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After viral photo, father who sells banana cakes gets help for son's liver...
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Donations poured in for Baby Aki after a heartwarming photo of his father, Antonio Detablan, selling homemade banana cakes on the streets of Calamba, Laguna went viral...
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[OPINION] Pride is coming to an end, now what?
When Pride month rolls every June, the LGBTQ+ community and our allies gear up to celebrate our identity and humanity while preparing to protest against discrimination and systemic oppression. It’s a...
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Record-breaking: 70,000 Filipinos join Metro Manila Pride 2019
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Beating its record in 2018, this year's Metro Manila Pride March continued its streak as the largest and oldest Pride demonstration in Southeast Asia.The 2019 Metro...
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Deaf LGBTQ+ marchers heard loud and clear at Pride 2019
MANILA, Philippines – Deaf members of the LGBTQ+ community marched to fight the "double discrimination" against them as they joined the thousands-strong Pride March on Saturday, June 29."It's double...
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Pride 2019 is all about breaking barriers
MANILA, Philippines – Not even the weather can rain on Pride's parade.Organizers said 70,000 participants– almost triple the 2018 turnout despite rains – flocked to this year's Metro Manila Pride March...
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IN PHOTOS: #ResistTogether at 2019 Metro Manila Pride March
MANILA, Philippines – Despite rains, the Marikina City Sports Center was filled with colors on Saturday, March 29, as thousands of members and allies of the LGBTQ+ community marched to protest...
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Samboy Lim's daughter soars as U.P. summa cum laude
MANILA, Philippines – The daughter of the basketball legend dubbed "The Skywalker" graduated summa cum laude from the University of the Philippines Diliman – a milestone made all the more special as...
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Vowing equality for all, Marikina signs anti-discrimination ordinance
MANILA, Philippines – Marikina City Mayor Marcelino Teodoro announced the passage of the city's anti-discrimination ordinance during the 2019 Metro Manila Pride March on Saturday, June 29."Bilang...
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'Rainbow wave coming': Hontiveros hopeful SOGIE bill will pass 18th Congress
MANILA, Philippines – Senator Risa Hontiveros marched with thousands of members and allies of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) community at the 2019 Metro Manila Pride March...
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Metro Manila Pride apologizes after drawing flak for 'unpreparedness'
MANILA, Philippines – After drawing flak from some members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, and queer (LGBTQ+) community, Metro Manila Pride issued a statement on Monday, July 1, apologizing...
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Youth, advocates continue fight for coal-free Negros amid new leadership
BACOLOD CITY, Philippines – Negros Occidental remains coal-free. On Saturday, June 29, the inauguration protest turned into a time of celebration after governor-elect Eugenio Jose "Bong" Lacson heeded...
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How religious groups clashed over LGBTQ+ rights at Pride 2019
MANILA, Philippines – As members and allies of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, and queer community gathered at the Marikina Sports Center for Metro Manila Pride March 2019 on Saturday, June...
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The power of Pink Dot, Singapore's LGBTQ+ movement, lies in its rejection
Hong Lim Park is the only designated venue for Singaporeans to protest, but for one day in June for the past 11 years, it turns into a field of pink.Pink Dot SG is a non-profit movement started by a...
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U.P. marine scientists: 'West Philippine Sea is for Filipinos'
MANILA, Philippines– The country’s top center for marine sciences on Tuesday, July 2, urged the Philippine government to safeguard the exclusive rights of Filipinos to the West Philippine Sea (South...
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Yolanda survivor takes up physics in MIT as 'bigger contribution to the world'
MANILA, Philippines – For 19-year-old science communicator Hillary Diane Andales, going to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to take up a course in Physics is a step closer to her dream...
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'Artwork by the sidewalk': Ilonggo painter's life changes after going viral
ILOILO CITY, Philippines – A lot has changed for 52-year-old artist Larry Casinao since he first displayed his artwork on the sidewalk of Jaro, Iloilo.Casinao has made a living from selling his art for...
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U.P. Manila denies workplace discrimination vs transgender professor
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics (DPSM) of the University of the Philippines (UP) Manila has denied that it discriminated against a transgender assistant...
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[OPINION] Agriculture graduates should try working with an NGO
“I really haven’t thought things through,” said my former student when I asked him about his plans.He just obtained his degree in Agricultural Biotechnology from UP Los Baños on June 22. His reply did...
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Lumad escape from 'slavery' in Pangasinan
MANILA, Philippines – Thirty four Lumad, including two children from the Manobo-Pulangihan tribe in Quezon, Bukidnon, escaped from what they described as slave-like conditions in a fish farm owned by a...
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[OPINION] Why the Filipino youth should care about Sudan
There’s been a purge in Sudan, and the target is pro-democracy protesters. On June 3, 2019, Sudan’s military violently attacked the cluster of civil rights advocates rallying for democracy in Khartoum....
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