Quiboloy senatorial bid alive as Comelec junks DQ case
MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has dismissed a petition seeking to disqualify suspected child abuser Apollo Quiboloy from running in the May 2025 midterm elections. In a 14-page decision promulgated on Dec. 18, the Comelec First Division ruled…
Senators recognize historic win of Sofronio Vasquez
Senators sought to formally commend Sofronio Vasquez III for being the first Filipino and first Asian to win the international singing competition “The Voice USA.” In Senate Resolution No. (SRN) 1262, Senate President Pro Tempore Jose Jinggoy Estrada recognized Vasquez’s…
PHL asserts rights over Bajo de Masinloc at UN General Assembly
NEW YORK/MANILA – The Philippines has asserted its rights over the Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) as it accused China of “gross distortion” of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)….
First FilAm Olympic gold medalist Victoria Draves, Tina Turner, others inducted into 18th Class of the California Hall of Fame
By Claire Morales True, Managing Editor SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom, First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, and the California Museum announced the 18th class of the California Hall of Fame, consisting of trailblazers in athletics, including a Filipino American winner of…
Health & Wealth: ACAPINOY hymnbook available at Amazon
As a book author, columnist, evangelist and founder of ACAPINOY, I’m delighted to announce that copies of the new ACAPINOY Hymnbook are now available at Amazon in Hardcover, Paperback and E-book. The new ACAPINOY Hymnbook has 356 pages with more…
As I See It: The election is over, let’s move forward
It’s over… regardless of the outcome in the latest presidential election held last November 5, we need to move on! Let’s move forward! Let’s put aside whatever emotions we have, whether we are happy with the election results, or not...NBI PRESSES PROBE ON DUTERTE ‘KILL’ THREAT;
VP denies plot anew, ready to face impeachment, raps By ALFRED GABOT and CLAIRE MORALES TRUE Editor in Chief and Managing Editor MANILA – Vice President Sara Duterte denied anew allegation she was plotting to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. even…
Filipino singer Sofronio Vasquez wins ‘The Voice USA’
Filipino singer Sofronio Vasquez won 26th season of The Voice USA on Tuesday, December 10 (US time), the first Filipino and Asian to win the competition. Vasquez, who was under Michael Bublé’s team, received the majority of votes from America, winning a…
Congress okays P6.3 trillion nat’l budget for 2025, maintains OVP outlay cut
MANILA – Lawmakers from the Senate and the House of Representatives composing the Congressional bicameral conference approved on December 11 the final version of House Bill No. 10800 or the proposed P6.352 trillion 2025 national budget. On the same day, the two…




































