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https://youtube.com/live/_BfKJLFkIMY   Here's a quick roundup of today's top stories: China pressured PH after Marcos greeting --- Taiwan China, which once criticized and urged President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to "read more to develop a proper understanding"on the Taiwan issue,now said it appreciates the chief executive's assurance that the Philippines adheres to the One China Policy. "We appreciate President Marcos reiterating the Philippines adherence to the one-China policy, emphasizing Taiwan is a province of China and the Philippines not endorsing Taiwan independence," said the China Embassy in Manila in a statement on Wednesday. Marcos calls for 'kinde...

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MANILA, Philippines --- Raffy Mosuela will call the shots for the Akari Chargers on an interim basis in the 2024 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) season, which starts in February. The Chargers on Monday announced the promotion of Mosuela, who has been with Akari since last year as part of Jorge Souza de Brito's coaching staff. Mosuela will work hand in hand with Nxled Japanese coach Taka Minowa, who also serves as the director of volleyball operations for both the Chargers and the Chameleons. The former Philippine Airforce player admitted that it's a big challenge to handle a team in the pros but he promised to apply all the learnings he got from De Brito, who resigned last D...

Keep on reading: PVL: Raffy Mosuela named Akari Chargers interim coach

MANILA, Philippines --- After an impressive rookie year, Vanie Gandler is hungry for more improvement in her game as she hopes to help Cignal reach the top in the 2024 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) season. When the HD Spikers missed captain Rachel Anne Daquis in the second All-Filipino Conference, Gandler stepped up big time and became a revelation for Cignal after emerging as their No. 2 scorer behind Ces Molina and top eight in the league with 142 points built on 126 attacks --- No.6 best attacker with 34.24 percent efficiency --- nine blocks, and seven aces. Cignal may have fallen short of reaching the finals after losing to the Sisi Rondina-led Choco Mucho in the do-or-di...

Keep on reading: PVL: Vanie Gandler wants more after stellar rookie season

MANILA, Philippines --- Personnel of the BRP Sierra Madre received their supplies through airdrop operation, a senior military official confirmed on Tuesday. The source, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity, said the airdrop mission conducted by a Philippine Navy Islander maritime patrol aircraft NV314 was conducted on Sunday at 8:49 am. READ: Airdrop of supplies to BRP Sierra Madre possible, says AFP On Sunday, leaked photos of the military's supposed successful airdrop mission at the BRP Sierra Madre were posted on X (formerly Twitter) by an unofficial account @ALT_wps. The paradrop was conducted instead of the usual sending of supplies using ships as one of...

Keep on reading: PH Navy airdrops supplies to BRP Sierra Madre – source

    CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico --- A giraffe named Benito started a 40-hour road trip Monday to leave behind the cold and loneliness of Mexico's northern border city of Ciudad Juarez to find warmth --- and maybe a mate --- in his new home 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) to the south. A campaign by animal rights activists won the four-year-old giraffe a transfer to an animal park in Puebla state in central Mexico, where he will join a group of resident giraffes and enjoy a more suitable climate. It has been a long and lonesome road for Benito. Jealousy forced him to leave his home at a zoo in the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa; he was taken last year to a city-run pa...

Keep on reading: Giraffe Benito’s 40-hour journey for warmth, and maybe a mate

JERUSALEM --- Dozens of family members of hostages held by Hamas stormed a committee meeting in Israel's parliament Monday, demanding a deal to win their loved ones' release, as European foreign ministers joined growing international calls for Israel to negotiate on the creation of a Palestinian state after the war. The developments showed the increasing pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has dug in on both fronts. He has insisted to the Israeli public that pursuing the devastating offensive in Gaza is the only way to bring the hostages home. At the same time, he has rejected the United States' vision for a postwar resolution, saying he will never allow...

Keep on reading: Families of hostages storm Israeli parliament, demand deal for release

It's a New Year, and Cleanfuel, the purveyor of Quality Fuel for Less, welcomed the year by opening its newest retail station along J.P. Laurel Highway in Barangay Soro-Soro Karsada, Batangas City. The new retail station in Soro-Soro Batangas will be the fuel hub for the community and growing commercial business of Batangas City, which serves as the "Industrial Port City of Calabarzon." Like all its newly built stations, the 2,200-square-meter station exudes a modern architectural look intended to welcome and accommodate private trucks and large commercial vehicles. The Cleanfuel Soro-Soro Batangas station will provide better access to travelers going to the Batangas Port area, So...

