Bangkok's severe flooding in September has renewed calls for better forecasting, economic risk assessments and long-term infrastructure planning to reduce future losses.
Nov 8, 2026
Two students who made the most public bus trips in Ho Chi Minh City during the first half of October have won iPhone 17 smartphones worth about VND28 million (US$1,090) each.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — A former radio personality is refusing to back down after a Bukidnon court ordered his arrest for cyber libel, claiming the charges are direct retaliation for his outspoken advocacy. Rodel Claro, who currently works as a senior publishing and marketing consultant for a US-based company, is facing three criminal charges
KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato — Police arrested a 43-year-old man and seized a haul of suspected shabu and a .45-caliber pistol during the implementation of a search warrant in Kabacan, Cotabato on Friday, Nov. 6. The suspect, identified by police only as alias “Sam,” was arrested around 4:20 a.m. at his residence in Purok 6,
There will be also security deployment outside of Metro Manila as the country gears up to welcome global leaders for the 49th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits on November 16 to 18, the organizing council said on Sunday.
When her prescription for Mounjaro became too expensive, Bey* did what a growing number of Malaysians are doing: she found a cheaper vial online. The 34-year-old from Kuala Lumpur started on the weight-loss drug about a year ago and hasn’t looked back since. “I didn’t feel like eating, I didn’t feel hungry,” she said, recalling flying to Jakarta for a “food trip” recently during which she barely ate. Reviews on Threads and TikTok led her to online sellers offering “tirzepatide”, Mounjaro’s...
Even after devastating calamities and severe sickness, devotees keep their faith in Ina, seeing her as their ultimate safe haven and hope
Nov 7, 2026
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — Around 1,000 scholarship slots have been validated and evaluated in the Mimaropa (Mindoro Occidental and Oriental, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan) region under the Bagong Pilipinas Merit Scholarship Program (BPMSP), which will provide selected college students with P45,000 in financial assistance for School Year 2026–2027. The program supports academically deserving senior high
MANILA, Philippines – Education Secretary Sonny Angara urged technology and social media companies to strengthen age-verification measures and remove online content that promotes violence, as the government seeks to address a series of deadly school shootings and the growing threat of online radicalization among young learners. The call comes following three fatal school shootings in
More than four in 10 incoming Harvard students are of Asian descent, nearly double the proportion five years ago, following the end of race-conscious admissions.
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — An estimated 117,000 residents of Oriental Mindoro were either unemployed or underemployed in 2025, according to data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) published on its official website this week. Of this figure, 21,000 were unemployed, while another 96,000 were underemployed — meaning they had jobs but wanted to work
Moon Chen stared down at her textbook, struggling to make sense of the words on the page. The 15-year-old felt a suffocating weight press into her chest, while her heart fluttered erratically. Chen’s mother rushed her to a cardiologist – only to be told that she should see a psychiatrist instead. Chen, now in higher secondary school in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing, vividly recalls the period before she was diagnosed with depression and anxiety. At the time, she did not know that...
TAGBILARAN CITY — Cebu Archbishop Alberto “Abet” Uy on Friday (Nov. 6) warned that questionable insertions in the national budget could undermine public trust, fuel corruption and deprive poor communities of resources intended for essential services. In a pastoral reflection titled “Budget Insertions in the Philippines: A Question of Morality and Accountability,” Uy said budget