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PRESIDENTIAL son and Ilocos Norte First District Rep. Ferdinand Alexander "Sandro" Marcos

Rep. Marcos' Mother's Day wish to first lady: 'Don't be so mad anymore'

By Ma. Reina Leanne Tolentino

HEADLINES: Gibo hits Chinese for 'wiretapping' | May 9, 2024

HEADLINES: Gibo hits Chinese for 'wiretapping' | May 9, 2024

Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. TMT file photo

Gibo hits Chinese for 'wiretapping'

By Francisco Tuyay and Franco Jose C. Baroña

LINING UP FOR WORK The cities of Caloocan, Marikina and Pasay, in coordination with the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) and SM, held job fairs on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. The event was held at the SM Grand Central where 7,848 jobs were up for grabs, with other fairs also held at SM City in Marikina, and SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO, ISMAEL DE JUAN AND J. GERARD SEGUIA

Unemployment worsens but job quality improves

By Niña Myka Pauline Arceo

BRP ‘Cabra’ at approximately 3.5NM east off Ayungin Shoal blocked by CCGV 21551 at approximately 20 yards dead ahead. PHOTO FROM THE PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD

Wescom chief agreed to China's 'new model'

By Franco Jose C. Baroña

Gibo hits Chinese for 'wiretapping'

Unemployment worsens but job quality improves

Wescom chief agreed to China's 'new model'

PCSO Lotto Results | May 8, 2024

Antonio Contreras

On the Contrary

We should not use our fishers as pawns

By Antonio Contreras

Observer

Crisis management as a tool for statecraft in WPS dispute

By Yen Makabenta

The Word on the World

Thank God! Marcos has consecrated our nation

By Ricardo Saludo

HARVARD VERITAS

Senior citizen benefits — a zero-sum game?

By Gmeleen Tomboc

Today's Front Page

President Ferdinand Marcos poses with members of his Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) and Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD), the political party of Speaker Martin Romualdez at the Manila Polo Club in Makati City on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. PHOTOS BY RENE H. DILAN

May 8, 2024

The DKT Philippines Foundation Inc. officially launches the SODEX Mobile Clinic, the country’s first ever ambulatory clinic that provides free family planning services for Filipinos. It will also provide services like free tubal ligation and non-scalpel vasectomy and items like pills, condoms, and injectables, The clinic will travel for 119 days to Central Luzon, North Luzon, Cordillera, Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan) and Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon). PHOTOS BY JOHN ORVEN VERDOTE

FAMILY PLANNING ON WHEELS

May 8, 2024

Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa inspects the anti-rabies vaccination at the San Lazaro Hospital in Sta. Cruz, Manila on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO

HERBOSA INSPECTION

May 8, 2024

Thousands of people flock to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) office in Manila on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in the belief that they will receive trillions of dollars allegedly from the country's hidden wealth. Gilbert Langres, founder of the Democratic and Republican Guardians Philippines Inc., carried documents that were said to prove the existence of the Philippines' hidden wealth. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO

FACT OR FICTION

May 8, 2024

Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma and Bell-Kenz Pharma Inc. Chief Executive Officer Luis Raymond Go answer media questions during the weekly forum at the 'Kapihan sa Manila Bay,' on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO

LAGUESMA, BELL-KENZ CEO AT 'KAPIHAN'

May 8, 2024

FIRE! This handout photo from the Armed Forces of the Philippines, taken and received on May 8, 2024, shows the BRP Jose Rizal launching a C-Star Surface to Surface Anti-Ship Missile directed toward a mock enemy target during the maritime strike exercise as part of the US-Philippines annual military Balikatan drills in Laoag. AFP PHOTO

US, PH troops sink China-made vessel in war games

US and Philippine forces sank a decommissioned China-made Philippine Navy ship Wednesday during South China Sea war games simulating an attack on an enemy vessel, officials said. The exercises are being held near the city of Laoag, around 400 kilometers (250 miles) south of Taiwan, amid a backdrop of increased confrontations between Philippine and Chinese vessels around South China Sea features claimed by Manila and Beijing. The BRP Lake Caliraya, a small tanker decommissioned by the Philippine Navy in 2020, slowly dipped below the water after being struck by waves of anti-ship missiles,

