How to be a Filipino patriot: Are you a Matteo Guidicelli or an Angel...
The view of actor Matteo Guidicelli on joining the military sparked conversations online on what it really means to be patriotic. Guidicelli has been praising...
Davao-based entrepreneur is first Filipino to win Inspired Leadership Award
A Filipino was recognized in the international scene for his initiative to help persons with disability and those afflicted with medical conditions to find...
Lauren Young’s post is latest among reports of ‘Chinese only’ establishments
Actress Lauren Young questioned the legality of a Subic establishment's right to operate as she noticed it has a Chinese-only customer policy. She shared pictures...
Praises for Isko Moreno momentarily held back when food truck featured his face
A food truck bearing the name and face of Manila Mayor Isko Moreno was criticized on social media as it appeared to go against...
Young ‘Wowowin’ contestant appears on rival ‘It’s Showtime’ after viral greeting
The young Kapamilya fan who shouted the famous catchphrase of "It's Showtime" on the rival variety show "Wowowin" is given a second chance to...
Netflix omits controversial ’13 Reasons Why’ scene. Will it be enough?
Streaming giant Netflix will be cutting a disturbing scene from the first season of controversial series "13 Reasons Why" two years after it was...
Factbox: Seven things you need to know about world hunger
ROME — The number of people going hungry has risen for the third year running after years of improvement, the United Nations said in...
Top senator chides Iceland for abortion, UN drugs war probe
MANILA — The Philippines' highest-ranking lawmaker said on Monday a U.N. resolution to probe the country's bloody war on drugs should be ignored, and its chief...
‘Ketchup’ modus in a different city suggests bigger threat to commuters
Another post of a revived modus operandi with the use of ketchup made rounds online just days after another commuter shared her experience. The previous...
Loyalty to president, flag or Constitution? On an army official’s call for soldiers to...
The remarks of Philippine Army spokesperson Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala demanding soldiers' loyalty to the president is seen as a misalignment with oaths and...
Confusion over photos allegedly showing destroyed mountain for New Clark City
(Updated Nov. 11, 2020/ 7:12 p.m.) Some posts making rounds on social media claim that a so-called Mount Susong Dalaga was bulldozed for the...
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes in southern Philippines, 25 injured
An earthquake of 5.5 magnitude struck northern Mindanao in the south of the Philippines early on Saturday, injuring 25 people and causing damage to several houses,...
How the United Nations will review Duterte’s drug war
After its 41st session in Geneva on June 11, the UN Human Rights Council recently adopted a resolution to review the situation of human...
Fact-checking various claims about UN rights body’s reso on Philippines killings
Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo’s statement following the approval of the United Nations Human Rights Council resolution were rife with inaccurate details. The council voted in...
Drug war critics hope UN probe can dent Duterte’s deadly campaign
MANILA — When Jocelyn Marquez found her missing son, he was in a Manila morgue, his body riddled with bullet wounds. John Ryan Marquez, 24, was...