Late application, shifting interpretation: Behind the spike in Philippines’ COVID-19 ‘recoveries’ tally

The Department of Health's sudden new adjustment for the criteria of recovered cases confused many and resulted in an odd data trend of the...
Ayala Museum in the Philippines

Witty joke about historical revisionism on Ayala Museum Twitter removed

The Twitter account of Ayala Museum deleted a witty post about historical revisionism that was shared on July 27, which was also when the...
Duterte's backdrop in SONA 2020

‘Never again’: Edu Manzano comments on production design for Duterte’s 5th SONA

"Never again" was veteran television host Edu Manzano's comment as he noticed the production design of President Rodrigo Duterte's penultimate State of the Nation...
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WATCH: NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover liftoff

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover vehicle takes off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape...
Mars 2020 Perseverance Launch

NASA launches new rover to search for signs of past Martian life

NASA's next-generation Mars rover Perseverance blasted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral on Thursday atop an Atlas 5 rocket on a $2.4 billion mission to...
Political artwork

Visual art group Guhit Pinas allegedly removed political artwork and people noticed

Guhit Pinas, a long-running visual art organization in the Philippines, allegedly removed an artwork perceived as "too political.” Local artist Reighn Buenaventura with Twitter handle...
Rocket for Mars rover

#CountdownToMars: Filipinos anticipate historic launch of Mars rover for space mission

(Updated Feb. 19, 2021; 2:12 p.m.) Filipinos are set to "fly" to the Red Planet as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration will launch...
Zamboanga Watch Party

Photos of Zamboanga del Sur’s SONA watch party go viral for wrong reasons

Pictures of a watch party by the provincial government of Zamboanga del Sur of President Rodrigo Duterte's fifth State of the Nation Address earned...
Sabah, Sulu Sea, South China Sea

Locsin likened Philippines’ Sabah claim to sovereignty over West Philippine Sea

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. stood by his remark on the Philippines' claim over Sabah which he even compared to the country’s territorial...
Toyo ni Misis condiments

Soy sauce seller explains marketing choices, which others read as promoting domestic violence

Owners of a local startup business released a clarification about their social media post that was perceived to promote domestic violence and sexism by...
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What about VP Robredo’s post-message address made her top Twitter charts?

Vice President Leni Robredo shared concrete, feasible suggestions on how the government could resolve the novel coronavirus pandemic, which message the public had sought...

‘Rampa sa Korte Suprema!’ Popular bloggers-influencers run to SC to challenge anti-terror law

Local influencers and bloggers were the latest petitioners to challenge the controversial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 before the Supreme Court. On Wednesday, a total of...

Amid COVID-19 pandemic, here are Sarah Geronimo’s priorities

As singer and actress Sarah Geronimo-Guidicelli turned 32 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, her life priorities also changed. Geronimo, who tied the knot last February, celebrated...
Telco tower

Threat to seize Philippines’ largest telcos: What’s at stake? Can gov’t do it?

In his fifth State of the Nation Address on July 27, President Rodrigo Duterte challenged telecommunications companies to improve their services before December or...

About 3 billion animals harmed in Australian bushfires, WWF says

SYDNEY — Nearly 3 billion koalas, kangaroos and other native Australian animals were killed or displaced by bushfires in 2019 and 2020, a study by...