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Saturday, 3 October · 13 stories
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These former inmates turn life behind bars into art
For the formerly incarcerated members of the Bagongbuhay Group of Artists, art becomes one way of confronting the difficulty of rebuilding life after release
Reviewing the MOFT Dynamic Folio – a year later
Is this the best iPad case out there?
From Pasil to the world: Indigenous rice champion wins global food award
In Kalinga, the Pasil community grows indigenous rice varieties with the vital preservation support and knowledge of Rowena Gonnay
Business
Converge package offers 0% commission fees for 3 months on TikTok Shop
Converge ICT Solutions, DTI, and TikTok Shop launch SellerPlus, offering new online sellers a three-month commission-free period and essential tools to boost their e-commerce ventures
[Vantage Point] GCash at P6.60: Did investors finally get their price?
Millions of Filipinos already trust GCash to move their money. The IPO asks whether they should trust it with their investment capital.
World
At Cornell, rape allegations spark outrage, soul-searching over campus culture
'Cornell has failed our community through its lack of accountability, transparency, and failure to address the state of the Cornell student body at this time,' says a student from the university
The week in photos: September 26 to October 2, 2026
A recap of news, sports, lifestyle, entertainment, and human interest images from the Philippines and around the globe
Technology
Subsea cable cut between Philippines and Singapore disrupts internet services
Internet users in the Philippines face intermittent connections after undersea cable cut forces telecoms to reroute traffic to restore services
Computer science has long understood what it takes to keep AI under control
Recent AI hacking incidents revive a long-standing computer science problem: what happens when machines pursue a goal without enough limits.
Sports
Jiu-jitsu’s Alex Enriquez falls short of PH’s 5th gold in Asian Games
Alexandria Enriquez's narrow defeat in the women's 63kg final comes a day after boxer Carlo Paalam and taekwondo jins Tachiana Mangin and Kurt Barbosa also missed out on gold medals
Meet Sarah Jane Lim, the mother leading Philippine pickleball
Even after climbing to the No. 1 spot in Philippine pickleball and getting drafted into Major League Pickleball Australia, Sarah Jane Lim prioritizes her role as a mother above all sports demands
Entertainment
How Filipino director BC Amparado tackled Japan’s ‘lonely death’ phenomenon
The film ‘Mono No Aware’ marks director BC Amparado’s full-fledged pivot to independent filmmaking, leaving behind his corporate job and the financial stability it used to offer
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