Waste of 2-week lockdown? Why Mega Manila’s GCQ return isn’t welcomed by some Filipinos
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday evening announced that Mega Manila will revert to the general community quarantine phase despite the continued surge of infections in...
More infectious coronavirus mutation may be ‘a good thing’, says disease expert
SINGAPORE — An increasingly common mutation of the novel coronavirus found in Europe, North America and parts of Asia may be more infectious but appears...
Volcano alerts have been up before Masbate quake, science org says amid ‘misleading’ posts
A science organization on Tuesday corrected viral posts that led the public to imply the announced alert levels of the volcanoes were related to...
Pandemic now driven by 20s, 30s, 40s group, many asymptomatic – WHO
MANILA — The World Health Organization said on Tuesday it was concerned that the novel coronavirus spread was being driven by people in their 20s, 30s and 40s, many...
#StopTheKillings: Renewed calls to end impunity as Filipinos decry recent killings of activists
Calls to stop the killings of human rights defenders were renewed under the hashtag "#StopTheKillings" following the recent death of two activists this month. Negros-based...
‘I regret I singled out an artist’: Jason Dhakal issues apology amid Michael Pacquiao...
R&B artist Jason Dhakal issued an apology for his recent tweets against an artist whom he did not name following backlash from the latter's...
Strong quake strikes eastern Philippines, reports of damage
MANILA — A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the Samar region of the eastern Philippines on Tuesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said, damaging some homes and...
Chat groups strike again: Duterte’s photo, video released to quell ‘Singapore flight’ rumor
It was a combination of somewhat unrelated events that were misinterpreted when rumors swirled around closed chat groups that President Rodrigo Duterte left the...
Fears mount as PNP poises as ‘guest lecturers’ for DepEd’s blended learning
The Philippine National Police over the weekend said that some of its officers are ready to act as "guest lecturers" for the Department of Education's ...
DOH stresses on ‘mass recovery’ anew despite steep rise in cases
Health Secretary Francisco Duque continued to get hit with criticisms over the health agency's questionable "mass recovery" initiative following reports of thousands of survivors...
Roque accused of ‘toxic positivity’ over poll on Filipino joblessness
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque was accused of embodying "toxic positivity" when he remarked that the results of a survey on Filipino joblessness reaching more...
Explainer: Thailand’s anti-government protests
BANGKOK — More than 10,000 people joined the biggest protest in Thailand since a 2014 coup on Sunday to demand that the government step down...
‘Fake news’: PNA cries foul over satirical video featuring COVID-19 mascot
A state-run news agency tagged a Facebook post satirizing a viral video featuring a virus mascot as "fake news," despite its foremost intention to...
‘For the love of country’: Ex-DICT exec Rio bares IATF rejected science-based proposals to...
The former resigned undersecretary of the Department of Information and Communication Technology spoke up on his perceived gaps in the decision-making system within the...
Philippines bans chicken imports from Brazil on coronavirus scare
MANILA — The Philippines imposed a temporary ban on poultry meat imports from Brazil on Friday after two cities in China found traces of the new coronavirus...