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Duterte’s message for Lent: Let’s work to attain our noble aspirations for the nation

President Rodrigo Duterte this Lenten Season urged Filipino Christians to rekindle their commitment to serve people, especially those who are... Read more

This photo dated February 2016 shows a reef flat approximately 1.5 nautical miles away from Pag-asa Island destroyed by Chinese clam harvesters.

Locsin: We had no idea there were clams in Scarborough

Following his previous remarks that China should pay for the giant clams they harvested from Scarborough Shoal, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro... Read more

This photo shows Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas.

Villegas tells priests: Do not fear death

Priests and bishops should continue standing up for truth, Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas said, as he called on clergymen not to... Read more

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WATCH: Iloilo-Antique-Boracay pilgrimage tour

AS IT HAPPENS

1 hour ago - Japanese car giant Toyota and investment fund SoftBank Vision Fund unveil an investment of $1 billion in US company Uber to drive forward the dev...

3 hours ago - With Russia's Vladimir Putin set for his first talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this month, Moscow is eyeing a major role in yet another global fl...

4 hours ago - French President Emmanuel Macron hails as "exemplary" hundreds of firefighters who saved Notre-Dame in the devastating blaze, as efforts intensif...

6 hours ago - Russia did not manage to affect the outcome of the 2016 US election, President Donald Trump has insisted after an official investigation detailed how Moscow int...

20 hours ago - The chairman of the top US telecoms regulator announces his opposition to allowing China Mobile to operate in the United States, citing risks to Ameri...

21 hours ago - The Vatican's envoy to Paris has been heard by French police "at his request" over sex assault allegations, judicial sources say. Nuncio Lui...

23 hours ago - North Korea has demanded the removal of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from stalled nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington, accusing him of derailing...

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A farmer of the Sakaguchi Akoya pearl farm displays oysters with pearls on a table in Shima on October 12, 2018. In Japan's picturesque Ago Bay, a couple sits in a little hut picking out oysters from a net, cleaning them carefully one-by-one before replacing them gently back in the water. Their hope: in several months, these oysters will produce a glistening white pearl from a cultured farming technique invented in Japan but in decline as experts die out in the ageing country.

WATCH: Japan's cultured pearl farms still glisten

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Theoretical models had long since convinced astrophysicists that HeH+ came first, followed -- in a precise order -- by a parade of other increasingly complex and heavy molecules.Â

Elusive molecule, first in Universe, detected in space

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Work out essentials when it’s hot — or not — outside

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In a photo taken on March 19, 2019, a 27-year-old former South Korean army conscript, who asked for anonymity to be able to tell his story without fear of exposure, poses for a photo at an office in Seoul. South Korean military classes openly gay men in its ranks as having "special needs" and campaigners say it actively pursues soldiers who have consensual same-sex intercourse with each other.

Secrets and crimes: gay South Korean soldiers trapped in legal bind

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'The power of pasta': an Italian chef feeds homeless kids

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For thousands of poor or homeless children in California, you could say that Chef Bruno Serato is a real super-hero, vanquishing...

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Facebook says it stored 'millions' of unencrypted Instagram passwords

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"Millions" of Instagram users had their passwords stored in unencrypted form on internal servers, Facebook said Thursday,...

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Mueller report details Trump's efforts to halt probe

By Chris Lefkow | 5 hours ago

Donald Trump's lawyers and advisers repeatedly rebuffed attempts by the president to halt Robert Mueller's investigation,...

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'Game Over': Trump again taps 'GoT,' this time in Russia saga

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President Donald Trump has used "Game of Thrones" imagery to push for his wall on the US-Mexico border and to hint at fresh...

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COLUMNISTS

A letter to loss

by: Elfren S. Cruz

Because of the reflection the commemoration of Holy Week evokes,...

Lessons we learned from Maundy Thursday

by: Bobit S. Avila

It is now Maundy or Holy Thursday, but at the start of the Holy...

Promoting energy efficiency in the Philippines

by: Franz Jessen

Ever since I became a desk officer for ASEAN and until now that...

The ‘altars’ of the nation

by: Preciosa S. Soliven

The Praying Mother of the Hidden Shrine of Mt. Pinatubo was brought...

