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CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in Cebu recently addressed claims concerning the release of National ID in the province. In an advisory, PSA-Cebu clarified that the provincial office is releasing “only those National IDs that have been returned by PhilPost due to unsuccessful delivery attempts.” PSA-Cebu said that their advisory aims to ensure that the public is not misled into thinking that all IDs are in the provincial statistical office. Instead, those who have not received their physical cards yet are advised to track the status of their cards by visiting PhilPost’s website at https://tracking.phlpost.gov.ph. Once […]…

Keep on reading: PSA-Cebu: Track your National ID online before visiting our office

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Thousands of Argentines took to the streets of Buenos Aires Saturday in defense of hard-fought diversity advances and to denounce recent anti-“woke” pronouncements by President Javier Milei. The colorful procession held aloft the rainbow flag and waved placards stating: “Not a step back” as it marched on the Plaza de Mayo square that houses the presidency. The march was organized by women’s and LGBTQ rights groups with the backing of powerful trade unions and opposition politicians. It was called in response to statements made by self-declared “anarcho-capitalist” Milei to the World Economic Forum in Davos in […]…

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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) on Saturday said only 100 displaced workers of internet gaming licensees were hired at a recent job fair in Pasay City. Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma expressed concern at the low hiring rate. READ: Job fairs not attracting displaced Pogo workers He noted that some displaced […]…

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MANILA, Philippines—Just shortly after Rain or Shine punched a ticket to the PBA Commissioner’s Cup playoffs, there was no sugarcoating on the part of coach Yeng Guiao ahead of his team’s quarterfinals series against Converge. Rain or Shine sealed a best-of-three series with No. 3 Converge after beating TNT on Friday night. “In our last game against them, they blew us out so psychologically, I think they had an advantage against us. We’ll try to find a way to overcome that,” said Guiao in Filipino. READ: PBA: Hot-shooting Asistio helps Rain or Shine seal playoff berth “However, when it comes […]…

Keep on reading: PBA: Yeng Guiao admits Converge has the edge vs Rain or Shine

Miss Universe Philippines-Pasig fourth runner-up Anthonet Faith Bernardo drew laughs and, at the same time, awe from pageant fans after she got very candid and revealed that she was not wearing any underwear underneath her finals night gown. The 18-year-old beauty queen made the revelation during the competition’s question-and-answer portion on Friday, Jan. 31, after she was asked by pageant judge Shamcey Supsup-Lee to give “at least one secret that [she is] okay to share” to the live audience. “This secret will be okay for me to share but I think my family won’t be okay with this. To be honest, […]…

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2024-2025 PVL All-Filipino Conference schedule February 1, Saturday – Philsports 4:00 p.m. – Capital1 Solar Spikers vs Akari Chargers 6:30 p.m. – Cignal HD Spikers vs Creamline Cool Smashers PVL: Capital1 vs Akari PVL: Akari handles Capital1 for second straight win MANILA, Philippines–Akari swept Capital1, 25-9, 25-17, 26-24 for back-to-back wins in the PVL All-Filipino Conference on Saturday at PhilSports Arena in Pasig City. Ivy Lacsina provided enough supply on offense with a game-best 15 points, all from attacks, while Eli Soyud was a solid backup with 12 points for the Chargers, who improved to 5-4. VIDEO: Akari Chargers post-game […]…

Keep on reading: LIVE: PVL All-Filipino Conference – February 1

MANILA, Philippines — A 78-minute-long ash emission was observed from the crater of Kanlaon Volcano on Friday, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs’ Saturday monitoring indicated that this is one of the seven events involving ash emissions that occurred over the volcano on Friday. The agency told INQUIRER.net that these volcanic activities were observed between 12:37 p.m. to 1:55 p.m. Kanlaon is located between Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental READ: Mt. Kanlaon eruption: Building back safer Philvolcs also told INQUIRER.net that the other ash emissions happened at 4:31 a.m. to 5:05 a.m.; 10 a.m. to […]…

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The Department of Agriculture (DA) implied there may be an egg supply shortage two months from now as many local producers suffered losses due to oversupply and lower prices last year. “The unfortunate thing, our forecast is there might be a shortage of eggs by April,” Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said on Friday. “The problem with this shortage is that last year, there was an oversupply of eggs, causing farm-gate prices to drop by P4 per piece,” he told reporters in Filipino. “Many suffered losses. Those who incurred losses culled their laying hens to generate cash,” he said. […]…

Keep on reading: ‘There might be a shortage of eggs by April,’ warns DA

Canlubang and Luisita, clubs with the most storied rivalry in the rich history of the Philippine Airlines Interclub, will be honored before the 76th staging of what is known as the country’s unofficial team golf championship by leading three other clubs into enshrinement to the tournament’s Hall of Fame (HOF). Cangolf and Luisita will earn […]…

Keep on reading: Cangolf, Luisita lead first entrants into Interclub’s HOF

MANILA, Philippines — The Typhon mid-range capability missile system, which the Philippines acquired from the United States, is “not directed against any nation,” the National Security Council (NSC) said in a statement on Friday. The NSC issued the statement after China called on the Philippines to “quickly pull out” the Typhon missile system following a report that the US deployed the missile system in a new location in the Philippines on Jan. 23. READ: PH, US training to focus on Typhon missile system “We wish to emphasize that the Typhon missile system is purely meant for defense purposes and is […]…

Keep on reading: US Typhon missile system ‘not directed against any nation’ – PH