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The New York Times pulls out of Apple News
The daily's exit comes as news organizations around the world struggle with declining print readership and an online environment where ad revenue is dominated by Google and Facebook
Taliban reject claims Russia aided fighters in attacks on U.S. troops
Taliban also denies that its weapons were given by Russia

NYT editor resigns after backlash over senator's hardline op-ed
Some 800 Times staffers sign a petition in protest of the publication of 'Send in The Military' by Republican US Senator Tom Cotton

'Eat Bulaga' to resume live broadcast
The noontime show is set to go live on June 8 on GMA 7

U.P. inches up in latest Asia university rankings
In the latest Times Higher Education rankings, the University of the Philippines climbs 30 points and is now 65th in the region. The De La Salle University, meanwhile, slides down to the 301-350 bracket.

New York Times leads the way at 2020 Pulitzers
The Times collects 3 awards, including for Brian M. Rosenthal's investigative report into New York City's taxi industry that revealed predatory loans that took advantage of vulnerable drivers

With GCTA suspended, low-risk convicts stranded in BJMP facilities
This means that low-risk convicts, who are clearly convicted of non-heinous crimes, cannot avail of early freedoms even as the pandemic threatens Philippine jails
Taiwan says U.S. media expelled from China are welcome
'I'd like to welcome you to be stationed in Taiwan – a country that is a beacon of freedom and democracy,' Taipei's foreign minister tells journalists expelled from China

DOJ urged to fast-track GCTA releases amid coronavirus scare
A judge in Naga, which is a justice zone, sends a memorandum to his fellow judges to bring the issue to the attention of the Department of Justice
Naga judge grants GCTA to student convicted of rape by sexual assault
(UPDATED) Naga City Regional Trial Court Branch 61 Judge Soliman Santos, who had approved a plea bargain agreement between the convict and the victim, rules that rape by sexual assault is not a heinous crime
[OPINION] Are Filipina women special?
'In Maria Ressa’s tweet was a key to progress on gender issues – the recognition that authentic empowerment of one gender cannot exist at the expense of another'

Maria Ressa among TIME’s most influential women of the century
Time’s ‘100 Women of the Year’ puts the spotlight on ‘influential women who were often overshadowed’


Trump campaign sues New York Times
In response to the lawsuit, a New York Times spokesperson says the Trump campaign 'has turned to the courts to try to punish an opinion writer for having an opinion they find unacceptable'

Billie Eilish breaks record with James Bond theme song 'No Time To Die'
Billie's latest single debuts at number one with over 10.6 million streams, becoming the 18-year-old's first British chart-topper

BuCor legal chief killing 'very likely' linked to GCTA mess – Guevarra
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to conduct a case buildup on the killing of prisons legal chief Fredric Santos
Singapore orders anti-govt website to warn readers of falsehoods
The notice aims to prompt readers to do additional fact-checking when accessing the page

Billie Eilish drops new James Bond theme song 'No Time To Die'
The 18-year-old pop icon releases 'No Time To Die' ahead of the upcoming James Bond film of the same name, racking up 2.2 million views in just 6 hours

Stuntmen eye Oscar as Brad Pitt shines light on dangerous trade
Brad is nominated for his role as Cliff Booth, a stuntman in 'Once Upon A Time... in Hollywood'

Ombudsman sacks 3 BuCor officials over 'GCTA for sale' scheme
Ramoncito Roque, Maria Belinda Bansil, and Veronica Buño are perpetually disqualified from holding public office
New York Times endorses Warren, Klobuchar for president
The Times described Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren as the 'radical' and Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar as the 'realist' choice

DOJ on aggrieved Bilibid returnees: They can sue us
'By their own acts, naipit sila sa loob,' says Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra
Billie Eilish to perform upcoming James Bond theme song
The 18-year-old Grammy nominee is the youngest artist ever to write and record a James Bond title song

'Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood' reigns at Critics' Choice Awards
Quentin Tarantino's movie wins the Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor for Brad Pitt at Critics' Choice Awards

1,525 returnees to spend Christmas in prison 3 months after GCTA controversy
Only 827 out of the 2,352 returnees have been released after reprocessing, the Department of Justice confirms


Bantag tries to slay Bilibid's old monsters, Duterte-style
Part 3: Gerald Bantag literally bulldozed his way to get rid of shanties inside Bilibid on his first week. Will it work in fixing congestion and criminality? We take an inside look.

