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Sixteen years later, One Direction fever lives on

CONSOLACION, Cebu – “You and me got a whole lot of history.” For some, it’s simply a lyric from One Direction’s (1D) 2015 hit “History.” But for millions of Directioners, it reflects the journey they have shared with the band over the past 16 years through its music and memories. On July 23, fans around

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Waist-deep floods swamp village as monsoon rains hit Sultan Kudarat

KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato — Waist-deep floodwaters submerged parts of Barangay Caridad in Lambayong, Sultan Kudarat on Friday morning after hours of continuous rain brought by the southwest monsoon, or habagat. Barangay staff member Tambaiko Ambilang Sarip said rainfall began on Thursday, July 23, and continued through the night, with intermittent moderate to heavy downpours.

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Man arrested in Parañaque with P1.4-M shabu, kush

MANILA, Philippines — A man was arrested in Parañaque City early Friday morning, July 24, after police allegedly found more than P1.4 million worth of suspected shabu and marijuana during a buy-bust operation, the Southern Police District (SPD) said. Authorities identified the suspect only by the alias “Michael,” a 30-year-old male individual, according to the

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Elderly man found dead in irrigation waterway in Bohol town

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol — An 86-year-old man was found dead in a waterway amid rice fields in Barangay Lungsodaan, Candijay town, Bohol on Friday morning, July 24. The victim’s body was discovered in Purok 6 and was recovered through a joint operation by personnel of the Candijay Emergency Rescue Unit, the Philippine National Police, and

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Flood shuts down highway in Antique town

ILOILO CITY — Rescue teams evacuated flood-stricken families in the municipality of Hamtic, Antique before dawn on Friday, July 24, as persistent rains from the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) inundated several villages, rendered a major highway impassable, and forced the suspension of face-to-face classes. Personnel from the Hamtic Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office

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Marcos on his forthcoming Sona: ‘Stay tuned for the next chapter’

MANILA, Philippines — “Abangan ang susunod na kabanata,” or roughly, stay tuned for the next chapter. This was President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s brief but cryptic response on Friday when asked whether he would again address the corruption issues he raised in his 2025 State of the Nation Address (Sona) during this year’s address on July 27.

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Thailand video news | Criminalisation keeps Thailand’s sex industry in the shadows, Bangkok Film fest resists alleged pressure over Taiwan logo

In Thailand video news, Alex and Jay cover the latest stories from across the country. Today’s headlines include the hidden cost of keeping Thailand’s sex industry in the shadows, the Pattaya government’s plea for visitors to stop giving cash to homeless people, a bizarre hospital case in Udon Thani involving a man whose genitals became …

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Burmese woman scalds daughter for allegedly eating without permission

A 13 year old girl in Kanchanaburi province is rescued after her Myanmar mother scalded her with boiling water and prevented her from receiving treatment for several days. The child abuse case came to light on July 23 after the village head alerted rescuers from the Pitakkarn Foundation to the incident at a home in …

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Killer whales: Orcas blow fish to bits ‘for fun,’ study finds

SYDNEY,  Australia — A group of killer whales have been documented blowing a sunfish to bits in an unusual underwater escapade offering never-before-seen insights into orca behaviour, according to research released Thursday. Video released by the US-based NGO Beneath The Waves shows one orca holding the tail of a sunfish, with its fellow whale then

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Visayas grid on yellow alert early Friday night

MANILA – A yellow alert has been issued for the Visayas grid from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday still due to the unavailability of generating units of a major coal-fired power plant and the forced shutdown of a Cebu-based power plant.  In an advisory, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines said Units 1 and

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