Wartime New Year
[Inquirer.net] - 12/31/2024
Historians deal with the past, this makes writing a New Year column difficult. We all want to throw 2024 in the dustbin of history and look forward to a better 2025. I looked up the Inquirer headline for Jan. 1, 2024, “ASEAN MINISTERS WORRY OVER RISING SEA TENSIONS.” Not much has changed since. (…)
In Philippine newspapers
PMNFT exits AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup with heads held high
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Philippine Men’s National Football Team or PMNFT bowed out of the 2024 AFF Mitsubishi (…)
[Cebu Daily Mail] - 31/12/2024
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt reach divorce settlement after 8 years
LOS ANGELES — Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached a divorce settlement, apparently ending one of the longest (…)
[Inquirer.net] - 31/12/2024
Vietnam's rice exports set new records in both volume, value
HANOI, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's rice exports set new records in both volume and value in 2024 at 9 million tons (…)
[Philippine Times] - 31/12/2024
BFP urges public to follow fire safety measures for New Year’s Eve
MANILA, Philippines — As the country gears up for New Year’s Eve festivities, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) on (…)
[Inquirer.net] - 31/12/2024
Hart, Towns deliver Knicks to 8th straight victory, topple Wizards
By ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Josh Hart had 23 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists for his third (…)
[Tempo] - 31/12/2024
DOH records 188 firecracker-related injuries
MANILA, Philippines — The number of firecracker-related injuries monitored before the New Year’s Eve celebration has (…)
[Inquirer.net] - 31/12/2024
Double pay for employees working on New Year – DOLE
MANILA – Private sector employees who will report to work on New Year’s Day are entitled to 200 percent of their (…)
[Cebu Daily Mail] - 31/12/2024
Jimmy Carter: State funeral for former President will be Jan. 9
Former President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100. The 39th president of the United States was a Georgia (…)
[Cebu Daily Mail] - 31/12/2024
S. Korea starts releasing Jeju Air crash victims to families
MUAN, South Korea — South Korean authorities began releasing the bodies of plane crash victims to families Tuesday, (…)
[Inquirer.net] - 31/12/2024
Living in interesting times
As we head toward the end of the year, this usually leads to moments of reflection on the year that was and (…)
[Inquirer.net] - 31/12/2024
Mechanical failure likely cause of Jeju Air plane crash – expert
As Korean and US authorities launched a joint probe on Tuesday into the crash of a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 at Muan (…)
[Inquirer.net] - 31/12/2024