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Yahoo Mail rolls out major upgrade after breach incidents. Will you sign up?

Yahoo is trying to bounce back after suffering from major data breaches in the past years by revamping its Mail app which lets users...
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Wanna be a Greta Thunberg? It’s dangerous to be one in the Philippines

Support for the ongoing global climate strike pioneered by teen activist Greta Thunberg persisted in the Philippines despite being considered the deadliest place in...
16-year-old Swedish Climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks at the 2019 United Nations Climate Action Summit at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S.

Teenage climate activist Thunberg takes on Trump’s Twitter taunt

UNITED NATIONS — Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg shot back at on Tuesday at U.S. President Donald Trump's attempt to mock her on Twitter by changing...
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‘Misleading’: Animation studio in viral post over exploitative practices opens up

The local animation studio tagged in a viral post by an animator who accused them of exploitative practices revealed its side of the story...
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DFA chief Locsin’s claim: Filipinos accepted Marcos and his military rule

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin Jr. inaccurately claimed that the Filipino people embraced the entirety of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ rule when he denounced...
Indonesian workers extinguish the fire at a palm oil plantation at the Pampangan district in Ogan Komering Ilir

Palm oil, pineapples threaten Southeast Asia’s indigenous lands

BANGKOK — Palm oil plantations in Indonesia and commercial fruit orchards in the Philippines have uprooted indigenous people and rural communities from their land, despite laws...
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TV audience for Emmy awards dives to all-time low but social media likes it

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. television audience for the Emmy Awards show, celebrating the best of television, slumped to 6.9 million viewers, its lowest ever level, but the show was...
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Deprived of public libraries, Filipino students are running out of study spaces

A tweet of a Filipino teacher about allowing students to stay in restaurants and other similar places to study prompted calls for the establishment...
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Commuting in the Philippines: Sometimes funny, often sad

From the past week, a video of a commuter who was trying hard to get to a jeepney trended on social media for how...
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Pinoy animator’s viral post on alleged exploitation triggers calls for industry overhaul

A Filipino's experience with a Manila-based animation company contracted to work on Netflix's "Carmen Sandiego" triggered accounts from other animators about the alleged exploitation...
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How Filipino Millennials, Gen Z can help in the campaign against climate change

Local organizations had been posting their initiatives as part of the week-long Global Climate Strike, a largescale protest calling governments and business for immediate...
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Bright idea: Get celebrities to promote vaccination amid polio outbreak

Amid the reemergence of polio in the Philippines, a Reddit user suggested that the Department of Health should consider harnessing the influence of famous...
Riot police officers stand next to a burning barricade during a protest urging authorities to take emergency measures against climate change, in Paris

Poorest people getting world’s small change to cope with climate crisis

BARCELONA — The world's poorest people, increasingly buffeted by storms, floods and droughts, have been getting less than 1 cent a day each in...
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Looking beyond the #BatangInaChallenge trend on social media

A Facebook user was criticized for promoting "#BatangInaChallenge" through a profile picture in which she glorifies underage pregnancy among girls. User Jhade Rylai gained attention for...
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African swine fever spreads to Manila

MANILA — Blood samples from pigs in backyard farms in Manila tested positive for African swine fever, the Department of Agriculture said on Friday, less...