Keep on reading: Cleanfuel starts the new year by opening another branch in Batangas

Claudine Barretto responded to comments about her sagging skin and clarified that she didn't undergo surgery to lose weight. The actress showed a video of herself wearing a dress exposing her arms while thanking a jewelry brand via her Instagram page on Sunday, Jan. 21. Netizens were then quick to point out in the comments section the sagging skin on Barretto's inner arms. Some, including one @chyleravery, also assumed that the actress had a "poor liposuction procedure" hence the sagging skin. "Just wanted to remind everyone that I lost 84 lbs. 'Di po ako [nagpa-liposuction]," Barretto chimed in the comments exchange of netizens. "Kailangan ko nga magpa-lipo or ipatangga...

Keep on reading: Claudine Barretto gets real on sagging skin, tells naysayers: ‘Di ako perfect’

    ISLAMABAD --- The Taliban is restricting Afghan women's access to work, travel and health care if they are unmarried or don't have a male guardian, according to a UN report published Monday. In one incident, officials from the Vice and Virtue Ministry advised a woman to get married if she wanted to keep her job at a health care facility, saying it was inappropriate for an unwed woman to work, it said. The Taliban has barred women from most areas of public life and stopped girls from going to school beyond the sixth grade as part of harsh measures it imposed after taking power in 2021, despite initially promising more moderate rule. It has also shut down b...

Keep on reading: Taliban enforces restrictions on single, unaccompanied Afghan women–UN

MANILA, Philippines --- President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday recounted his experience getting COVID-19 at the height of the pandemic. Marcos tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, three times -- once in March 2020, a second time in July 2022, and a third time in December 2023. "It was unfortunate because it was the first time in my life that I went to the doctor and I asked them 'what's happening to me?' and the doctors would tell me 'we are not quite sure,'" said Marcos at the launch of the Lung Transplant Program in Quezon City. READ: Marcos tests positive for COVID-19 but will conduct online meetings "The next question, of course, is 'how ...

Keep on reading: Marcos recounts experience having COVID-19 during pandemic

      SAN FRANCISCO --- Nearly 30,000 professors, librarians, coaches, and other workers at California State University, the largest public university system in the U.S., walked off the job Monday in a weeklong strike to demand higher wages. The stoppage across Cal State's 23 campuses comes two weeks after CSU officials ended contract negotiations with a unilateral offer starting with a 5% pay raise this year, effective Jan. 31, far below the 12% hike that the union is seeking. With the new semester beginning Monday, classes for many of the system's 450,000 students could be canceled, unless faculty individually decide to cross picket lines. Victori...

Keep on reading: California State University faculty strike across 23 campuses

    WASHINGTON --- The US and British militaries bombed multiple targets in eight locations used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen on Monday night, the second time the two allies have conducted coordinated retaliatory strikes on an array of the rebels' missile-launching capabilities. According to officials, the U.S. and U.K. used warship- and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets to take out Houthi missile storage sites, drones and launchers. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a military operation, said Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the Netherlands contributed to the mission, including with intelligence and surveil...

Keep on reading: US, UK launch new round of joint strikes vs Houthi sites in Yemen

    MANILA, Philippines --- Is the Philippines still an agricultural country? A people's lawyer expressed worry that this moniker may soon be inaccurate as the country's agricultural lands continue to face "massive conversions." According to Sentro Para sa Tunay na Repormang Agraryo lawyer Atty. Jobert Pahilga, the non-stop conversion of agricultural land for residential and commercial purposes is one of the reasons why the Philippines has been relying on importation to boost its supply of rice despite being dubbed an "agricultural" nation. READ: DA mulls setting farm-gate prices for non-palay produce "Batay sa data namin, mahigit sa 700,000 hectares ng taniman n...

Keep on reading: Conversions of agri land to residential, commercial use lead PH to import rice supply

NBA Scores, News, Schedules MINNEAPOLIS --- Karl-Anthony Towns scored a franchise-record 62 points, including 44 in the first half, but the Charlotte Hornets erased an 18-point deficit and stunned the Minnesota Timberwolves 128-125 on Monday night in the NBA. Towns managed just four points on 2-for-10 shooting in the fourth quarter, when the Timberwolves were outscored 36-18. He thought he was fouled on a drive to the basket in the closing seconds and Minnesota trailing by one, then was short on a 3-point attempt on the final possession. https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1749642135811260822 Miles Bridges scored 28 points and Brandon Miller had 27 for the Hornets. Leaky Black r...