By Agence France-Presse - May 9, 2024

Marcos party, Lakas-CMD to field common Senate slate

John Ceniza: From boy server to Olympics weightlifter

World sweltered as April smashed global heat records

Filipinos want military action to resolve sea row

Agri damage in Region 6 hits P1.5B

Quick transfer of DIA to DIAA sought

INTERNATIONAL AIDS CANDLELIGHT MEMORIAL Bulacan Gov. Daniel Fernando (left, uppermost) and Vice Gov. Alexis Castro lead the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial along with provincial board members to raise awareness and encourage support in the fight against HIV and AIDS. The annual activity was held right after the flag-raising ceremony on May 6, 2024, at The Pavilion in Hiyas ng Bulacan Convention Center, City of Malolos. PHOTO BY FREDERICK SILVERIO

Bulacan holds Intl AIDS candlelight memorial

Photo shows a section of the Cavitex C5 Link Flyover. The Cavitex Infrastructure Corp. and Philippine Reclamation Authority said they hope to open this road section in the next two weeks. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO.

Cavitex must be under PEATC, says lawyer

FAR FROM HOME Kayah people fill their containers with drinking water delivered by the charity organization Clean Yangon at a camp for internally displaced people in Demoso township, Kayah state, eastern Myanmar on April 29, 2024. AFP PHOTO

Displaced people in Myanmar hits 3M

By Agence France-Presse

OUT OF SIGHT Myanmar's then-state counselor Aung San Suu Kyi arrives for a meeting with Vietnam's then-president Tran Dai Quang at the Presidential Palace on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi on Sept. 13, 2018. AFP FILE PHOTO

Cambodia's former PM seeks talks with Suu Kyi

Vietnam police nab 20 for hacking Facebook accounts

TENDER AND MILD A baby orangutan and its mother are pictured at Taman Safari in the city of Bogor, West Java province, southern Indonesia on Aug. 19, 2023. XINHUA FILE PHOTO

Malaysia eyes to use 'orangutan diplomacy'

SITE OF SUCCESS A general view of Singapore’s central business district on April 29, 2024. AFP PHOTO

Singapore urges better stem cell bank supervision

IN THE DARK The silhouettes of what Israel’s army says are Israeli soldiers are seen during the dismantling of a tunnel in the Beit Hanun area of the northern Gaza Strip on May 7, 2024. ISRAELI ARMY PHOTO VIA AFP

Israel pounds Gaza as truce talks resume

HE SAID, SHE SAID Adult film star Stormy Daniels (left) in Hollywood, California, and former US president Donald Trump in New York City. AFP FILE PHOTO

Stormy Daniels details alleged sex with Trump

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

Foreign reserves dip as gov't settles debts

THE country's gross international reserves (GIR) slipped in April as the government paid off some of its debt and used foreign currencies for some spending items, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported on Wednesday. GIR settled at $103.4 billion as of end-April, down from $104.1 billion a month earlier, but was said to be still more than adequate to pay for the country's imports and short-term debt. The decline "reflected mainly the national government's net foreign currency withdrawals from its deposits with the BSP to settle its foreign currency debt obligations and

By Niña Myka Pauline Arceo - May 9, 2024

interSoldiers wearing VR headsets take part in battlefield rescue training at the National Defense Medical Center in Taipei on April 30, 2024. Photo by I-Hwa CHENG / AFP

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Taiwan's everywhere war

This frame grab from video footage taken and released on April 30, 2024 by the Philippine Coast Guard shows the BRP Bagacay being hit by water cannon from Chinese coast guard vessels near the Chinese-controlled Scarborough shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea. Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)

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US Pacific commander says China is pursuing 'boiling frog' strategy

protestA protester raises a fist as pro-Palestinian students demonstrate against the Israel-Hamas war on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, on April 24, 2024. Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP

