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Pageant columnist takes animal welfare to the streets
Manila Standard pageant columnist and National Awardee for 2019 Eton Concepcion is taking his animal welfare campaign to the streets these days as he feeds the homeless and hungry cats and dogs. Concepcion, who also works for the Philippine National Police (PNP) at Camp Crame in Quezon City, considers this as his biggest achievement by…
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Lori Loughlin gets 2 months in jail
Lori Loughlin and her husband lived an advantageous, “fairy tale life” and yet still “bribed their daughters’ way into college,” a federal judge said Friday as he sentenced her to two months in prison. The “Full House” actress appeared choked up as she apologized. “I am truly, profoundly and deeply sorry. I am ready to…
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Melania Trump unveils White House Rose Garden restoration
First lady Melania Trump on Saturday unveiled the first renovation in nearly 60 years of the White House Rose Garden. The renovated garden features a large green grass center and new limestone pathways. The main rose variety is the “JFK rose”, a white flower. The garden also includes smaller pink roses, several “peace” roses and…
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US colleges crack down on student parties vs COVID-19
Classes have not even started at the College of the Holy Cross, in Worcester, Massachusetts, but there are growing concerns over the students’ disregard of coronavirus safety protocols. Over the weekend, campus police busted a large party at an off-campus apartment rented by Holy Cross students, eliciting growing concerns that such gatherings could turn into…
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Filipino first
By Jeri Mae Calderon THERE’S no argument that the continued onslaught of the coronavirus disease aptly referred to as COVID-19, has adversely affected all of us –from the most-well-to-do families down to the least of our brothers. But Filipinos that we all are, it is incumbent upon us to rise from any extreme conditions just…
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San Mateo Mayor, Vice Mayor test positive for COVID-19
By Fernan Angeles The coronavirus caught up on San Mateo, Rizal town mayor and her husband who is the vice mayor of the locality. With both the mayor and her vice-mayor forced to go on medical leave, the municipal administrator now calls shots for the local government. In their official Facebook accounts, Mayor Cristina Diaz…
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Around the world with Meranie Gadiana Rahman
Make way for Mrs. Philippines World 2020 Meranie Gadiana Rahman, our representative to the Mrs. World 2021 beauty pageant which will be held in Sri Lanka in November. Last year, Meranie competed in the same pageant but she represented Guam. “This time I will be representing my beloved Philippines.” Now based in Hawaii, this Gawad…
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Tuberculosis tops Bataan town’s health concern
By Mar T. Supnad DINALUPIHAN, Bataan – The municipal government of Dinalupihan is not taking any chances insofar as its health agenda is concerned. Even with a global pandemic eating so much attention of and resources of the government, Dinalupihan Mayor Gila Garcia cited the need to sustain its programs and services to fight tuberculosis,…
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No order to stop PNP report on 89 EJK cases, says Palace
By Fernan Angeles PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte did not in any way try to stop the Philippine National Police from releasing substantial information that would help the Commission on Human Rights to build up cases over the death of 89 human rights activists. “There is no truth to the alleged report that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte…
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Recruitment for contact tracers to resume in September
By Fernan Angeles WITH the Bayanihan to Recover as One bicameral bill just a hair-thin away from being a law, the government is expected to resume hiring of contact tracers in September or just in time for the release of the P5-billion appropriation allocating funds just for that purpose. In a statement, the designated spokesperson…