MARCOS HEADED TOWARDS DICTATORSHIP? Malacanang denies, says Duterte sowing intrigue

As the campaign for the May 12 national and local elections heat up, former president Rodrigo Duterte launched another scathing attack on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his administration alleging that the president was moving towards dictatorship, following in his father’s footsteps.

AMERICA IN MY HEART: Filipinos ‘robbed’ of US citizenship, Trump doing it again?

US President Donald Trump, as part of his record-setting and mind-boggling (some describe it as draconian) immigration crackdown, has issued an executive order ending birthright citizenship.

Cardinal Tagle has a chance at the papacy

By Beting Laygo Dolor, Editor VATICAN/MANILA – With the beloved yet controversial Pope Francis reportedly in critical condition due to pneumonia, Roman Catholics worldwide can’t help but wonder who is likely to succeed him as the next vicar of Rome….

US poised to deport new group of Filipinos: envoy

An unidentified number of Filipinos are up for deportation as the Trump administration continues its massive immigration crackdown on illegal aliens in the United States.

 Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez confirmed that “a number of Filipinos” – newly arrived ones in the US – have already been informed that they are set for deportation.

Marcos poised for bigger Cabinet revamp? Not yet, says Palace

After two Cabinet members were replaced, speculations are up that there is an impending major Cabinet revamp.

Malacañang denied the speculations but admitted that President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is evaluating his Cabinet.

Cardinal Tagle, Filipinos offer prayers for ailing Pope Francis

Vatican-based Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle joined calls for prayers for Pope Francis, who remains in the hospital for respiratory infection.

Malacanang fumbles on EDSA commemoration

By Beting Laygo Dolor, Editor MANILA  –  President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. could have taken extraordinary steps to stop any form of celebration of the EDSA People Power Revolution, but he did not. This somewhat skewed logic was all that the…

‘Hello, Love, Again’ records P1.6 B worldwide gross, featured in Los Angeles again next week

The 2024 romantic movie “Hello, Love, Again,” starring Kapamilya actress Kathryn Bernardo and Kapuso actor Alden Richards, has recorded P1.6 billion at the box office worldwide.

Newsom bares plan for economic growth, $245 million for more jobs, investment for LA’s recovery

 Governor Newsom has  released the new California Jobs First Economic Blueprint, a statewide plan built with input from 13 regional plans to drive sustainable economic growth, innovation, and access to good-paying jobs over the next decade. 

San Francisco Bay Area folk stage rally to mark EDSA People Power

SAN FRANCISCO – In their mission to continue the fight against alleged fascism, imperialism, exploitation and economic plunder in the Philippines, around a hundred members of San Francisco Bay Area Filipino and solidarity organizations, concerned community members, and protestors from EDSA People Power in the Philippines gathered at the San Francisco Philippine Consulate on February 25 and commemorated the anniversary of the broad mass mobilization that ousted Ferdinand Marcos Sr. in 1986.