Agriculture as pillar of inclusive growth

by: Joey Concepcion

Recently, we have shared with you the three pillars of greater...

Samira Gutoc and her showbiz connections

by: Ricky Lo

She had us with her “Hello!”...

Trip to Jerusalem

by: Joanne Rae M. Ramirez

Who would have thought that a childhood game could be such an...

Mere specks of life, yet gifted with eternity

by: Jarius Bondoc

There’s only one human species today, Homo sapiens. For centuries...

Erap’s legacy in Manila

by: Marichu A. Villanueva

On the observance of Palm Sunday, Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio...

The only ‘Way’

by: Jose C. Sison

During this Holy Week, it is more appropriate to write about another...

Sin and salvation

by: Boo Chanco

Holy Week brings us face to face with two basic concepts of our...

Online shopping in RP

by: Mary Ann LL. Reyes

Global e-commerce platform Picodi.com, which provides discount...

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Headlines Locsin: We had no idea there were clams in Scarborough 3 hours ago Villegas tells priests: Do not fear death Duterte’s message for Lent: Let’s work to attain our noble aspirations for the nation More Headlines Articles	Opinion EDITORIAL - Reviving peace talks 1 day ago Maundy Thursday: Humility, healing Redemption More Opinion Articles	Nation Close to 30,000 passengers monitored in ports nationwide 1 day ago Roads closed for repairs, procession P2-million drugs seized at NAIA More Nation Articles
World Elusive molecule, first in Universe, detected in space 1 hour ago Secrets and crimes: gay South Korean soldiers trapped in legal bind Mueller report details Trump's efforts to halt probe More World Articles	Business BOP surplus extends for 5th straight month in March 1 day ago Government to suspend galunggong imports DOT gears up for Holy Week tourist influx More Business Articles	Sports Bucks, Rockets romp as Celtics fightback stuns Pacers 23 hours ago PBA protagonists recharge, reflect PLDT braces for uphill climb against F2 Logistics More Sports Articles
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Locsin: No one goes to war for clams

The Philippines and China should not go to war over clams, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said, following a report on China’s poaching of giant clams in the Scarborough or "Panatag" Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.

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SOUTH CHINA SEA ROW TEODORO LOCSON JR

Anti-China protesters raise placards with a portrait of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, kissing a boot decorated with Chinese emblem, during a protest in front of the Chinese consular office in the financial district of Manila on April 9, 2019. Protesters decended on the Chinese consulate in Manila on April 9, to oppose the Asian superpower's growing sway in the Philippines and as tensions rise over Beijing's presence in the disputed South China sea.

What triggered Duterte's change in tune on West Philippine Sea

The Duterte administration has recently been releasing stronger statements on Beijing's recent actions in the West Philippine Sea.

1 day ago

CHINA PAG-ASA ISLAND RODRIGO DUTERTE

The Philippines maintains an outpost on a sandbar 5.5 nautical miles to the northwest of Panata Island (Loaita Cay) in the West Philippine Sea.

Chinese flotilla near Pag-asa, nearby islands not a one-off incident — report

The presence of Chinese vessels in the vicinity of Philippines-controlled islands in the West Philippine Sea would likely become the norm in the disputed waters.

2 days ago

ASIA MARITIME TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE CHINA KOTA ISLAND

"The fact that we already issued a diplomatic protest or note verbale is already a statement of the position of this government," presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said when asked about the report that the Chinese have been harvesting giant clams from Scarborough Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.

Palace: China's extraction of Scarborough clams violate Philippine sovereignty

"They are performing acts of ownership..."

2 days ago

BAJO DE MASINLOC CHINA PANATAG SHOAL

Chinese fishermen harvesting giant clams in Scarborough Shoal destroyed coral reefs in the process.

Philippines taking legal action over China's harvesting of Scarborough clams

The Philippine government will be taking legal action against Chinese nationals harvesting giant clams in Scarborough or Panatag Shoal in the West Philippine Sea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said.

3 days ago

CHINA SCARBOROUGH SHOAL SOUTH CHINA SEA

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6/58 UltraLotto - 42 7 25 39 24 43

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Forsaken for our sake

God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” – Hebrews 13:5

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"Our worship is right when we are right with God."

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Forex Apr 18, 2019

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