For Earth Day, UN chief urges ‘green recovery’ in response to coronavirus
LONDON— U.N. chief Antonio Guterres urged governments to use their economic responses to the coronavirus pandemic to tackle the "even deeper emergency" of climate...
Duterte’s P10M prize for COVID-19 defense belies real cost of vaccine development
President Rodrigo Duterte's announcement of a P10-million reward for any Filipino who will "discover" a vaccine against the novel coronavirus can be a good...
Palace, US Embassy issue notes on Duterte-Trump phone call amid public doubts
The United States Embassy in the Philippines and the Malacañang earlier released notes on the phone call between President Rodrigo Duterte and his American counterpart Donald Trump, thus dismissing doubts raised by the Filipinos...
Explainer: Zoom bombs make choosing video apps harder for lockdown chats
The coronavirus crisis has seen millions locked in their homes turn to videoconferencing apps, bringing with it question marks over security and privacy and...
NCCA urged to give aid and relief to Filipino creatives amid COVID-19 quarantine
Several artists and cultural workers called on the National Commission for Culture and the Arts to fully support Filipino artists' rights and welfare as...
DOH hit for alleged failure to protect RITM health workers as 43 employees test...
Concerns on the Department of Health’s accountability were raised after the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine reported that more than 40 of its staff have tested positive for...
Oil price crashes into negative territory for the first time in history amid pandemic
NEW YORK— U.S. crude oil futures collapsed below $0 on Monday for the first time in history, amid a coronavirus-induced supply glut, ending the...
GMA artist Nikki Co sorry for ‘insensitivity’ after photo wearing PPE drew flak
Kapuso artist Nikki Co on Monday issued an apology after some Filipinos called him out for supposedly wasting personal protective equipment (PPE) suit for a...
What impact will the coronavirus pandemic have on anti-vaxxers?
Not long after the COVID-19 pandemic began, hopes for a vaccine were raised. Even US president, Donald Trump, a former vaccine sceptic, demanded a...
Beyond ‘faux cinderella stories’: This is how fans defended K-drama to Erik Matti
Veteran filmmaker Erik Matti got schooled online over the weekend after he criticized the popularity of Korean dramas on the streaming platform Netflix. Last April 14, Matti...
This is how you can be productive on Twitter during COVID-19 quarantine period
As Filipinos observe home quarantine as part of measures to mitigate the novel coronavirus from spreading, microblogging platform Twitter listed ways on how they...
#FreeBambi: Civic groups call for release of Cebu film artist arrested for COVID-19 post
A Cebu film artist was arrested last Sunday for allegedly spreading false information on social media despite the post being satirical in nature. Maria Victoria...
Many locked down Filipinos want access to alcoholic beverages. Why were they banned in...
Concerns on the liquor ban surfaced anew when alcoholic beverage makers appealed to the government to lift the prohibition amid the enhanced community quarantine...
Michael Jordan’s docu series ‘The Last Dance’ just dropped on Monday. Here’s when and...
The highly anticipated ten-part documentary series “The Last Dance” debuted on streaming giant Netflix on Monday afternoon. It launched globally on Monday except in the...
‘Hold them accountable’: NBI asked to probe Joey Salceda, Teddy Locsin for sharing old...
Albay Rep. Joey Salceda and Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro "Teddy" Locsin Jr. over the weekend shared videos supposedly showing how crowded Divisoria is during the enhanced community quarantine. Divisoria is...