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Students in multiple towns across the Negros Island Region are getting an unexpected day off on Friday after Kanlaon Volcano's moderately explosive eruption Thursday night triggered class suspensions throughout the area. In Negros Occidental, classes have been suspended in Hinigaran, La Carlota City, Himamaylan City, La Castellana, Binalbagan,
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The Department of Education went to India and showed the world what Filipino AI can do. At the AI Impact Summit held at the Bharat Mandapam Convention Centre in New Delhi from February 16 to 21, DepEd presented its national framework for scaling artificial intelligence across the Philippines' public
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A U.S. Air Force transport aircraft carrying five American military personnel crashed into a concrete barrier while attempting to take off from a road in Laoac, Pangasinan — injuring everyone on board during what was supposed to be a routine contingency training exercise. The incident happened Tuesday afternoon on a
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Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island erupted again Thursday night — exactly one week after its last explosive episode — sending a plume of ash 2,500 meters above the crater before drifting southwest toward nearby towns. PHIVOLCS reported the moderately explosive eruption began at 7:04 p.m. and lasted two minutes
Crime
One man's jealousy just destroyed an entire neighborhood. A massive four-alarm fire tore through Barangay 655 in Intramuros, Manila on Wednesday afternoon, February 25, destroying at least 300 houses, displacing around 600 families, and causing an estimated ₱1.5 million in damages. And it was all allegedly started
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It's over, and the PNP is calling it a win. Philippine National Police chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. declared that both the 40th EDSA People Power anniversary and the Trillion Peso March Part 3 concluded on February 25 without any major untoward incident. About 6,000 people
Politics
It's not just Duterte anymore. On Day 2 of the ICC confirmation of charges hearing in The Hague, prosecutors dropped a bombshell — an organizational chart showing who allegedly helped former President Rodrigo Duterte execute his nationwide anti-drug campaign. The prosecution named eight co-perpetrators: Ronald Dela Rosa, Vicente Danao,
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Most people run away from erupting volcanoes. Filipinos? They book hotel rooms. Mayon Volcano in Albay has been in a state of effusive eruption for eight weeks now, spewing fresh lava, fiery rock flows, and elevated sulfur dioxide emissions — and instead of scaring people off, it's turning the
Politics
Will February 25 ever become a real holiday? That's the question na binubukasan ni President Marcos Jr. after Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said the President is open to studying proposals to declare the EDSA People Power anniversary a regular non-working holiday every year. But 'open to
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The Philippines has 226 billion cubic meters of water available every year — and yet 332 municipalities are classified as "waterless," meaning more than half their residents don't have reliable water supply. A new study by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) reveals just how broken
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While thousands marched on EDSA in Manila, students at Mindanao State University in Marawi City chose a different way to mark the 40th anniversary of the People Power Revolution — a seminar. And there's a beautiful reason why: it's Ramadan, and the Muslim students are fasting. The
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It's officially happening. Thousands of Filipinos are marching along EDSA right now for the third installment of the Trillion Peso March, coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the People Power Revolution. Protesters began gathering at the EDSA Shrine early Wednesday morning and have been marching toward the People