MANILA, Philippines —The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has called on China Daily to immediately remove an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video that portrays Filipinos as monkeys, describing the content as racist, dehumanizing, and unacceptable. In a statement issued Thursday evening, the DFA said the Philippines is demanding the removal of the offensive material and urged
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Taal Volcano logs second phreatomagmatic eruption this month
LUCENA CITY — Taal Volcano in Batangas produced a minor phreatomagmatic eruption on Thursday morning, July 16, marking the second such event recorded this month, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. This type of eruption is triggered when water interacts with magma. In its morning bulletin, Phivolcs said the eruption occurred at
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Grade 9 student probed after ‘shabu’ seized at Leyte school
TACLOBAN CITY – A 14-year-old Grade 9 student is being investigated after school personnel allegedly recovered a sachet containing suspected “shabu” (crystal meth) inside the campus of Javier National High School in Javier, Leyte, prompting police and social welfare authorities to intervene. The student, identified only by the alias “CMC” to protect his identity as
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Female Passenger Chasing Jeepney for Ride Gets Hit & Dragged Under Truck
Female Passenger Thrown Out of Jeepney Ends Up Under Trailer Truck in Manila A female passenger was seriously injured after she was hit and dragged underneath a truck while chasing for a jeepney ride. On early Thursday morning (July 16, 2026), CCTV cameras in Barangay 739, Zone 80 captured the victim getting off the front portion of a jeepney in a ... Read more
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DFA demands removal of China Daily video depicting Filipinos as monkeys
MANILA, Philippines —The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday evening demanded that China Daily remove a video depicting Filipinos as monkeys, calling the content racist, dehumanizing and unacceptable. “The Philippines demands that the offensive material be taken down, calls for the immediate cessation of such irresponsible content, and urges China to uphold dignity, respect,
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Teodoro slams China Daily video depicting Filipinos as monkeys
MANILA, Philippines — Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Thursday condemned a social media video posted by Chinese state-run media China Daily depicting Filipinos as monkeys, calling it racist propaganda that reflects how Beijing views the Filipino people. The video, which circulated on Facebook, mocked the 2016 arbitral award in the South China Sea. It
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Pagasa: LPA outside PAR will have no effect on PH in next 2 to 3 days
MANILA, Philippines — The state weahter bureau said on Thursday that the low pressure area (LPA) monitored outside the Philippine area of responsibility would not directly affect the country in the next two to three days. On Thursday’s 5 p.m. weather forecast of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, weather specialist Loriedin de
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Amicus Curiae: A decade after 2016 West Philippine Sea arbitral award
It has been a decade since the five-member United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) Arbitral Tribunal released on July 12, 2016 its decision in favor of the Philippines on most of its submissions on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) issue. UNCLOS, adopted in 1982 and in force since 1994, is the
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US, Iran exchange blows in rekindled Middle East war
TEHRAN, Iran — The United States struck Iran and Tehran attacked US allies in the Gulf on Thursday as the foes battled over the vital Strait of Hormuz in the renewed Middle East war. The rekindled fighting came a month after the signing of a preliminary deal that aimed to end the conflict, which broke
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World Cup: France, England prepare for gloomy send-off
MIAMI, United States — France and England will bid a gloomy farewell to the World Cup on Saturday when they face each other in the dreaded third-place play-off in Miami. Both teams head to Florida still raw from semi-final defeats that have left both footballing nations licking wounds, which, in the eyes of many, were
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