg's Morning Briefing on Jan. 7, there is a section "Deep Dive: Thailand's Tourism Rebound...

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Moving from community action on climate, to political action

‘I want to have grandchildren, but I want them to be able to live on a planet that isn’t attacking them from every a...

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FACT CHECK: Is the New Governor of North Carolina Recovering From A Stroke?

A post on X claims that former Democratic Attorney General and new Governor of North Carolina Josh Stein is recovering f...

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Regenerative agriculture: A path to sustainable prosperity for Nigeria, By Richard Ough

I still regard Nigeria as a second home and I believe in the country’s potential to lead in this space. The cost of in...

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Marcos' removal of Sara from NSC: Petty egotism, treasonous and illegal

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s removal of Vice President Sara Duterte and former presidents from membership in the Nat...

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Biden administration providing additional $500M in weapons to Ukraine

The Biden administration is providing an additional $500 million package in weapons and equipment to Ukraine from its ex...

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Los Angeles wildfire map: Palisades, Eaton and other evacuations

Maps and other details of the four fires for which evacuations have been ordered....

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A revolutionary challenge

UNLESS we were inexplicably mistaken for misreading the events, there is a revolutionary ferment that obliges us to resp...

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Trump, the ‘America First’ candidate, has a new preoccupation: Imperialism

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump ran on a return to his “America First” foreign policy platform. The U.S., he said, co...

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A desperate fight to save Philippine democracy

I AM not a member of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC), thus I have no clue what their real intentions are for the scheduled "...

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Fani Willis seeks to overturn her disqualification from Trump Georgia election case

ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has asked Georgia’s highest court to review a lower appea...

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Iran holds military drills as it faces rising economic pressures and Trump’s return

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran is reeling from a cratering economy and stinging military setbacks across its ...

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Gambling. Devil's masterpiece. Mental disorder

GAMBLING disorder carries the highest suicide risk out of any other substance use or addictive disorder. One in two gamb...

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For 2025, I wish that...

–AN elevated road exclusively for trucks and heavy equipment be constructed along Katipunan Avenue all the way to C5 �...

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New Year shenanigans!

DO you believe in New Year rituals? I'm sure you have seen at least one of your favorite celebrities or influencers eat ...

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DAVID MARCUS: Biden's war on cigarettes belongs on the ash heap

Columnist and cigarette smoker David Marcus writes that a Biden administration proposal to lower the levels of nicotine ...

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Alliance MP Sorcha Eastwood tells of rape threat as she led school visit to Stormont

​Lagan Valley MP Sorcha Eastwood has revealed that a rape threat was made against her whilst she led a school visit to...

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Expedia Cruises franchisees Elton and Carol Richey speak about the travel industry at their office in Shreveport, La., W...

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Expedia Cruises franchisee Elton Richey speaks about the travel industry at the franchise office in Shreveport, La., Wed...

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Bernie Sanders takes heat for blaming California wildfires on climate change: 'Global warming ate my homework'

Sen. Bernie Sanders faces pushback for what some social media users say is promoting climate alarmism amid raging Califo...

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Expedia Cruises franchisees Carol and Elton Richey speak about the travel industry at the franchise office in Shreveport...

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Expedia Cruises new location on Line Avenue in Shreveport, La., shown here Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025....

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Expedia Cruises franchisees Carol and Elton Richey laugh as they speak about moving to their business’ new location on...

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The new location of Expedia Cruises on Line Avenue in Shreveport, La., shown here Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025....

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Quad Coast Guard Exercise 2025: Strengthening regional maritime security cooperation

THE four-nation Coast Guard Exercise, scheduled for this week in Yokohama, Tokyo Bay, represents a milestone in the Quad...

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Prosecutors urge Supreme Court not to block Trump's hush money sentencing

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Thursday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to deny President-elect Trump's latest ...

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Tesco: UK supermarket faces calls to end Danone-funded baby milk formula feeding trial branded 'unethical'

Critics have said the initiative echoes the 1970s ‘milk nurses’ scandal 🤔...

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Appeals court allows special counsel's report about Trump's election interference case to be released to the public

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the Justice Department can release a report on President-elect Donald Trump�...

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Fani Willis asks Georgia’s top court to review decision booting her from Trump case

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) has asked Georgia’s top court to review her disqualification from the ...

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MURIC Congratulates TVC On New Office, Warns Violent Youths

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has congratulated Television Continental (TVC) on its opening of a new location at Ek...

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FACT CHECK: Image Claims To Show Tupac And Osama Bin Laden

An image shared on X claims to show deceased rapper Tupac Shakur and deceased terrorist Osama Bin Laden together. The mo...

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Partisan politics undermine national security

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 81 series of 2024 issued by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. is causing a stir because...

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'Have You Nothing To Say?' LA Mayor Ignores Questions While Ripped Over Africa Trip

“Do you think you should have been visiting Ghana while this unfolded back home?” a reporter repeatedly asked Mayor ...

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Karen Bass' 2021 tweet comes back to haunt her as LA residents demand accountability

LA Mayor Karen Bass is facing criticism for being in Ghana while her city battled wildfires this week. A 2021 social med...

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Rob Shaw: Severance system needs reset after obscene $279K payout to Eby's top aide

Premier must rein in outrageous payouts for departing political advisers...

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The Philippines: A low testosterone country?

Word came out online that 80% of men purportedly have given up on dating. This comes amidst reports that marriages went ...

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'Doing the worst of all worlds': Facebook whistleblower takes new shot at Zuckerberg

The woman who provided Congress with reams of documentation in 2021showing Facebook (now Meta) was more interested in pr...

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Walter Mondale’s son delivers Jimmy Carter tribute written by his father

Former Vice President Walter Mondale's son, Ted Mondale, delivered a tribute to former President Carter at his funeral t...

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Antitrust lawsuits against tech should end

The federal government needs to end its antitrust crusades....

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Arizona's top 3 elected Democrats get behind Trump-backed bill expanding deportations

Sen. Ruben Gallego co-sponsors Laken Riley Act, a response to a murder that became a campaign flashpoint. Democratic all...

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Sifuna Names Atwoli and 2 Others Who Will Make Ruto a One-Term President

Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has singled out three of President William Ruto’s allies, warning that their actions coul...

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Moses Kuria Reveals The Reason He Will Never Forgive Rigathi Gachagua

Former Trade Cabinet Secretary, Moses Kuria, who now serves as President William Ruto’s Senior Economic Advisor, has v...

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Arizonans with medical debt could soon see credit relief

A new federal rule bans medical debt from showing up on credit reports. Here's why that will help Arizonans facing medic...

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'Alarming' move by Meta raises misinformation fears

Meta's decision to end its third-party fact checks could put Australian democracy at risk amid an explosion of misinform...