‘Damaging Duterte videos’ may be used in ICC trial
ICC prosecutor Karim Khan has already submitted for the perusal of Duterte’s defense team 421 pieces of written evidence, amounting to 8,565 pages.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
How much does Philippine tennis star Alex Eala have to earn to keep playing as a pro?
With hundreds of players in its ranks, the WTA barely pays lower-ranking pro athletes enough, and Alex Eala’s breakthrough at the Miami Open means that she’s moved far up the…
Salvation for Filipino commuters: Philippine Daily Inquirer
Aside from wasting hours in horrendous traffic, Filipinos also have to bear the heavy cross of the inefficient and fragmented public transport system that can actually put lives…
Philippine senate inquiry brings up China-funded ‘troll farm’
Senator Francis Tolentino said InfinitUs, a private company, was allegedly contracted by China through its Manila embassy to spread pro-Beijing narratives and fake news campaigns…
Some books to (re)visit this National Literature Month in the Philippines
In recent, overstimulated and digitally-saturated years, leisure has come to be redefined not just in terms of free time out of work or casual entertainment but also as…
Philippine President Marcos: ‘Promise’ of cheap rice coming true in central Philippines
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. posted a message on his Facebook and Instagram accounts on April 23, recalling a promise he made in his 2022 campaign to bring down the price of the…
Boeing says China not accepting planes over US tariffs
Boeing had planned to deliver around 50 aircraft to China in 2025, said chief executive Kelly Ortberg, adding that the company wouldn’t “wait too long” to send the jets to…
The populist pope
When Donald Trump said he would attend Pope Francis’ funeral, the symbolism was impossible to ignore: the American has done to his country’s institutions what Francis did to…
The pope of the excluded: Philippine Daily Inquirer
In his 12 years of papacy, Pope Francis had become known as the People’s Pope for embracing the downtrodden, the marginalised, and the excluded in controversial statements and…
Philippines’ primary investigation agency files cases vs vloggers outside country for disinformation
The vloggers are based in Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, (allegedly) United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada.