Pope Leo to enter hospital for surgery on lung nodule

Rappler - Oct 13, 2026

The Vatican says the Pope's recovery is expected to take about a week. All his public events have been canceled until October 20.

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Oct 12, 2026

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MANILA, Philippines — The House prosecution’s forensic accounting expert witness, lawyer-accountant Alexander Cabrera, stood by his finding on Monday that Vice President Sara Duterte had a 20-percent interest in GenCorp Industries Inc., even without written contracts or subscription agreements directly establishing her stake in the firm. Cabrera, chairman emeritus of Isla Lipana & Co. (PwC Philippines),

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Victims of Apax Leaders English school boss's $327M fraud rise to 10,123

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Oct 12, 2026

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Oct 12, 2026

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CEBU CITY, Philippines — More local government units in Metro Cebu suspended in-person classes on Monday, Oct. 12, after air quality deteriorated to “very unhealthy” levels once again.  But this time, local pollutants such as vehicle emissions and industrial pollution, and not the transboundary haze from the raging forest and peat fires in Indonesia’s Kalimantan

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