Raul Dancel
Philippines Correspondent at The Straits Times
Philippines Correspondent @straits_times. I write, therefore I am.
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1 week ago |
straitstimes.com | Raul Dancel
SINGAPORE - If bookmakers and crypto investors are right on the money, Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle may soon become the next head of the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church. He is an odds-on favourite to succeed Pope Francis and become the first Asian pontiff in modern times. British bookmaker William Hill has his odds at 3/1, just behind Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who has a 9/4 odds. The website Oddscheker has the two cardinals tied.
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2 weeks ago |
straitstimes.com | Raul Dancel
Several people were killed on April 27 after a driver ploughed into a crowd attending a street festival in Vancouver meant to commemorate Lapu-Lapu, a 16th century tribal chieftain in the Philippines known to have slain the famed Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. Who is Lapu-Lapu, and why is he being celebrated by Filipino migrants in Vancouver?
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2 weeks ago |
straitstimes.com | Raul Dancel
Follow our live coverage here. The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) will hold an election rally on April 25 – the third day of the campaign period – in Bukit Panjang. A permit has been issued for SDP’s rally at Beacon Primary School, police said in a statement on April 24. The rally will be held from 7pm to 10pm. The SDP’s Paul Tambyah is running against the PAP’s Liang Eng Hwa for the Bukit Panjang SMC seat.
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2 weeks ago |
straitstimes.com | Raul Dancel
Follow our live coverage here. SINGAPORE – Eight political parties contesting in the 2025 General Election will get to deliver their campaign messages on free-to-air television and radio on April 25 and May 1. The two party political broadcasts (PPBs) for each party – once on television and once on radio – will be carried by six Mediacorp television channels, and 13 Mediacorp, SPH Media and So Drama! Entertainment radio stations, said the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) on April 24.
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3 weeks ago |
straitstimes.com | Raul Dancel
Follow our live coverage here. SINGAPORE - Five political parties are set to hold election rallies on the evening of April 24, with large crowds expected at several police-approved venues. Police said on April 23 that permits were issued to the People’s Power Party (PPP), Progress Singapore Party (PSP), People’s Action Party (PAP), Workers’ Party (WP) and the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) for rallies scheduled from 7pm to 10pm on April 24.
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Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle’s fate ultimately rests on whether the cardinals want a Pope Francis 2.0 or a “Francis lite”, or a totally new kind of pontiff. https://t.co/oH9Ua2UNBY
Filipino legend celebrated in tragic Vancouver block party: Who is Lapu-Lapu? https://t.co/XwdywBPyvE
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