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Pia Wurtzbach: Wear your face mask
A face mask is a must-have item for 2015 Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach for protection against COVID-19 especially if she is travelling abroad these days. On a vacation in London, United KIngdom with boyfriend Jeremy Jauncey, Wurtzbach reminded her more than 11 million Instagram followers to wear their mask. “Always wear your mask, respect safety…
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Taiwanese beauty products gaining popularity in US
As the Korean cosmetics industry tops $10 billion in the U.S., a lesser-known Asian skin care practice is also gaining popularity: Taiwanese beauty, or T-beauty. While Taiwan, long considered a manufacturing powerhouse across multiple industries, has been manufacturing Japanese beauty brands such as Shiseido and Kao for decades, it wasn’t until the 2000s that the…
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Duterte abroad? That’s fake news – Palace
By Fernan Angeles MALACAÑANG categorically branded reports claiming President Rodrigo Duterte has left the country over the weekend, as no more than fake news. The president’s spokesperson Harry Roque said that the Malacañang chief executive is not the kind of person who would abandon a sinking ship. “There is no truth that President Rodrigo Roa…
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Red Cross to suspend COVID-19 testing over PhilHealth’s unpaid balance
By Fernan Angeles CITING failure to collect from the embattled Philippine Health Insurance Agency, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) is serious considering a halt in its COVID-19 testing. PRC Chairman and CEO Senator Richard Gordon said in a radio interview that the PRC will discontinue conducting COVID-19 tests to those whose payments will be charged…
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Miley Cyrus and Cody Simpson split
Miley Cyrus and Cody Simpson are done. A source close to the “Nothing Breaks Like a Heart” singer and the Australian crooner tells ET the couple has broken up. Though the breakup happened weeks ago, the reason for the split is not known. Fans believe Cyrus alluded to their breakup in an Instagram post earlier…
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Adele: No idea when new music is coming
Maybe we’ll get a 32, if we’re lucky? It’s been five years since Adele released a studio album, but we will still have to wait a bit longer to hear new tunes from the songstress. The GRAMMY winner took to Instagram on Friday to share her love for Glennon Doyle’s book, Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start…
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CHED scholars to lose scholarships on pass-all policy
By John Clifford Lintao WITH criteria in place, some 424 recipients of the Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED) Merit Scholarship Program (CMSP) could lose their scholarships, unless colleges and universities give numerical grades for the second semester of the previous academic year. CHED also called on the 17 higher educational institutions (HEIs) that supposedly implemented…
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P81.6 million shabu seized in Mandaue City
By Fernan Angeles In an anti-illegal drug operation, authorities found 12 kilograms of shabu worth P81.6 million at the J&T Express Regional Headquarters in Mandaue City during a random inspection Saturday afternoon. In a statement on Sunday, August 16, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said its Regional Office 7 – Seaport Interdiction Unit conducted…
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More quarantine facilities for Laguna readied
By Fernan Angeles THE continued spike of infection in Laguna prompted the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 to put up more quarantine facilities in the province for asymptomatic patients. NTF deputy chief implementer and testing czar Secretary Vince Dizon said the national government is set to convert the Cabuyao Athletes Basic School as an…
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Robert Trump, brother of President Trump, dead at 71
President Donald Trump’s younger brother, Robert Trump, died Saturday night after being hospitalized in New York, the president said in a statement. He was 71. The president visited his brother at a New York City hospital on Friday after White House officials said he had become seriously ill. Officials did not immediately release a cause…