Philippine News

November 24 ------ JAMIE Malonzo and Geo Chiu are taking over the slots of Justin Brownlee and Ange Koaume in Gilas Pilipinas in the 33rd Southeast Asian Games men’s basketball tournament. The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas has yet to release a statement, but sources said Malonzo and Chiu have been included due to organizers deciding naturalized players are no longer allowed in the 5-on-5 competitions. That means Malonzo is joining the SEA Games national team, being the only

MANILA, Philippines, November 24 ------ It may not have been his best performance, but Eldrew Yulo still got the job done to win a medal in the Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. The 17-year-old bagged the floor exercise bronze following a nerve-racking final at the Marriott Grand Ballroom in Pasay City. Yulo cracked the podium by the slimmest of margins by netting 13.733 points as he joined older brother Carlos in an exclusive club of Filipino world medalists. C

WASHINGTON, November 24 ------ James Harden scored a Los Angeles Clippers-record 55 points in a 131-116 NBA victory at Charlotte while the Detroit Pistons stretched their win streak to 12 games by beating Milwaukee 129-116. The Clippers improved to 5-11 while extending the Hornets' losing streak to five games. Harden, the 2018 NBA Most Valuable Player, scored 27 points in the first quarter for the Clippers, who snapped a three-game losing streak. "The work I put in individual

MANILA, Philippines, November 24 ------ The Philippines takes its second crack at giving the home crowd a winning result in the FIFA Futsal Women’s World Cup Monday night when it battles Morocco at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City. The Filipina5 and the Atlas Lionesses are in the same boat, coming off identical 0-6 losses in their opening assignments against Poland and Argentina, respectively. And the protagonists both view their 8:30 p.m. matchup as a good opportunity to g

MANILA, Philippines, November 24 ------ The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) shadowed the two China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels operating near Panatag Shoal during a routine maritime patrol in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). PCG vessel BRP Cabra repeatedly issued radio challenges, ordering the two Chinese ships to depart Philippine waters, according to PCG spokesperson for the WPS Commodore Jay Tarriela. “The challenge cited violations of the Philippine Maritime Zones Act, the Unite

MANILA, Philippines, November 24 ------ The low pressure area (LPA) inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) developed into a tropical depression at 2 am on Monday, November 24. It was given the local name Verbena, as the country’s 22nd tropical cyclone for 2025. It is also the third tropical cyclone for November, after Typhoon Tino (Kalmaegi) and Super Typhoon Uwan (Fung-wong). In a briefing past 5 am on Monday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronom

MANILA, November 24 ------ The Philippine Fleet is tightening its naval embrace with Japan as both countries accelerate security cooperation amid Beijing’s growing assertiveness in the West Philippine Sea and wider Indo-Pacific. Rear Adm. Joe Anthony Orbe, commander of the Philippine Fleet, led a delegation to Japan this week for a string of high-level engagements with the Japan Self-Defense Fleet (JSDF) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) — a visit that comes a

MANILA, Philippines, November 24 ------ Immigration personnel stationed at international airports and seaports are under heightened alert for former Ako Bicol party-list representative Zaldy Co and 15 of his co-accused. Their names have been encoded into the Bureau of Immigration’s centralized derogatory database, ensuring that frontline officers can immediately flag, verify and respond should any of them attempt to depart from or enter the Philippines, BI Commissioner Joel A

MANILA, November 23 ------ The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has been setting up new offices and appointing labor attachés to expand global reach and strengthen protection and welfare programs for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). In an interview over local Filipino program in Hong Kong on Monday, Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac said the DMW, being one of the youngest departments, is literally building its workforce, moving from “building the house” to “delive

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, November 23 ------ Billionaires in the world's leading economies made $2.2 trillion last year, which would have been enough to lift all the world's poor out of poverty, global campaign group Oxfam said. The British-based charity urged this weekend's summit of the powerful G20 group of major economies to back initiatives by the host, South Africa, to address massive global wealth inequality and the debt undermining developing countries. Billionaires

