This Filipina is one of the Young Champions of the Earth finalists

A Filipina environment advocate has been shortlisted as one of the 35 regional finalists competing for this year’s Young Champions of the Earth prize, the...
ABS-CBN building

Why the takeover plot vs ABS-CBN is ‘unconstitutional,’ according to lawmakers

Senate President Vicente Sotto III and other lawmakers criticized the alleged plan to take over ABS-CBN properties for being unconstitutional. In an online forum live-streamed on...
Catriona Gray in music videovideo

The ‘unbothered queen’: Catriona Gray’s acoustic cover of single amazes Filipinos amid controversies

Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray's stripped-down version of her 2018 song "We're in This Together" made it to the second spot of the top...

Coronavirus: why are some people experiencing long-term fatigue?

People who have been seriously unwell and treated on intensive care units can expect to take some months to recover fully, regardless of their...
Harry Roque in press con

For Harry Roque, the more than 70K COVID-19 cases is not ‘alarming.’ But it...

Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque remarked that the breach of the seventy thousandth mark of total COVID-19 cases in the country this week was not...
Liza Soberano, Star Cinema

‘Nice try’: Liza Soberano says LizQuen can’t be bought amid offers to buy accounts

Liza Soberano also bared that "LizQuen" fans have received offers to buy their online fan accounts from unknown individuals. In a tweet on July 22, Soberano...

Explainer: What are the main areas of tension in the U.S.-China relationship?

The U.S. demand this week that China close its consulate in Houston is the latest in a string of disputes that have taken the...

Vice Ganda offering jobs to ABS-CBN workers via new digital network

Vice Ganda aims to help workers who lost their jobs following his home network's shutdown through his own digital network that will launch this...
Duterte and Trump

Juxtaposed: False claims of Duterte and Trump on how to thread COVID-19 pandemic

President Rodrigo Duterte's latest remarks about disinfecting face masks with "gasoline or diesel" were juxtaposed with that of his American counterpart who previously suggested...
president rodrigo duterte on april 21

Duterte said ‘perhaps’ COVID-19 is the country’s top problem. Here’s how the public reacted

President Rodrigo Duterte just recently considered that the number one problem of the country is the COVID-19 amid the continuing rise of cases and nearly...

UAE’s migrant workers fret over future in COVID-19 economy

DUBAI — When Kapil left his Nepali village for an airport job packing cargo in the United Arab Emirates, he thought he was securing a...

Tsismosa as contact tracers? What it takes to become one, according to contact tracing...

The remarks of Central Visayas police director Brig. Gen. Albert Ferro to supposedly have "tsismosas" or rumormongers as part of their initiative to boost...

‘I responded to neighbor’s complaint’: Cordillera police chief defends move to evict family in...

The provincial police chief who was also caught on CCTV camera supposedly harassing a family in Taguig City claimed that he acted based on...
Vico Sotto and Landers

After Vico Sotto ordered temporary closure of supermarket, public reminded of health protocols anew

Pasig City has temporarily suspended the grocery operations of Landers Superstore for failing to implement minimum health safety standards among shoppers amid the COVID-19...

Chatbots, motorbikes: Southeast Asia HIV centers adapt to coronavirus

BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) —Five days after a coronavirus lockdown was imposed in Manila, charity LoveYourself hired 20 former motorcycle taxi riders, gave them a...