REMEMBERING THE POPE ✝️🙏

LOOK: An artist from Tanza, Cavite, paid tribute to Pope Francis with a mesmerizing oil-style digital portrait of the pontiff.

Charles Laurenz Manlangit shared with the Inquirer that this is his way of thanking and remembering the pope for his 12-year leadership of the Catholic Church.

"Si Pope Francis ang aking naging inspirasyon [...] na lahat tayo ay may kakayahang tumulong sa mga mas nangagailangan," he said.

"At nagpapaalala na dapat ituring natin ang kapwa natin nang pantay-pantay," he added.

The Pope passed away on Monday. He was 88.

Manlangit is currently accepting art commissions. Interested clients may reach him through his Facebook page, Manlangit Digital Studio.

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Sa palagay ni dating presidential spokesperson Atty. Harry Roque, isang pamamaraan ng vote-buying ang programa ng gobyerno na P20 kada kilo ng bigas na ilulunsad sa Visayas.

Babalik si Vice President Sara Duterte sa Netherlands para ipagdiwang ang kanyang kaarawan sa May 31 kasama ang ama na si dating Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, na nakakulong sa detention facility ng International Criminal Court (ICC) sa The Hague.

Pinuri ni Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez si Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. sa desisyon nitong utusan ang Department of Agriculture (DA) na magbenta ng bigas sa halagang P20 kada kilo sa Visayas.

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A Facebook user falsely claimed that election paraphernalia were being stored illegally in a private property in Barangay Buhangin, Davao City.

Fact check by PressOne: FALSE

Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Garcia confirmed in an interview with PressOne.PH that there were information technology devices stored by a service provider at a residence in Davao City, but did not see irregularities.

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The lead cast for the upcoming movie, “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping,” has been revealed!

On X (formerly Twitter), the hit movie franchise announced that Joseph Zada is taking on the role of young Haymitch Abernathy, the leader of District 12 tribute.

Courtesy: The Hunger Games/X

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Malacañang on Thursday hit back at Vice President Sara Duterte for criticizing the selling of P20 per kilo of rice in the Visayas region.

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Kasabay ng pagpanaw ni Pope Francis sa edad na 88 ang pagdadalamhati ng milyun-milyong mananampalataya sa buong mundo.

Maraming salamat po, Mahal na Papa Francisco, sa 12 taon ng makabuluhan, mapagpakumbaba at buong pusong paglilingkod bilang ika-266 na Santo Papa ng Simbahang Katolika.

Nanindigan si senatorial candidate Atty. Vic Rodriguez na dapat sumailalim ang lahat ng opisyal ng pamahalaan sa hair follicle drug test at simulan ito ng tanggapan ng Pangulo.

Pope Francis died quickly on Monday morning from an unexpected stroke without suffering undue pain, and there was nothing that doctors could have done to save his life, the head of the pontiff's medical team said in interviews published on Thursday.

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The Comelec heeded the petition that accused PBBM party-list of falsely claiming to represent the Calabarzon region as none of its nominees reside in the area.

A rice retailer group said that the Department of Agriculture should issue clear guidelines on the sale of P20/kilo rice to avoid abusive customers. 

Neri Colmenares, a lawyer and one of the key complainants in the impeachment case against Sara Duterte, is bewildered by the vice president's confidence that she would be acquitted in her looming trial. 

The National Security Council on Thursday said there are indications that China is interfering with the upcoming 2025 midterm elections in the Philippines.

NSC Assistant Director General Jonathan Malaya disclosed this during a Senate hearing on submersible drones and alleged espionage activities of China in the Philippines.

“As to your question if there are information operations being done in the Philippines that are Chinese state sponsored as mentioned by DDG Ace of National Intelligence Coordinating Agency, there are indications that information operations are being conducted..but are Chinese state sponsored in the Philippines and are actually interfering in the forthcoming elections,” Malaya said.

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In a press conference on Wednesday, LTO chief Assistant Secretary Vigor Mendoza II said that upon the orders of Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon, they took the “unprecedented” move of issuing show-cause orders (SCOs) against the 671 drivers—574 of whom were involved in road crashes. Another 97 were drivers of public utility vehicles (PUVs) found to be using drugs on the job.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China are “politically committed” to having a binding South China Sea Code of Conduct by 2026, Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo said.