Filipina identified as hundredth victim in Hawaii wildfire
LOS ANGELES, United States — A 100th victim has been identified from the wildfire that ravaged the Hawaiian island of Maui over the summer, police said Friday.
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'I love you 3000': Rob Gomez, Shaila Rebortera celebrate baby's baptism amid 'convo' scandal
MANILA, Philippines — The daughter of controversial Kapuso actor Rob Gomez and his partner Shaila Rebortera was baptized recently.
Hats off to Asi
It’s been a long journey from Tonga to the Philippines for Asi Taulava. When he arrived here to play for Blu Detergent in the PBL in 1997, there were doubts as to his ethnicity. Was he actually half-Filipino? Taulava was deported in the wake of suspicions of fake Fil-foreigners claiming blood lineage in 2000. Sonny Alvarado, Rob Parker and Al Segova were exposed as impostors, shipped out and never heard of again. But Taulava fought for his rights, returned in 2001 and later brought his Filipina mother Pauline Hernandez to appear before a panel of immigration interrogators to argue his case. He was eventually cleared by the Department of Justice.
Climate change causes warmest Arctic summer
THE Arctic saw its warmest-ever summer in 2023, the result of accelerating human-caused climate change that is pushing ecosystems and the people that depend on them into uncharted territory, according to an official report Tuesday.
Climate conspiracy theories flourish ahead of COP28
PARIS, France — Climate conspiracy theories are flourishing with lifestyle influencers joining in the misinformation war and scientists hounded on social media, researchers say, as pressure rises on leaders at the COP28 summit.
World 'failing' on pledge to stop deforestation by 2030
BANGKOK, Thailand — The world is "failing" on a pledge to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030, with global losses increasing last year, a group of NGOs and researchers warned Tuesday.
Disasters displaced some 43m children
Weather-related disasters forcibly displaced a staggering 43.1 million children across 44 countries over the past six years, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said.
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