MANILA, November 23 ------ The Alas Pilipinas Girls are now 25th in the world, according to the latest rankings released by the FIVB. This comes after the Alas girls finished fifth in the 2nd AVC Asian Women's U16 Volleyball Championship in Amman, Jordan, last week and qualified for next year's world championships. The program leaped 17 places from No. 42. "We didn't realize that our small wins in the Asian Qualifying were that instrumental in raising our country's standing t

November 23 ------ Filipino director Brillante Mendoza has been named one of the “10 Most Inspiring Filmmakers in Southeast Asia” by a Malaysia-based international magazine that annually spotlights notable personalities and industry leaders across the region. In its latest edition, Top 10 of Asia magazine highlighted Southeast Asia’s evolving film landscape and recognized 10 filmmakers whose works have made significant impacts on global cinema. Mendoza, described as one of th

November 23 ------ Medical supply company ANP Pharma is taking the lead in helping mariners stay on the right side of medical compliance through its in-house consultancy service. “Failure to comply with medical regulations carries significant consequences,” says Ella Isiraojie, Business Development Manager at ANP Pharma. “Beyond financial penalties and reputational damage, in the most serious cases non-compliance can result in legal actions such as criminal prosecution and im

LONDON, United Kingdom, November 23 ------ About 23,000 deaths could have been prevented in England if the first COVID-19 lockdown had been introduced sooner at the start of the pandemic, a UK public inquiry found, also slamming a "toxic" and misogynistic culture at the top of government. The second report from an inquiry into the UK response to the COVID-19 pandemic criticized the government led by Boris Johnson for a "lack of urgency" in the early days of the pandemic in 20

MANILA, November 23 ------ The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is providing financial support of up to PHP135,000 for premature babies born between 24 weeks and less than 32 weeks of gestational age under its Z Benefits package. In an advisory coinciding with the global observance of World Prematurity Day, PhilHealth said the Z Benefit aims to help parents manage the high medical costs associated with caring for extremely premature or small newborns. The

November 23 ------ Undefeated professional boxers Weljon Mindoro and Eumir Marcial along with Paris Olympics medalists Aira Villegas and Nesthy Petecio headline a 13-strong PH boxing team to the 33rd Southeast Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand. The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) and the Association of Boxing Alliances of the Philippines (ABAP) unveiled the roster in a press conference on Wednesday, Nov. 19, at the Sentro 1771 in Pasig City. “We have a total of 13 boxers, s

MANILA, Philippines, November 23 ------ Award-winning artist Lea Salonga is returning to Hong Kong Disneyland to perform at one of the theme park's 20th anniversary celebration events. Lea will perform at the "Disney Legend Live in Concert" on January 10, 2026, a new one-night-only concert installment to the "Disney Live In Concert" series. The actress-singer previously performed at the theme park's 2005 grand opening, and for her comeback, she will be accompanied by the stri

November 23 ------ With the Coast Guard's final cybersecurity rule in effect as of July 16, 2025 and the training mandate due January 12, 2026, the marine transportation system is being pushed to treat cyber risk as an operational reality. Two voices, one from a maritime technology company and one from a safety-and-risk leader, point to the same answer: If the industry wants resilience, it must move beyond checklists toward engineered controls, measurable hygiene and contract

MILWAUKEE, November 22 ------ Tyrese Maxey scored a career-high 54 points and tied the game by hitting two free throws with seven seconds left in the fourth quarter of the Philadelphia 76ers’ 123-114 overtime victory over the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA. Maxey’s previous career high was a 52-point performance in a 133-126, double-overtime victory over San Antonio on April 7, 2024. He also had nine assists and played over 46 1/2 minutes. Maxey, who entered Thursday averaging a

ISTANBUL, November 22 ------ Japan is set to restart the world's largest nuclear power plant, the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in central Niigata prefecture, Nikkei Asia reported. The prefectural governor is expected to approve Tokyo Electric Power's nuclear plant bringing the facility one step closer to reopening for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, according to the daily report. The 8.2-gigawatt facility, known as the world's largest nuclear plant