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Fiame Naomi Mata'afa (pictured center, in white) is sworn in at the makeshift ceremony. GETTY IMAGES

Samoa’s first female PM locked out of parliament

APIA – Samoa's first female prime minister (PM) has been sworn into office in a tent after she was locked out of parliament by...
Photo courtesy of Rhoderick Samonte

CENRO ‘ready’ to answer raps over controversial cutting of Bacolod trees

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGABACOLOD City – The Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) here said they are ready to respond to the charges...
Two doses of this coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine manufactured by Moderna will be bought for P3,500 at the Philippine Red Cross next month. Eduardo Munoz/Pool/Getty Images

Moderna’s COVID vax for sale?

MANILA – Those who cannot wait for their turn in the government's coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program can have their jabs with the...

Tiny Sandy Cay reveals the big lie

BY ANTONIO T. CARPIO THERE is a tiny sandbar called Sandy Cay about two nautical miles from Pag-asa Island, which at about 37 hectares is...

ATC terror-tagging, a sweeping accusation

Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) - Panay decries the Anti-Terror Council Resolution designating 19 individuals as terrorists including Panay-based NDPF Peace Consultant Concha Araneta and...

BCPO hails new 16-meter flagpole, tallest in Bacolod city

BACOLOD City- The 16-meter flagpole has finally been set up at the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO). The BCPO described the new flagpole as the...

Ungka road to close from May 17 to 20 for flyover construction

ILOILO City – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Region 6 is reminding drivers and commuters that the road in Barangay...
Dorothy Paes gets cozy with her daughter

THROUGH THICK AND THIN; Mom’s love endures, prevails

ILOILO – Mothers will always be mothers to their children, no matter how far they are from them. Three Ilongga overseas Filipino worker moms share...
Men inspect wreckages of fuel tankers and trucks after an overnight fire, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan on May 2, 2021. REUTERS/MOHAMMAD ISMAIL

Large fuel truck fire in Afghanistan kills seven

KABUL – Gasoline tanker trucks here burst into flames overnight, killing at least seven people and starting large fires that caused power cuts to...