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NEW YORK — A year after turning to comedian Jimmy Kimmel for the second time to host their big show, the Academy Awards will pivot to another familiar TV funnyman — Conan O’Brien. “America demanded it and now it’s happening: Taco Bell’s new Cheesy Chalupa Supreme. In other news, I’m hosting the Oscars,” O’Brien said in a statement Friday. It will be his first time as Oscar host, but he’s emceed other high-profile awards shows, like the Emmy Awards in 2002 and 2006 and the White House Correspondents’ dinner in 1995 and 2013. The Oscars will air live on ABC […]…

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DAVAO CITY — Colonies of hard corals in a portion of Davao Gulf are now dead, a situation attributed by a marine scientist to the construction of the Chinese-funded P23-billion bridge called Samal Island–Davao City Connector (SIDC) project. Marine biologist John Michael Lacson said the destroyed hard corals, including tiered table corals (Acropora hyacinthus), are […]…

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MANILA, Philippines—Gilas Pilipinas will still be missing the services of Ginebra star Jamie Malonzo for the second window of the 2025 Fiba Asia Cup Qualifiers, coach Tim Cone confirmed on Wednesday. In a press conference in Mandaluyong, Cone bared that Malonzo would not be able to go back in action for the Fiba qualifying happening in Manila due to his calf injury since April. “Jamie is not available[…] It’s been ‘sayang’ that we haven’t had him,” said Cone. READ: Gilas officially starts training camp for Fiba Asia Cup qualifiers Furthermore, the top coach said that before Malonzo could don the […]…

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British singer-songwriter Matt Maltese wowed his fans during his ‘A Tour That Is Mine’ concert on November 9, 2024, at Skydome, SM North Edsa. The sold-out show started off with Filipina singer-actress Janine Teñoso performing a few of her hit songs, ‘Pelikula,’ ‘Apat na Buwan,’ ‘Sandig,’ ‘and ‘Hulaan.’ Maltese then took the stage and performed fan favorites such as ‘Inrolewd,’ ‘As the World Caves In,’ ‘Everyone Adores You (at least I do),’ ‘Krystal,’ and ‘Curl up & Die.’ He also delighted the crowd with ‘Kiss Me,’ a song from his 2024 album ‘Songs That Aren’t Mine.’ The set continued with […]…

Keep on reading: Matt Maltese captivates Manila crowd in sold-out ‘A Tour That Is Mine’ show

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered authorities to generate a map to identify areas at risk of storm surge during typhoons. During a situation briefing with various government agencies on Typhoon Pepito on Friday, Marcos recalled the devastation and loss of lives caused by storm surge during Super Typhoon Yolanda. READ: LIVE UPDATES: Typhoon Pepito “So can we generate the map as soon as possible so that we can allow the DILG [Department of the Interior and Local Government] to warn those areas that there is a storm surge coming,” Marcos said.  He also noted that one critical […]…

Keep on reading: Marcos orders creation of storm surge risk map for typhoon-prone areas