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Campus protests become a political liability for Joe Biden and Democrats

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson leaves a news conference where he and his Republican committee chairs criticized pro-Palestinian protests at universities across the country at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center on April 30, 2024 in Washington, DC. House Republicans have demanded the firing of college and university leaders and threatened to withhold funding to institutions of higher education unless they dismantle and erase protest encampments and work to prevent demonstrations on their campuses. Photo by CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP

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Adults, not students, are America's problem

Jay Bryan Baricuatro ASBC PHOTO

PH pugs earn 4 bronzes in Asian Youth

(UPDATE) FOUR Filipino boxers earned bronze medals at the Asian Boxing Confederation (ASBC) Asian U22 & Youth Boxing Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan. It started on Monday, when Robert Malunoc Jr. gave the country its first bronze medal in the men's youth 48 kilogram division, after bowing to Tajikistan's Muinkhodzha Muminov in his semifinal bout. Meanwhile, on Tuesday, in the men's under-22 48 kg division, Jay Bryan Baricuatro received a bronze medal, after losing to eventual champion Vishvanath Suresh in the semifinals. At the men's U22 63.5 kg division,

By Aric John Sy Cua - May 9, 2024

Raul Lambino is the chairman of the Association for Philippines-China Understanding. THE MANILA TIMES FILE PHOTO

Several Fujian films set for exhibit in Manila – APCU

THE Fujian Film Bureau will hold a film exhibit, "Fujian Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Film Culture Week — Philippine Stop," at Newport Mall Cinema from May 28 to June 2. The event aims to tell compelling stories about Fujian Province through films and strengthen the foundation for building people-to-people connectivity, Raul Lambino, chairman of the Association for Philippines-China Understanding (APCU), said. Lambino said 2024 marks the "Asean-China year of people-to-people exchanges" as a catalyst for promoting exchanges, mutual learning and cooperative development

Celebrate Mother's Day at Century Park Hotel

ARTA, Twala partner to boost digitalization efforts

PH Intl JazzFest 2024 celebrates Singapore, PH diplomatic relations

SMX Academix opens with talks on business succession

Sweeten mom's day at Bakebe with this irresistible Mother's Day offer

Why Filipino businesses shouldn't miss the 14th PhilSME Business Expo

British Chamber notes investment opportunities with BCDA

ARTA, Twala partner to boost digitalization efforts

Mother's Day gift ideas from foodpanda

DepEd honors Vivant group's education projects

Leap day magic: The first Alike Soiree at Te'kila bar

SM Supermalls emerges as one of PH's largest job creators

Supersized webs turn SM North EDSA into a Spider-Themed City as 'Spider-Man: World Of Webs' campaign begins

BDO Insurance cites the key pillars for ensuring the well-being of fur babies. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

BDO Insure cites insurance importance for fur babies

By shifting present learning, Makati changes future living

Securing sustainable, clean water this summer

Stock indices as of May 8, 2024

Visayas Container Terminal PHOTO FROM ICTSI

ICTSI upgrades Iloilo port for more shipping lines

PPA general manager Jay Daniel Santiago TMT FILE PHOTO

PPA to open Siargao and Coron cruise terminals

Visayas Container Terminal PHOTO FROM ICTSI

Empowered woman drives success in ship chandling industry

Officials, faculty members and students coming from various universities in Luzon, along with representatives of International Talent Circulation Base, Taiwan universities and Commission on Higher Education, converge after the signing of memorandum of understanding for the implementation of International Industrial Talents Education Special program, which opens scholarships for Filipinos in Taiwan at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City on April 30, 2024. PHOTO BY ARLO CUSTODIO

Taiwan offers STEM scholarships to PH students

By The Manila Times

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Kamuning Bakery donates classroom building to Calasiao elementary school

Word Cup Associated Editors Co. Executive Director Eugenio Sonny Calapit welcomes participants to the 21st Word Cup National Journalism Conference and Contests at Angels Hill, Tagaytay City, on May 4 and 5, 2024. Campus journalists take videos and photos of the event as a reference for their outputs. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

