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COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Bangsamoro Chief Minister Abdulraof Macacua and the governors of the five…
MANILA (DAILY SUN CHRONICLE) — President Donald Trump’s escalating confrontation with Venezuela — including naval deployments, airspace restrictions, and strikes on vessels accused of drug trafficking — is reshaping U.S. policy in the region and raising fears of a wider…
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to suspend the Complicated Disability Discharge (CDD) issued to an Army officer who was permanently blinded in the line of duty, saying soldiers injured while serving the…
The country’s manufacturing sector suffered its steepest decline in more than four years in November, signaling mounting pressure on an economy still struggling to regain momentum amid weakening domestic and global demand. Latest data from S&P Global show the Philippines’…
A headline by 93.1 Brigada News FM – Davao says Vice President Sara Duterte and the Office of the Vice President (OVP) received the “pinakataas nga COA audit rating.” Rating: ❌ MISLEADING Why we fact-checked this The post has been…
A recurring question emerges in political circles and public conversations alike as the Philippines’ political climate grows increasingly contentious: Will President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. survive the full length of his term until 2028? It is a question rooted not in…
Researchers in Japan have identified a surprising candidate for tackling one of Alzheimer’s disease’s most persistent biological features: the sticky protein clumps known as amyloid-beta. A new study reports that oral doses of the amino acid arginine—already widely used as…
The slogan “Kung Walang Korap, Walang Mahirap” burst into the national consciousness more than a decade ago. It resonated like a battle cry then, and now when corruption controversies rocked the Marcos administration. Here was a message so clean, so…
MANILA, Philippines – When the International Criminal Court (ICC) denied former president Rodrigo Duterte’s bid for interim release, his supporters were quick to decry the tribunal as a “kangaroo court.” The term made rounds on social media, often used as…
Gratitude is often dismissed as a soft virtue—something we practice when life is gentle, or when blessings arrive neatly wrapped. But in a world heavy with uncertainty, conflict, and exhaustion, thanksgiving becomes something else entirely. It becomes resistance. It becomes…
