What community means for a wine shop along Maginhawa Street
Through the Maginhawa Food Community, Rose Abes has found support among fellow entrepreneurs navigating the fulfillment and challenges of running their own establishments
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Nation
Typhoon Rosal exits PAR; ITCZ bringing scattered rain
As of Saturday afternoon, October 24, no new low pressure areas or potential tropical cyclones are being monitored inside or outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility
Philip Lustre Jr. arrest a ‘sad day for journalism in the Philippines’ – lawyer
The Presidential Task Force on Media Security also says 'laws protecting reputation must never be used to harass journalists, suppress legitimate criticism, or obstruct the public’s access to information'
Veteran journalist Philip Lustre Jr. arrested for alleged cyber libel
The warrant of arrest is issued by Branch 10 of the Davao City Regional Trial Court, Meanwhile, Lustre says he does not know who the complainant is.
How a Dubai trip to see his mom launched a film career
James Durias Arieta came to Dubai with no plan other than to be with his ‘TNT’ mother, a visit that unexpectedly launched his career in cinematography
Regions
This Bicolano theater group brings grassroots stories — and disaster relief — to communities
Veteran actor Julie DM Vega of Albay theater group Sining Banwa says it’s time for local governments to invest in their artists and help ‘bring art directly to the masses’
When the Ifugao rice terraces rest
In Nagacadan, Kiangan, Ifugao, the rice terraces were not green when we came. They were resting, and that turned out to be one of the most important things to see.
Business
Martha Sazon, GCash’s newly Mynted billionaire
Make way for the fintech queen: top dog of the PSE’s seventh-largest local company, one of Asia’s most powerful women, and now, a paper billionaire
[Vantage Point] High barriers, high stakes: The SEC’s liquidity gambit
The Philippines needs to turn its moribund stock exchange into an engine for genuine capital formation
World
Ukraine says Starlink and Starshield operating at 400 kilometers per hour after week of throttling
'Monitoring systems had previously recorded disruptions to the Starlink/Starshield service. The speed metrics have now returned to normal,' the ministry says
The week in photos: October 17-23, 2026
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Technology
Moonshot curbs hacking ability in new Kimi model as fears grow over AI-powered cyberattacks
Moonshot says it removed cyber-related data from the training corpus and reinforcement-learning environments used to develop the model, while retaining general coding skills
OpenAI resumes frontier AI training after security overhaul, discloses flaw in widely used software
The disclosure comes amid concerns over the ability of increasingly capable AI agents to identify and exploit software flaws, including in the guardrails meant to contain them
Sports
Carlos Yulo misses out on World Championship floor exercise medal
Carlos Yulo finishes eight and last in the floor exercise final of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, ending his bid to recapture the title he first won in 2019
Why sports insider Brian Windhorst’s career begins and ends with writing
‘No one story is worth damaging a relationship that maybe involves 5, 10, 15 years of building,’ says American sports media personality Brian Windhorst, who visited Manila for the NBA on Disney+’s launch
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