File photo MANILA, Philippines – The two-day liquor ban for a peaceful and orderly midterm elections takes effect May 11 and 12. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) implemented the liquor ban a day before over 68 million Filipinos troop to polling precincts from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. to elect 12 senators, 63 party-lists, 254 district representatives, and 17,942 governors, provincial board members, mayors, and councilors. Article continues after this advertisement The prohibition is in accordance with Comelec Resolution No. 11057, which strictly prohibits the selling, offering, and consumption of alcoholic beverages during the two-day ban. “It serves a significant…
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eBay has announced the launch of its 2025 Up & Running Grants program, offering $10,000 grants to 50 small businesses across the United States. Now in its sixth year, the initiative will award a total of $500,000, along with additional resources aimed at helping entrepreneurs grow and scale their businesses. Since the program’s inception in 2020, eBay has distributed over $2.5 million in grants to 250 sellers. This year’s recipients will each receive a $10,000 cash grant, a $500 credit for eBay Refurbished, and access to a suite of coaching, tools, and educational materials. According to eBay, the Up &…
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Women will be able to screen for cervical cancer at home using a wand by Teal Health. Teal Health hide caption toggle caption Teal Health The Food and Drug administration has approved the U.S.’s first at-home alternative to the Pap smear, a procedure generations of women have dreaded and often found painful. The new device by Teal Health will offer a “much preferred experience,” the company said in its announcement, and also aims to increase screening rates by making the procedure more convenient. Traditionally, gynecologists have inserted a cold metal speculum deep into a woman’s vagina to scrape cells from…
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Conference tournaments for women’s college softball are wrapping up this weekend and then the road to Oklahoma City, the longtime home of the Women’s College World Series, begins. Patty Grasso’s Oklahoma is the four-time reigning national champs, but there’s no guarantee that the Sooners will celebrate a fifth consecutive title this season. Entering conference championship weekend, Softball America has three teams — Arkansas, Texas A&M and Florida State – ranked ahead of Oklahoma, while D1Softball.com has the Aggies and the Razorbacks at first and second in its poll, and USA Softball has Texas A&M ranked No. 1. Indeed, there’s a…
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Image source: Unsplash Most people think of savings in terms of clipping coupons or hunting for promo codes at checkout. But in 2025, the smartest deals don’t come from bargain bins. They land quietly in your inbox. Retailers and deal curators are shifting away from public-facing codes and instead rewarding subscribers with private discounts through exclusive email newsletters. That means if you’re not signed up, you’re missing out big time. These newsletters aren’t just spam blasts from big brands. Many are curated by niche experts or indie platforms that focus on real value, not flashy marketing. From under-the-radar lifestyle brands…
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Everyone has heard the adage, “Time is money.” In today’s digital world, there are more distractions than ever before.
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Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, center, leaves after concelebrating Mass with the College of Cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican the day after his election as 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, Friday, May 9, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP) VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass and details began to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make him history’s first American pope. Freed from their conclave, cardinals began describing the hours leading up to the final ballot…
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We’re always told that vaccines were a medical marvel that safely ended the dark age of infectious disease. However, when the actual records are examined, they often abjectly failed to prevent those diseases, and worse still, frequently caused outbreaks and severely injured many of the recipients. This in part resulted from the inherent toxicity of vaccines and in part because manufacturing challenges regularly resulted in hot lots being released. Rather than address this, the vaccine industry chose to create a variety of strategies to conceal those issues, such as enshrining the dogma “all vaccines are safe” and giving blanket legal…