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Fearmongering about people fleeing disasters is a dangerous and faulty narrative

Pope Francis: the first post-colonial papacy to deliver messages that resonate with Africans

When he was presented to a cheering crowd at St Peter’s Square, Vatican City, on 13 March 2013, few people outside Latin America knew much about...

Bill seeks compensation for erroneous traffic violation charges

MANILA – Motorists who are apprehended for the wrong reasons lose time, miss appointments and incur additional costs. Under Senate Bill No. 1976 or Fair Traffic Apprehension...

Solon: Congressional body to address K-12 woes

MANILA – The Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II) will study challenges hounding the K to 12 curricula, including the implementation of the mother-tongue based multilingual...

Agri party-list pushes bill institutionalizing Kadiwa stores

MANILA – A party-list group has filed a bill in support of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s plan to put up permanent Kadiwa stores across the country....

PBBM admin to employ digital media literacy drive vs. fake news

MANILA – The administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will implement a Digital Media Literacy campaign this year, seeking to equip the most vulnerable communities with...

Women are first waste material, says pope

ROME – Women are the first waste material in much of today’s world, Pope Francis said Saturday, denouncing what he called a “scourge”. “Every person’s dignity...

Uncovering the secret religious and spiritual lives of sex workers

From grave robbing to giving your own body to science – a short history of where medical schools get cadavers

In 1956, Alma Merrick Helms announced that she was bound for Stanford University. But she would not be attending classes. Upon learning that there was a...

Silicon Valley Bank biggest US lender to fail since 2008 financial crisis – a finance expert explains the impact

Silicon Valley Bank, which catered to the tech industry for three decades, collapsed on March 10, 2023, after the Santa Clara, California-based lender suffered from an...