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Manila Bulletin
Alex: Superstar in the making
Alex Eala is simply ripe for success.
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June 30 2025
Manila Bulletin
Thailand starts banning sale of cannabis without a prescription
Thailand has started banning the sale of cannabis to those without a prescription, three years after becoming the first country in Asia to decriminalize the plant.
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June 30 2025
Manila Bulletin
Bridges to better lives
As graduation season sweeps across the country, thousands of young Filipinos are stepping off the stage and into a world filled with hope, uncertainty, and possibility.
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June 30 2025
Manila Bulletin
'Habagat' to bring rains across PH; LPA forms outside PAR
The southwest monsoon, or “habagat,” will continue to bring cloudy skies and scattered rain showers over several parts of the country, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) reported on Sunday, June 29.
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June 30 2025
Manila Bulletin
'Pato' vows continued growth in PH sports
Patrick “Pato” Gregorio has vowed to continue efforts to boost the growth of Philippine sports following his appointment as the new chairman of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC).
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June 30 2025
Manila Bulletin
'Buwis-buhay' mantra for E-Painters
Rain or Shine players and coaching staff sported t-shirts with 'Buwis-Buhay' prints on the sidelines of Game 2.
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June 30 2025
Manila Bulletin
K-12 reforms as a national imperative: Toward better-educated children
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s recent directives to improve the K-12 system bring much-needed focus to longstanding challenges in Philippine basic education.
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June 30 2025
Manila Bulletin
PH cybersecurity: How safe are we?
The Philippines may have climbed the ranks in the Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI), but ask any Filipino who has received a shady text message or clicked on a suspicious link, and they’ll tell you a different story.
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June 30 2025
Manila Bulletin
Business, consumer sentiment falls
United States-imposed (US) reciprocal tariffs, a three-month pause of which is concluding 10 days from now, caused a decline in the confidence index of businesses in the second quarter of the year, while Filipino consumers' confidence was deeply hurt by the insufficient income and fewer jobs available.
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June 30 2025
Manila Bulletin
SWS: 1 in 5 Filipino families experienced hunger in April
About one in five Filipino families, or 20 percent, experienced involuntary hunger—being hungry and not having anything to eat—at least once in the past three months, based on the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from April 23 to 28.
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Beyond the pandemic: Local businesses must go digital to thrive
The post-pandemic digital age is accelerating faster than ever, and it is reshaping how businesses operate and adapt. But as technology advances, businesses that fail to evolve risk becoming outdated more quickly than before.
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Marcos OKs AI roadmap
President Marcos has greenlit a sweeping public-private partnership aimed at equipping Filipinos with the skills needed to thrive in an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven world, with plans to fast-track training programs, align education with emerging technologies, and expand student immersion in real work environments.
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Focus crimes drop by 31.85%
Focus crimes went down by 31.85 percent in the first half of the year, a significant drop compared to the same period in 2024, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said.
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Ombudsman: We can't file a case against VP Sara now
Ombudsman Samuel R. Martires on Friday, June 27, said the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) cannot prosecute Vice President Sara Duterte now.
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Eala faces champ in Wimbledon
Eala expects an uphill climb in overcoming Krejcikova. The 29-year-old Czech also boasts of winning the 2021 French Open and is a multiple Grand Slam women’s doubles and mixed doubles champion.
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Big men step up
San Miguel reasserted its dominance in the paint despite June Mar Fajardo’s limited minutes, turning Game 2 of the semifinals into a one-sided affair by overpowering Barangay Ginebra, 100-83, in the PBA Philippine Cup at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium on Friday, June 27.
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
TNT guns for 3-0 lead; Ginebra-SMB to break tie
TNT is enjoying a 2-0 lead but coach Chot Reyes is determined to guard his wards against complacency when his team tries to pin Rain or Shine on the ropes in Game 3 of their best-of-seven semifinals series in the PBA Philippine Cup at the Araneta Coliseum, Sunday, June 29.
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
US Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions on birthright citizenship order
A divided Supreme Court on Friday ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision left unclear the fate of President Donald Trump's restrictions on birthright citizenship.
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
PH boosting defense vs transnational crimes
The Bureau of Immigration conducted a live demonstration of its advanced passenger information system (APIS) through the United Nations' goTravel Air Software Solution, a system that \"tracks and assesses passenger data in real time.
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Mid-year random musings
(Part I)
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Peter's confession about Jesus
When Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Mr. Romantico
When Mr. Romantico (MR) revealed he was falling in love with his Love Interest (LI), friends and fans were delighted.
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
A triumph for dialogue
The ceasefire between Iran and Israel is a most welcome development, a rare flicker of hope in a region too often wracked by war, mistrust, and geopolitical rivalries. While fragile and fraught with uncertainty, this cessation of hostilities provides a crucial window to shift from armed confrontation to constructive dialogue. The international community must seize this moment, not with complacency, but with urgency and purpose.
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
PSAC calls for national AI upskilling framework
Don't be left behind
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Two dads, one dream
Alvin Miranda and Jappy Reyes share their beautiful journey from early conversations to welcoming twins through surrogacy
4 min |
June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Muntinlupa court upholds De Lima's acquittal in drug case
A Muntinlupa court upheld its May 2023 decision acquitting former senator and Mamamayang Liberal (ML) party-list Representative-elect Leila de Lima in a drug case filed during the Duterte administration in 2017.
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Jury set to deliberate over Diddy trial
For seven weeks, a jury in Manhattan has listened as prosecutors laid out a criminal sex trafficking and racketeering case against rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs. They heard his ex-girlfriends and other witnesses deliver shocking accounts of violence and drug-fueled sexual marathons.
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Trump says Iran must open itself to inspection
President Donald Trump said Friday he expects Iran to open itself to international inspection to verify it doesn't restart its nuclear program.
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Local businesses must go digital to thrive
While some may not go into becoming their own businessmen, IE University has found that their graduates are recently moving into sectors such as fintech, sustainability, digital services, and health innovations.
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June 29, 2025
Manila Bulletin
Denis Villeneuve tapped to direct next Bond movie
In the 50-plus years of James Bond, the wait between films has never gone longer than six years. The next entry, and first since Daniel Craig's dramatic exit, may test that — but things are speeding up.
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