Wartime New Year

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. (…)



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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