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DOJ exec: Government recovers P611m from flood control restitution

Acting Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Fredderick Vida on Saturday said the gov-ernment has recovered around P611 million from the restitution process involving state...

Nikko Natividad says bashers help boost earnings amid controversy

Nikko Natividad said he will keep his social media comment sections open despite negative reactions, as he continues to trend online following a viral...

Aquino stands by ICC stance amid backlash

Sen. Bam Aquino on Wednesday defended his controversial statement that cases tied to alleged extrajudicial killings should ideally be tried in Philippine courts, while...

Melanie Marquez claims abuse by former spouse

FORMER beauty queen and actress Melanie Marquez has claimed she was “abducted” on her birthday and confined in a mental hospital for 10 days. Speaking...

Musk’s xAI raises $20-bin Nvidia-backed fund

SAN FRANCISCO – Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI announced Tuesday (Wednesday, Mnila time) it has raised $20 billion in its latest funding round,...

Dizon suspends DPWH uniform policy over alleged harassment

Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon issued a memorandum temporarily suspending the prescribed office uniform of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) due...

Crypto group planned sex toy tosses at WNBA games

LOS ANGELES—A cryptocurrency group has said it organized a spate of “stunts” in which sex toys were tossed on courts at WNBA games, US...

DILG’s Remulla apologizes for ‘joking’ posts amid bad weather

Interior Secretary Juanito Victor "Jonvic" Remulla on Wednesday apologized for his controversial posts on the department's official social media page that drew flak due...

Manufactured controversy on Teodoro

“We should hold the media to account. A responsible outlet would have checked the facts with Teodoro himself. This one did not...it peddled an...

One billion users, but controversies mount up for TikTok

TikTok's breakneck rise from niche video-sharing app to global social media behemoth has drawn intense scrutiny, particularly over its links to China. In Washington, the platform...

Taiwan boxer in Olympics gender row into final after ‘tough journey

Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting called it "a tough journey" after winning again Wednesday at the Paris Olympics to ensure that the two boxers at the...

Boxing body offers prize money to beaten Italian amid gender row

Paris, France — The International Boxing Association has pledged to award prize money to Italy's Angela Carini, whose 46-second Olympics defeat to an Algerian...

Taiwan boxer in Olympics gender row wins as controversy rages

Paris, France—One of the boxers at the centre of a gender controversy at the Olympics comfortably reached the quarter-finals Friday, as fellow fighters and public...

Google pulls AI ad that irked some Olympics viewers

San Francisco, United States—Google confirmed Friday that it had pulled an ad for its Gemini artificial intelligence after it landed flat with some Olympics viewers. The...
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