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Escudero unfazed by early leadership talk in next Senate
As lawmakers prepare to wrap up pending bills, Senate President Escudero says focus must remain on current work—not future power plays.
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As lawmakers prepare to wrap up pending bills, Senate President Escudero says focus must remain on current work—not future power plays.
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Several members of Upsilon Sigma Phi, the oldest Greek-letter fraternity in Asia established in 1918, emerged victorious in the recently concluded 2025…
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‘Maybe just for a year and a half, we’re asking all those who won—let’s fix the country first,’ he said. ‘If we can do that, maybe we can really focus on the…
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Familiar faces in showbiz take their shot at public service—with mixed results
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Former senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan attributes his fifth-place ranking in the 2025 National and Local Elections partial unofficial results to voters who…
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Former senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan made a surprise return to the top ranks of the 2025 senatorial race after initially trailing in pre-election surveys,…
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‘There are things that are no longer within our control, and those we entrust to Him.’
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Pope Leo XIV called on Monday for the release of journalists jailed "for seeking and reporting the truth" and warned reporters against using their words to fan…
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Pope Leo, born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, first set foot in Peru four decades ago as a missionary.
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Vatican City, Holy See — Leo XIV prayed at the tomb of Pope Francis on Saturday, just two days after being elected new head of the Catholic Church…
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The Vatican fills its coffers by running hospitals, museums, and owning a vast real estate portfolio, together with donations from the faithful. Yet its…
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Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte, along with local lawmakers and officials, formally endorsed former Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan’s Senate comeback bid…
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‘He presided over our Provincial chapter here in Cebu, and he regularly came for visits in 2004, 2008 and 2012.’
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The idyllic campus of Villanova University is ecstatic since the election of American Robert Prevost to the highest seat of the Catholic Church.
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Paula Hambrick never imagined that in her lifetime the Catholic Church would be led by a pope from the United States, never mind her hometown of Chicago.
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Louis Prevost is still reckoning with what just happened in his family.
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Former Senator and senatorial candidate Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan secured the blessing of Dagupan-Lingayen Archbishop Socrates Villegas, one of the…
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Cavite gubernatorial candidate Francisco Gabriel “Abeng” Remulla threw his support behind former Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan’s bid for a Senate return…
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