Barry Gutierrez

VP Leni Robredo’s camp slams Bato dela Rosa for receiving gifts as a cop

The spokesperson of Vice President Leni Robredo recalled laws that explicitly prohibit public officials from receiving gifts following neophyte Sen. Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa's...
Gretchen Diez

How a viral video stressed the importance of respecting the rights of the Philippine...

A transgender woman got arrested at a mall in Quezon City after she was prohibited from using the women’s bathroom despite a standing anti-discrimination...
Sri Lankan soldiers patrol a road of Hettipola after a mob attack in a mosque in the nearby village of Kottampitiya

Many Sri Lankans want a strongman leader, and that favours Gotabaya Rajapaksa

COLOMBO — Sri Lankans, angered by the government's inability to prevent the Easter Sunday terror attacks that killed more than 250 people, want a...
UP Oblation

UP outranked prominent world universities in a prestigious list. Here are some interesting reactions.

The University of the Philippines topping other prestigious universities in the 2019 Times Higher Education World University Rankings was seen as evidence that its...
Foreign Affairs Teddy Locsin Jr. Interaksyon

Solving Chinese worker’s death is crucial for the Philippine government. Foreign Affairs chief Teddy...

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. stressed it is important to bring justice to the Chinese worker who was allegedly killed in Metro Manila...
Passengers queue at Cathay Pacific's counters a day after the airport was closed due to a protest, at Hong Kong International Airport, China

Hong Kong’s airport reopens on Tuesday after unprecedented closure

HONG KONG — Hong Kong's airport reopened on Tuesday but its administrator warned that flight movements would still be affected, after China said widespread anti-government protests that...
Taytay, Rizal

Taytay, Rizal’s Facebook misinforms constituents on the new Safe Spaces Act or Bawal Bastos...

A recent post from the Facebook page of Taytay, Rizal misinterpreted a provision in the Safe Spaces Act on prohibiting cursing as a form...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto

Mayor Vico Sotto claims MMDA’s failed traffic policies along EDSA made matters worse in...

Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto cited the Metro Manila Development Authority’s recent traffic schemes as the reasons that made finding traffic solutions in Pasig...
Anna Cay

Filipino beauty vlogger Anna Cay tops list of digital influencers

Beauty vlogger Anna Cay was named the top digitial influencer in the second half of 2018 by a media intelligence firm. This was part of Meltwater’s...
A general view of camps for pilgrims where they stay during the annual haj pilgrimage is seen in Mina

Muslims gather in Muzdalifa to prepare for final stages of haj

MUZDALIFA, Saudi Arabia — Nearly 2.5 million Muslims gathered at Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat on Saturday for a vigil to atone for their sins,...
Sarah Elago Anakbayan

Mistaken identity? Ex-journalist Jay Sonza poked fun at a stranger who he thought was...

Former journalist Jay Sonza mistook a photo of a random female Facebook user for Kabataan party-list Rep. Sarah Elago in a post that was...
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Former attendees and panelists of a national writing workshop rally behind a fellow claiming...

An open letter urging the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA) to investigate an alleged rape incident at a recent writing event...
Filipino student activists hold placards against China during a protest against Duterte’s annual State of the Nation Address in Manila

China tells Philippines to tackle abuses in online gaming ‘slavery’

China took aim at the Philippines on Thursday for undermining its crackdown on cross-border gambling, saying many of its citizens lured to work in online gaming...
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Sneakers 101: Your kicks are part science, part art

The sneakers of today are far from those that people used in the 19th century. You probably sometimes wonder what your aesthetically made shoes are...
Coco Martin

‘FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano’ reaches a milestone as it airs 1,000th episode

The longest-running primetime television series "FPJ's Ang Probinsyano" achieves a milestone as it reaches its 1,000th episode on Thursday evening since it was first...