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Philippine transportation and tourism departments launch second route of Love Bus programme
Travel Daily Media
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August 22, 2025
The Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT), Department of Transportation (DOTr), and Department of Budget and Management (DBM) launched the second route of the Love Bus Libreng Sakay (Love Bus Free Ride) programme in Cebu earlier today, 22nd...
Women's Rugby World Cup Predictions 2025: FloRugby Staff Picks
FloRugby - Texas
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August 22, 2025
Over the course of the next month, the world will learn which country is the home of the best women’s rugby team at the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup. Since the Black Ferns of New Zealand won the 2021 Women’s World Cup, it has been England’s...
Katrine Sunga represents Philippine at ‘ASEAN Connectivity Concert’ in Kuala Lumpur
Philstar
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August 22, 2025
Carlo Orosa - The Philippine Star August 23, 2025 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Filipino singer and theater actress Katrine Sunga proudly represented the Philippines at the “ASEAN Connectivity Concert,” an international orchestral showcase...
Senator raises concern over deported Filipino seafarers
The Manila Times
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August 22, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Raffy Tulfo, chairman of the Senate Committee on Migrant Workers, met with United States Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson to discuss the recent deportation of several Filipino seafarers from US territory....
Defence cooperation in focus as India and the Philippines strengthen ties
Scroll.in
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August 22, 2025
This August, the visit of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to India marked a historic milestone in the relations between the two nations. The President’s visit, which took place between August 4-8, was the first such state visit since...
ICE Arrests at Dallas Immigration Court Documented by Community
Dallas Observer - Texas
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August 22, 2025
The first round of Wednesday afternoon immigration court hearings is about to start when Noemi Rios tracks down the ICE agents. Four men — some in masks, some in baseball caps emblazoned with the American flag — lean nonchalantly against a wall in...
World Skin Health Day: Solving Dermatologic Disparity and Leading Educational Outreach in Remote Communities
Dermatology Times
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August 22, 2025
After speaking with Jasmin Jamora, MD, president of the Philippine Dermatological Society (PDS), we now turn to Vinna Crisostomo, MD, who led on-the-ground clinics and educational campaigns in a disadvantaged region of Palawan as a part of the...
Translation of Philippine laws in local dialects sought
Philstar
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August 22, 2025
Jose Rodel Clapano - The Philippine Star August 23, 2025 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — A measure seeking to translate Philippine laws with penal provisions in Filipino as well as Visayan and Ilocano dialects has been filed at the House of...
Wise Becomes First Global Fintech to Fully Integrate with Philippines’ Payment Systems, Now Processing 12% of All Inward Personal Remittances
Financial IT
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August 22, 2025
Wise, the global technology company building the best way to move and manage the world’s money, announced that it has become the first global fintech fully integrated with both InstaPay and PESONet. This breakthrough solidifies Wise as a major...
Japan gives Philippine justice system a boost
The Manila Times
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August 22, 2025
THE Philippine justice system is set to get a significant boost with new forensic equipment donated by Japan, according to Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin. “At first glance, handing over autopsy instruments can feel like a clinical moment,”...
Home Credit Philippines Champions the Development of Future Leaders
Punto Central Luzon
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August 22, 2025
The country’s leading consumer finance company empowers future talent and young professionals through early career development programs Taguig City, Philippines – Home Credit Philippines (HCPH), the country’s leading consumer finance company,...
K-Pop goes the world: What Canada can learn from South Korea’s red-hot cultural moment
The Globe and Mail
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August 22, 2025
Growing up in Toronto in the 1980s, I was often asked by my classmates, “Are you Chinese or Japanese?” “I’m Korean,” I would reply. “What’s that?” I think they know now. The wild success of Korean pop culture is the kimchi slap heard around the...
U.S. Immigrant Population Falls For First Time in Over 50 Years — Down by 1.5 Million People This Year
The Gateway Pundit
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August 22, 2025
President Trump’s promise to crack down on both legal and illegal immigration appears to be working. Vice President J.D. Vance told The Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft earlier this month that the US would see the first negative net migration in the...
10 Best Emirati Women’s Day 2025 dining deals in Dubai
Gulf News
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1. Arrogante Dubai – Italian Indulgence with a patriotic twist Celebrate with a chic Italian touch at Arrogante, located just steps from Dubai Opera, offering stunning Burj Khalifa views. Emirati women will receive a complimentary Matcha Swiss...
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Season 7 Cast Photos: Meet All The Queens Confirmed For Competition
Deadline
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August 22, 2025
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK is back with Season 7 with a new group of queens racing to be the UK’s next drag superstar. International drag icon, RuPaul, returns to host the new season of the competition that over ten weeks will see the twelve hopeful...
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic community mobilizes: Protection of creation and indigenous peoples in the Cordillera region
Fides
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August 22, 2025
Cordillera People Alliance Abra (Agenzia Fides) - The Cordillera administrative region in the north of Luzon island, known for its exceptional natural beauty, is at risk of devastation and could lose a priceless natural resource due to large-scale...
Fern and Aurora brings ube donuts and Filipino-flair to Douglaston
QNS - New York
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August 22, 2025
Fern and Aurora serve an array of Filipino-inspired desserts. Photo credit: Fern and Aurora Search our comprehensive guide to things to do in Queens for more local events — or submit your own! Fern and Aurora, a small-batch dessert shop that...
Philippine National Heroes Day to be celebrated in Cavan
The Anglo-Celt
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Published: Fri 22 Aug 2025, 10:01 AM The Filipino community in Ireland is set to mark a historic occasion with the celebration of Philippine National Heroes Day this Saturday, August 23, at the Cavan Crystal Hotel. More than 300 Filipinos and...
‘Voice for our seas’: Filipino rappers take a stand on maritime rights
South China Morning Post
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August 22, 2025
A rap contest tapping into patriotic fervour and youth culture has drawn hundreds of entries from Filipinos at home and abroad, with organisers saying the outpouring reflects growing creative resistance to Beijing’s assertiveness in the South...
Manila court starts pre-trial of Teves
Philstar
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August 21, 2025
Ghio Ong - The Philippine Star August 22, 2025 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — A Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Manila has started the pre-trial of expelled lawmaker Arnolfo Teves Jr. in relation to the killing of the late Negros Oriental governor...