'Campus journalism can boost interest in science'

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UST summit advances church heritage conservation

Participants learn about the circular connection of waste segregation, anaerobic digestion, composting and greening programs at the Environmental Sanitation Center in Tunasan, Muntinlupa City. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Rice wastes eyed for bioenergy

By Leander C. Domingo

The Livestock Philippines and Aquaculture Philippines trade show on May 22–24, 2024 will have conferences and seminars for the two industries. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Feeds cost reduction key to livestock development

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WB sees need to transform farming practices

A visitor looks through the clock of the Orsay museum. AP Photo/ Michael Euler, file

Airbnb lists 11 iconic places including museums

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Ygig, Pluus release back-to-back singles

Ice Seguerra's 'Videoke Hits' this weekend sold out

'Let It Be' — at last

The Met Gala in full bloom

'Miguel Tan Felix makes it to 'Running Man' season 2

An ode to Floy Quintos

Madonna wows Rio with 'Celebration Tour' finale

Nonie’s moves forward from the laidback island life of Boracay to the hustle of Metro Manila.

Boracay favorite Nonie's unveils first branch in Metro Manila

By Iza Iglesias - May 5, 2024

Chef-prepared meals at home

Nespresso's first Southeast Asia boutique concept opens in PH

How devoted mom Sunshine Cruz maintains her radiant beauty

The new standard in clean beauty

Finally, Love, Bonito's first brick-and-mortar store in PH

Women'secret, Springfield unveil summer collections

The Sunday Times Magazine

Bridging humanity and technology amid the rise of AI

May 5, 2024

(Above and below) The Secretary takes pride in having worked with Elon Musk for the deployment of internet connection to 13,000 farflung areas of the Philippines whose communities are now enjoying progress from technology.

DICT Secretary joins AI expo

Angela Arriola Ponmakha, Vice President and Chief of Staff of the Special Competitive Studies Project

About the AI Expo, SCSP and the Fil-American exec who pushed for PH representation at the event

With 12 new scripts, Virgin Labfest (VLF) 19: Pintog promises narratives dealing with the complex layers of human experience.

'VLF 19' — bearing fruits of human stories and experiences

4 Natasha Cabrera as Girlie

A tongue-twisting, mind-bending and out-of-this-world musical

The Manila Times CSI

Italian Ambassador to the Philippines Marco Clemente and his wife Maria Rosaria Brizi-Clemente meet the youth of Tondo. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Expats & Diplomats

A new chapter of the 'The Italian Embassy meets the youth of Tondo' festival

Stock indices as of May 8, 2024

Only 10 Huracan STJs will be produced.

Lamborghini unveils the Huracan STJ

Visayas Container Terminal PHOTO FROM ICTSI

ICTSI upgrades Iloilo port for more shipping lines

By Genivi Verdejo - May 8, 2024

A visitor looks through the clock of the Orsay museum. AP Photo/ Michael Euler, file

Airbnb lists 11 iconic places including museums

By Associated Press - May 7, 2024

A tree-growing activity in one of the Project Greenlight areas. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Green Industries

When forests become classrooms

By Leander C. Domingo - May 4, 2024

Officials, faculty members and students coming from various universities in Luzon, along with representatives of International Talent Circulation Base, Taiwan universities and Commission on Higher Education, converge after the signing of memorandum of understanding for the implementation of International Industrial Talents Education Special program, which opens scholarships for Filipinos in Taiwan at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City on April 30, 2024. PHOTO BY ARLO CUSTODIO

Taiwan offers STEM scholarships to PH students

By The Manila Times - May 9, 2024

Boardroom Watch

By Leah C. Salterio - May 3, 2024

Participants learn about the circular connection of waste segregation, anaerobic digestion, composting and greening programs at the Environmental Sanitation Center in Tunasan, Muntinlupa City. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Rice wastes eyed for bioenergy

By Leander C. Domingo - May 9, 2024