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1 day ago | 
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ANGELES CITY — The May 2025 elections should be decided by the people, not the pre-election surveys, Megastar Sharon Cuneta said on Wednesday at a campaign rally where she and other celebrities made the pitch for her husband Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan's return to the Senate. A recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey shows Pangilinan outside the top 12 winning circle with 19 days to go before the May 12 midterm polls.
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1 day ago | 
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ANGELES CITY — The government’s plan to sell P20 per kilo rice nationwide will not be sustainable if farmers don’t get enough government support to increase their yield, Senate candidate Kiko Pangilinan said Wednesday. The Department of Agriculture earlier announced it will sell P20 per kilo rice in certain areas in the Visayas as a pilot run, then go on to sell it nationwide until the end of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr.'s term in 2028.
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2 days ago | 
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Speaker Martin Romualdez of Leyte, president of the ruling party Lakas-CMD, has called on his party members to vote for all 11 Senate bets of the administration slate Alyansa sa Bagong Pilipinas in the May 2025 polls, including Las Piñas representative Camille Villar who was recently endorsed by Vice President Sara Duterte. “Please lang, please. [Vote] straight Alyansa. Diinan natin lahat sila, walang iwanan dito. Ito ang gusto ng ating Mahal na Pangulo. They are our true partners.
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2 days ago | 
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Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula has called on the Filipino Catholic faithful to heed the late Pope Francis’ call to be “smugglers of faith,” just like how the Holy Father defined his 12-year papacy. “It is also with profound grief that we now gather to pray for our beloved Holy Father, Pope Francis, our dear Lolo Kiko, who has passed from this world to return to the house of the Father.
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2 days ago | 
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The reported cases of online sexual abuse and exploitation of children in the Philippines has increased to around 2.7 million, according to a Commission on Human Rights (CHR) report. The CHR Child Rights Center 2025 report showed that the number as of the end of 2023 is six times higher compared to 2019. "Many cases involved perpetrators who are family members or close relatives.
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3 days ago | 
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Lawmakers in the Philippines hailed Pope Francis as a champion of the marginalized, a guiding light, and a friend, after the Vatican announced that the Holy Father had died. “I join the Catholic Church and the global community in mourning the passing of Pope Francis, a true shepherd of Christ’s flock. His tireless efforts to foster peace and inclusion reshaped the Church’s role in promoting unity across religious and cultural divides,” Senate President Francis Escudero said.
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3 days ago | 
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The Liberal Party (LP) has endorsed the Senate bid of former Commission on Audit commissioner Heidi Mendoza in the upcoming May 12 elections. The LP, in a statement, said Mendoza is part of its Trio Tapat sa Senado (Three Senate bets with Integrity) alongside LP chairperson and former senator Kiko Pangilinan as well as former LP member Bam Aquino.
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3 days ago | 
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Relatives of two Filipinos who are still missing due to the magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar last March 28 have sent their DNAs to authorities in hopes of speeding up the search for their loved ones, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. DFA spokesperson and Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega said the turnover of said DNA happened last week. “It (DNA of the relatives of missing Filipinos) was submitted to the NBI,” de Vega told GMA News Online in a text message.
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1 week ago | 
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The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Thursday assured that it is exhausting all efforts to locate and rescue the individuals on board a vessel that capsized off the waters of Rizal in Occidental Mindoro last Tuesday. “In partnership with all stakeholders, the PCG is exhausting all efforts to locate and rescue the missing individuals onboard as its foremost objective,” the PCG said in a statement. So far, two people have been confirmed dead after the incident, including a Chinese citizen.
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1 week ago | 
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Former senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan clarified that eating with the hands and from a pot lid is a usual practice in Pampanga, the home province of his father, contrary to the "spliced" viral video circulating online. “Pumunta kami sa farm ni Romeo Catacutan and then we had breakfast. Now, they spliced itong mga videos, came up with a story, disinformation, fake. Sinasabi suka daw at asin which is definitely not true.