Unqualified GCTA returnees lose jobs, are detained for months
Part 2: Even if many are not heinous crime convicts, former inmates turn themselves in to the Correctional Institution for Women out of fear of the President. Administrative lapses make them worry they won’t be home for Christmas.

Bilibid returnees die in Duterte administration blunders
Part 1: Massive errors in record-keeping and ill-prepared facilities keep thousands in jail for months, and kill at least 4 convict returnees. They regret heeding the President's call.

Filipina journalist files sexual harassment complaint vs Cambodia news publisher
The Khmer Times publisher, Mohan Tirvgmanasam Banddam or T. Mohan, has denied the accusations

BuCor’s 3rd highest official resigns amid GCTA mess
Melvin Ramon Buenafe once held high hopes to become Bureau of Corrections chief after he was endorsed by PMA classmate and now Senator Ronald dela Rosa
Lizzo is TIME's Entertainer of the Year 2019
We bet she's feeling good as hell!

Greta Thunberg slams 'misleading' climate pledges at chaotic UN summit
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, the Time magazine person of 2019, says the UN climate forum has become an 'opportunity for countries to negotiate loopholes and avoid raising their ambition'

Greta Thunberg makes history as youngest TIME 'Person of the Year'
'Meaningful change rarely happens without the galvanizing force of influential individuals, and in 2019, the earth’s existential crisis found one in Greta Thunberg,' says TIME editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal

De Lima among Financial Times readers' women 'game changers' in 2019
Senator Leila de Lima joins environmental activist Greta Thunberg, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, and US Senator Elizabeth Warren in the Financial Times list

WATCH: Daniel Craig returns as James Bond in 'No Time to Die' trailer
Rami Malek stars as Bond's new enemy

Mariah Carey is top female artist of all time, according to Billboard
Guess she got all she wanted for Christmas!

LIVE: House hearing on amendments to GCTA law
Watch the hearing live on Rappler

'Adventure Time' to return with 4 one-hour specials
Finn and Jake's adventures will be premiering exclusively on the HBO Max streaming platform

Wirecard shares plunge on new Financial Times fraud allegations
The Financial Times publishes internal communications and financial reports it says contained 'strong indications' hundreds of millions of euros of payments processed for some Wirecard clients 'could not have taken place'

Supreme Court orders DOJ to answer case vs GCTA IRR
Bilibid inmates want to nullify DOJ's new Implementing Rules and Regulations for violating equal protection
Trump asked Australia for help discrediting Russia probe
(UPDATED) An Australian government spokesperson confirms President Donald Trump asked Prime Minister Scott Morrison to investigate issues raised in Robert Mueller's probe

From 1,914 to 19: PNP resumes hunt vs GCTA-freed convicts
The Philippine National Police resumes its Tokhang-style hunt for convicts freed through the controversial Good Conduct Time Allowance law

DOJ 'confident' that Supreme Court will affirm revised GCTA IRR
The new IRR has different treatments for heinous crime convicts before 2013 and those after 2013. Is that a violation of equal protection?
Bilibid inmates file 1st Supreme Court case vs new GCTA IRR
(UPDATED) The petitioners argue the DOJ's new internal rules amount to executive legislation and violate equal protection
Newsbreak Chats: How gov't is handling the GCTA, BuCor mess
On Thursday, September 26, the Newsbreak team sits down to discuss whether government is on the right track and what else it can do to full-proof the implementation of the GCTA law

Guevarra: DOJ survived GCTA crisis by upholding rule of law
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra makes the statement amid mounting criticism on the DOJ's move to arrest without warrant heinous crime convicts
Guevarra: Surrender of qualified convicts 'phenomenal'
Around 25 convicts who surrendered will be freed Thursday after verification they are qualified for release
DOJ scrambling to release qualified convicts 'who should not have surrendered'
The Department of Justice says it will give second priority to convicts who were either acquitted or granted parole
New IRR could risk GCTA of qualified convicts
'That is the burden that the implementors of the law would have to assume,' says Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete