Credit to Author: Romina Cabrera| Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0800
There could be one or two tropical cyclones that will enter or develop within the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) this month, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).
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MANILA, Philippines — Family members of the exhumed remains at Marikina’s Barangka Municipal Cemetery camped outside the cemetery’s administrative office on Friday to raise concerns over unauthorized exhumations. Affected families said they were not informed about the exhumations, leaving them surprised to find their departed’s tombs either empty, missing a tombstone, or marked with a different name. Marivic Bedico, a relative of one of the exhumed remains, expressed her frustration, stating she has no idea where her father’s remains are currently located. “They have been removing our departed family members’ remains, and mine was just right there in front. They […]…
Keep on reading: Families protest unauthorized exhumations at Marikina cemetery
Read moreCredit to Author: PhilstarLIVE| Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0800
Filipinos are observing Undas on November 1 and 2, with both days declared as holidays under Proclamation 368, signed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in October last year.
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MANILA, Philippines — Alex Eala is flying back home to Manila after a fruitful month in China. The 19-year-old Filipino netter fell to Czechia’s Marie Bouzkova in the opening round of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) 250 Jiangxi on Monday, 5-7, 6(4)-7. Despite the round of 32 exit at the hands of the World No.49 netter in her fourth tourney in China — her last WTA event of the season–Eala took to Instagram to share how she enjoyed her month-long stint. READ: Alex Eala bounces back in WTA 250 Guangzhou Open “That’s a wrap on 1 month in China. Time […]…
Keep on reading: Alex Eala headed home after wrapping up China stints
Read moreCredit to Author: Kristine Daguno-Bersamina| Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 09:45:00 +0800
Cyclone Leon (international name: Kong-Rey) has downgraded to a severe tropical storm as it moved out of the Philippine area of responsibility.
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Jayda Avanzado re-created her mother Jessa Zaragoza’s iconic album covers for this year’s Halloween as a way of paying tribute to her as a “phenomenal diva.” Avanzado took to Instagram to share her photos wearing the same outfits and posing exactly as her mother in three different album covers. The 21-year-old singer donned a deep-red cocktail dress for her first look, giving off a sultry vibe as Zaragoza for the “Ibigay Mo Na” album. Avanzado then showed off a girl-next-door look in her second ensemble as she sported a crop white top matched with jeans to replicate her mother’s “Just […]…
Keep on reading: Jayda Avanzado re-creates mom Jessa Zaragoza’s old album covers
Read moreCredit to Author: Rhodina Cabrera| Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0800
A group of private hospitals is urging the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. to grant amnesty to hospitals with suspected fraudulent cases that have not been resolved for more than a year.
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(UPDATED 9:35 A.M., NOVEMBER 1) Here are the latest updates on the celebration of Kalag-Kalag 2024 (All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day) in Cebu. Bookmark this page to get the latest from around Metro Cebu. READ MORE: ‘I embalmed my own children’: The untold story of an embalmer Lessons from the Grave: The trials of a daycare center inside Cebu’s Chinese cemetery Inside Carreta Cemetery: A shared graveyard for unclaimed bones Carreta Cemetery update Mandaue City ready for ‘Kalag-Kalag’ visitors Mandaue City Mayor Glenn Bercede inspected the clustered cemeteries in Barangay Guizo in observance of Kalag-Kalag 2024. Bercede was […]…
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Read moreBudget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman underscored the need to mainstream gender and development in the national budget at the first-ever high-level ministerial International Conference on Women, Peace and Security hosted by the Philippines.
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The head of the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) has expressed alarm over the online proliferation of videos involving sexual abuse and exploitation of children that sell on social media channels for as low as P100. CWC executive director Angelo Tapales said on Thursday the decreasing cost of exploitative materials is caused by […]…
Keep on reading: CWC decries sale of prurient videos of children
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