oranges

More color for your diet: What to know about the Aussie orange

(This is a sponsored article.) Pack an orange for lunch for a juicy, flavorsome punch. It is harvest season, farmers are out, and Taste Australia is...
Rodolfo Togalog Sr.

Philippines is world’s deadliest nation for land rights: campaign group

BANGKOK — More than three people were murdered each week last year while protecting their land from encroaching industries, a human rights group said...
POGO vs PCSO

Amid government’s crackdown on lotteries, Chinese gaming firms keep rising

Citing "massive" corruption, President Rodrigo Duterte over the weekend suddenly ordered the shutdown of the gaming front of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, affecting...
EDSA gridlock

Quick fixes: Mayors’ proposals to ease traffic in Metro Manila in 45 days

Members of the Metro Manila Council expressed different strategies—from setting limits for bar and street vendors to removing illegally parked vehicles—to heed President Duterte's...
Protesters hold the door of a Mass Transit Railway (MTR) subway to allow more protesters to board and retreat, after a protest against police violence in Hong Kong

Protesters clash in Hong Kong as cycle of violence intensifies

HONG KONG — Hong Kong police clashed with thousands of protesters on Sunday, as they sought to defend China's main representative office from crowds seething over what many...
Chinese bullying

‘Dog food’ story on Ateneans’ online wall—what it could be telling us

An online community for Ateneans featured a story detailing a student's experience with a Chinese national who gave her a bowl of bones and...
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Duterte incorrectly displayed the Philippine flag again

President Duterte recently breached a flag protocol on Wednesday during the presentation of credentials of non-resident ambassadors-designate of Kingdom of Tonga, Republic of Zambia,...
Skateboarder

Skateboarders stoked to send sport to greater heights at Olympic Games

TOKYO — In exactly a year from Friday, skateboarding will make its Olympic bow at the Tokyo 2020 Games with top skaters hoping the global...
The STAR-Russel Palma

Eviction of provincial buses on EDSA: Counting commuters’ concerns

The provincial bus ban policy that was supposed to ease the traffic congestion along EDSA will push through with its dry run in August...
Eyeglasses

Why the increase in myopia among Filipino children is worrisome

An "epidemic" of myopia or nearsightedness has been steadily increasing per decade in the Philippines as a consequence of urbanization. Nearly 40% of the Filipino...
Joel Villanueva

‘Profit won’: Senator dismayed at Duterte’s veto of ‘anti-endo’ bill

Senator Joel Villanueva, sponsor of the Security of Tenure Bill vetoed by President Rodrigo Duterte, claimed "profit" won again in the effort to prohibit the...
Camels walk on the beach at Jumeirah Beach Residence in Dubai

UAE jails Filipino for 10 years for joining Islamic State-media

DUBAI — A man from the Philippines has been sentenced to 10  years in jail in the United Arab Emirates for being a member of Islamic...
Reason for Isko Moreno's city-wide cleanup

Mayor Isko Moreno’s reasons for a major Manila makeover

Manila Mayor Isko Moreno launched massive cleanup operations in his first month on the job, organizing informal hawkers that used to crowd the streets...
Kadenang Ginto scene

Publishing house decodes language in impersonation video of ‘Kadenang Ginto’

A publishing house attempted to decode what the girl who famously impersonated a scene from “Kadenang Ginto” was trying to say in her viral...
Siargao Circumferential Road

Yeng Constantino is latest celebrity to have medical emergency in Siargao

Testimonies from the colleagues of the doctor whom pop diva Yeng Constantino accused of medical malpractice showed the overall need to improve the health...