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K-pop sensation Twice will release their 14th mini-album “Strategy” on December 6. JYP Entertainment announced the news via the group’s official social media channels, sharing an image of a “coming soon” poster. The upcoming release is Twice’s 14th EP (or extended play) and comes approximately 10 months after the previous mini album, “With YOU-th,” launched in February. TWICE 14TH MINI ALBUM “STRATEGY” Guess our STRATEGY ➮ Release on 2024.12.06 FRI 2PM KST/0AM ET#TWICE #트와이스 #STRATEGY pic.twitter.com/PIfCk7VfCt — TWICE (@JYPETWICE) October 20, 2024 The EP “With YOU-th” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, Billboard’s main album chart, on March […]…

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MANILA, Philippines — Tropical Depression (TD) Kristine has maintained it strength while  moving west over the Philippine Sea, with Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 1 up over several areas across the country on Monday afternoon, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said.  In its latest weather update, Pagasa said Kristine was last located some 760 kilometers east of Catarman,  Northern Samar, still packing a maximum wind speed of 55 kilometers per hour (kph),  gustiness of up to 70 kph, while moving west and slower  at 15 kph, from  30 kph earlier. A gale warning is up […]…

Keep on reading: Tropical Depression Kristine maintains strength; Signal No. 1 in 18 areas

MANILA, Philippines — The proposed 2025 budget of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and attached agencies and corporations was approved by the Senate subcommittee on finance on Monday. Under the 2025 National Expenditure Program, the DA and its attached agencies and corporations were allotted a budget of P127,996,123,000. Senator Cynthia Villar, who presided over the budget hearing, said the proposed budget will now be submitted to the Senate plenary. The hearing that lasted for four minutes breezed through with no questions raised by the senator herself, other senators, and officials from DA. Further, the senator bared the budget requests and […]…

Keep on reading: Senate panel approves proposed 2025 Dept. of Agriculture budget

HAVANA — Hurricane Oscar made landfall on Sunday evening in Cuba, where residents were preparing for more chaos and misery as the country grapples with a nearly nationwide power outage that is in its third day. The arrival of Oscar, after the Friday collapse of Cuba’s largest power plant crippled the whole national grid, piles pressure on a country already battling sky-high inflation and shortages of food, medicine, fuel and water. Cuba’s government said power would be reinstated for the majority of the country by Monday evening. READ: How Cuba’s electrical grid collapsed and what comes next The Category 1 […]…

Keep on reading: Hurricane Oscar makes landfall in Cuba amid huge power outage

A season removed from going empty-handed for the first time in the Tim Cone era, Barangay Ginebra returned to a familiar destination where it faces a familiar foe. Big games from rookie RJ Abarrientos, Scottie Thompson, Maverick Ahanmisi and Japeth Aguilar, plus the usual late buckets from Justin Brownlee, propelled the Gin Kings to a […]…

Keep on reading: Ginebra earns shot at getting back at TNT in PBA Finals