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1 day ago | rappler.com | Victor Barreiro Jr.

MANILA, Philippines – Intel is set to cut over 20% of its workforce, a report from Bloomberg News revealed on Wednesday, April 23 (April 22, US time). The report says the layoffs are part of a strategy meant to refocus Intel into more of an engineering-driven culture. In its report, Reuters called the layoffs the first major move under its new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, who took over in March. In April, Tan flattened the leadership structure of Intel and streamlined its leadership team.

2 days ago | rappler.com | Tracy McEwan |Kathleen McPhillips

Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. On Easter Sunday, he used his message and blessing to appeal for peace in Middle East and UkrainPope Francis will be remembered as a pastoral leader who cared deeply about the environment and those impacted by migration, poverty and war. During his Pontificate, he did make important changes to the patriarchal structure of the Catholic Church – but did he go far enough?

2 days ago | rappler.com | Iya Gozum

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2 days ago | rappler.com | Iya Gozum

MANILA, Philippines – For Earth Day, green groups urge the public to vote for candidates, party-list groups that carry platforms which show concern for the protection of the environment and communities.

2 days ago | rappler.com | Iya Gozum

MANILA, Philippines – Environmental advocates mourn the death of Pope Francis, who they remember as a staunch defender of the environment and the oppressed, the Pope in a Raincoat who visited the Philippines in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Yolanda. “When I saw from Rome that catastrophe, I felt that I had to be here,” Pope Francis said in his homily during his 2015 visit to Tacloban. The crowd, who wore yellow ponchos as protection from the rain, clapped.