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Author: Bea Kirstein Manalaysay

Threat to scrap VFA not blackmail, but independent foreign policy

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte is not “blackmailing” the United States, the Philippines’ longtime ally, in a bid to secure US-made …

Community fireworks display allowed for New Year revelry

MANILA – Community fireworks displays would be allowed during the New Year celebration in the country, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said …

Pinoys confident 2021 would be better year: Veritas survey

MANILA – With only four days before the New Year, a Church-run survey showed Filipinos are confident that 2021 would be …

Palace defends AFP personnel for getting Sinopharm vaccine

MANILA – Malacañang on Monday defended the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) after some military personnel received Chinese pharmaceutical company …

No need to impose stricter lockdown amid new virus strain

MANILA – There is no need to impose a stricter lockdown as long as there is no proof that the new …

From curried wombat to rendang and doro wat: a brief history of curry in Australia

Andy Hay/Unsplash In a new series, our writers explore how food shaped Australian history – and who we are today. …

Clicks, bonks and dripping taps: listen to the calls of 6 frogs out and about this summer

The banjo frog, Limnodynastes dumerilii Jodi Rowley, Author provided Environmental scientists see flora, fauna and phenomena the rest of us …

Here’s why you’re checking work emails on holidays (and how to stop)

Finally, the holidays are here — the break you’ve been waiting for. You want to leave work behind, kick back …

New Zealand’s 2020 report card: doing well but could try harder

A year ago, who could have even imagined 2020 would turn out the way it did? A pandemic, closed borders, …

PH Navy upgrades make waves amid pandemic

MANILA – Despite the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic bringing almost everything to a standstill this year, efforts to modernize the …

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