GINATILAN, Cebu — Movement of pigs and pork products was tightened after cases of African swine fever (ASF) were confirmed in two barangay in this southern Cebu town. Mayor Roy Vincent Singco signed Executive Order…
Tuy, Batangas — Tuy Municipal Police Station (MPS), under the leadership of Maj. Roy Cuevas, was recently named Best Municipal Police Station – Class B and No. 1 in the Unit Performance Evaluation Ratings — with an…
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Actress Hayden Panettiere died from an accidental overdose of several drugs including fentanyl, a coroner in South Carolina said Tuesday. Panettiere, 36, was found unresponsive in an apartment in…
MANILA, Philippines — Chuchu, the viral cat behind the popular TikTok “Sundo Serye,” has died, leaving his fur dad and thousands of followers mourning. His owner, Mark Anthony Petalbo Borcelo, announced Chuchu’s…
TOKYO — Ikebana, the Japanese art of arranging flowers, is a form of expression that dates back more than 500 years. It continues to blossom, quietly, not only with traditionalists but also with newcomers who find its…
MANILA, Philippines — South Korean actress Park Shin-hye and actor Choi Tae-joon have welcomed their second child, a baby girl, on Tuesday. Park’s agency, S.A.L.T. Entertainment, confirmed the birth, saying both the…
NEW YORK — Taylor Swift will once again break records. At the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, she will receive the inaugural Artist Director Honors, becoming the most awarded artist in VMA history. Currently…
PARIS — French disco diva Amanda Lear publicly accused American singer Miley Cyrus on Monday of plagiarizing one of her songs from the 1970s. Lear, a model-turned-singer who was a muse to surrealist painter Salvador…
MANILA, Philippines — The venue for the inaugural Eurovision Song Contest Asia will change to a different venue in Bangkok, Thailand. In an announcement on Monday, the contest stated it will now be held at the One…
MANILA, Philippines — Anne Curtis addressed a social media user who called her “retokada” and made a remark about her daughter’s appearance. The exchange began after X user Jonathan Sud shared a close-up photo of Curtis…
Three years after its launch, the Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival has grown from an ambitious idea into a platform for Filipino filmmakers. Speaking at the festival’s media conference, festival director Chris Cahilig…
MY long-time showbiz friend, artist manager and content creator Ogie Diaz gifted his eldest daughter P1 million on her 25th birthday last August 29. Although she already got wind of the monetary gift, Erin (who’s my…
One of the year’s biggest blockbusters is coming to home screens as “Michael,” Antoine Fuqua’s biopic about the life and career of Michael Jackson, premieres on HBO Max on Sept. 25. The 2026 film stars Jaafar Jackson…
For many parents today, handing a child a first mobile phone feels like a milestone wrapped in mixed emotions. On one hand, it offers reassurance. A quick message after school, a call during an emergency or an easier…
THE spate of school shootings involving high school students attacking fellow students has shifted attention momentarily away from the impeachment proceedings in the Senate and the alleged thievery of our politicians…
I USED to greatly admire retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Adolfo Azcuna. I regarded him as a thoughtful constitutionalist whose public service deserved respect. This is why listening to the positions he took as…
AFTER the 1986 People Power Revolution, the Senate was restored under the 1987 Constitution. I had the privilege of being one of the 24 senators elected nationally to the reborn chamber. I was also elected majority…
ONE of the most frustrating things about the months-long exercise in sialorrheic self-congratulations that the Marcos administration has engaged in about the Philippines having joined the MAGA regime’s “Pax Silica”…
WHAT’s happening inside China under Xi Jinping deserves close attention, not because war’s inevitable but because Beijing is increasingly organizing its political, economic, technological and military systems around the…
THE Philippine Revolution has started! After the first cry of the revolution, the establishment of the national revolutionary government and the first skirmish with the Spaniards under Lt. Ros in Pasong Tamo, which the…
OUR cities and towns suffer from the lack of proper urban planning and design. This leads to congestion, lack of access to potable water and proper sanitation, lack of access to mobility and transportation, safety…
I HAVE observed that most governments react to problems rather than carefully diagnosing their root causes. To understand social problems, experts frequently use the Iceberg model, which is a framework that divides a…
THE controversy over the Mahayhay-Tuburan Road project in Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte sounds simple when reduced to a headline. A government road project was supposedly completed. The contractor was paid. However, a…
Headlines and excerpts come from The Manila Times's public news feeds. Full stories are on The Manila Times's own site.