Keep on reading: NBA: Hornets spoil Karl-Anthony Towns’ career night, stun Timberwolves

MANILA, Philippines --- The launch of Congress TV --- a free-to-air channel that would show the daily activities of House of Representatives lawmakers --- would address concerns about transparency in the legislative chamber, Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez said. During the launch of Congress TV, Romualdez mentioned that in 2023, a lot of criticisms and rumors have been aimed against the House, saying that it was not transparent. However, the Speaker said this initiative would ensure that the public would have their eyes on what is happening within the House. "CongressTV is our commitment to ensuring that no Filipino is left in the dark, that every citizen is afforded a front-row...

Keep on reading: Congress TV to show transparency in House’s ‘inner workings’ — Romualdez

  MANILA, Philippines --- The Senate committee on women on Tuesday summons the self-proclaimed Appointed of God Apollo Quiboloy to appear before the Senate over allegations of sexual abuse. Senator Risa Hontiveros, presiding over Tuesday's hearing as the committee chair, moved to subpoena the religious leader for not attending the probe despite having been invited several times. "Dahil nakapagpadala po ng dalawang imbitasyon... pero walang sagot at attendance ni Pastor Quiboloy. The chair will move to subpoena Apollo Quiboloy for the next hearing of this committee," said Hontiverois. (Because we could send an invitation, but Pastor Quiboloy did not answer nor attend....

Keep on reading: Senate panel subpoenas Apollo Quiboloy over alleged sexual abuse

https://youtube.com/live/WoymyoMj5ig Here's a quick roundup of today's top stories: Marcos: PH 'won't lift a finger' to help any ICC investigation The Philippine government will not lift a finger to help the probe of the International Criminal Court (ICC), but its investigators could still visit as civilians, said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. In an ambush interview in Quezon City, Marcos stood firm that the government would not cooperate with the ICC. VP Duterte declares she'll run again for office 'in the next elections' Vice President Sara Duterte has declared she will run for office again "in the next elections." Duterte revealed her political plan during a flag-raising...

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  MANILA, Philippines --- On the 125th anniversary of the First Philippine Republic, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said it was imperative to repel those who "trample our sacred shores." Marcos quoted the English version of the Philippine National Anthem. "To those who 'trample our sacred shores,' the Spirit of Malolos commands us to resist you, for the territory our forefathers fought for is unconquerable," said Marcos in his speech in Bulacan. While Marcos did not specify if he was citing a specific situation, his statement comes amid tensions with China as Beijing continuously encroaches upon Philippine waters. READ: 80% of Filipinos want 'strengthened alliance...

Keep on reading: Marcos: Repel those who trample our sacred shores

To welcome 2024, Suzuki Philippines is rolling out additional benefits for new customers of the Suzuki Carry. With a solid 40-year history, the Suzuki Carry is a reliable business partner tailored to meet the needs of commercial enterprises. With improved features and a fuel-efficient engine, Suzuki wants to make the Suzuki Carry even better for Filipino business owners. The added incentives aim to make it a stronger and more reliable companion, helping them succeed. Customers who purchase any variant of the Suzuki Carry from January 15, 2024, until December 31, 2024, will receive three full years or 45,000 kilometers of free Periodic Maintenance Service (PMS). This includes labor...

Keep on reading: Roll into savings: Suzuki Carry’s 2024 deal features 3 years of free PMS

Finding the perfect device for everyday use can feel like a daunting task in the fast-paced world of smartphones. The array of factors to consider can be quite overwhelming for those who are considering making a purchase. But fear not, the vivo Y Series is here to redefine the entry-level smartphone game, offering a perfect blend of style, functionality, and affordability.  Check out these five reasons why the vivo Y Series is your best bet for impressive specs at affordable prices: Always social media-ready Capturing memories is an art, and vivo Y Series is the virtuoso of the smartphone camera world.  Imagine you are at a music festival capturing your favo...

Keep on reading: 5 reasons why vivo Y Series is worth it as entry-level phone for Gen Zs, Millennials