Cardinal Advincula urges voters to look at bets’ track record, platform
With the election season beginning to heat up, a top Catholic official urged the electorate to study the track record and platform of candidates. Cardinal...
Swift passage of gender-based responsiveness bill pushed on #IDEVAW
A non-government organization for women's rights sought for the immediate passage of the gender responsiveness act as they mark the International Day for the...
‘Big Bad Budol Sale’: Book fair holds Black Friday shopping event on e-commerce app
Bookworms will have another taste of the world's biggest book sale with the help of a popular e-commerce platform. Malaysia-based Big Bad Wolf Books on...
How Duterte’s cocaine use claims vs 2022 presidential aspirant affected prexy bets
Some of the country's presidential aspirants are taking drug tests after President Rodrigo Duterte, whose administrative campaign is a war against drugs, claimed that...
Juxtaposed: September and November 2021 maps of NCR’s active COVID-19 cases
Disaster scientist Mahar Lagmay on November 24 released two dot maps that showed the glaring differences of active COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila between...
African swine fever outbreak spreading widely in Vietnam
HANOI — An African swine fever outbreak is spreading widely in Vietnam and is hurting the local farming industry, forcing the culling of three times the...
Experimental chewing gum may reduce virus spread; Booster shot protection may be longer lasting
The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that...
A delightful and techy holiday experience at SM ChristmaSaya Village
The season of joy is near! With the number of COVID cases going down, we can all look forward to Christmas with newfound excitement...
‘Key is good ventilation’: Pasig considers air flow in dry run of onsite classes
"Common sense solutions." A simulation of a classroom setup by Pasig City earned laudatory remarks for foregoing plastic barriers. Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto on Wednesday...
Highlights: 30k mobile phones sold in 11 mins, 8M deals recorded on 11.11 sale
One of the leading e-commerce platforms in Asia recorded a sale of 30,000 mobile phones in the first 11 minutes of the Singles' Day...
Philippines temporarily limits rice imports from Vietnam
HANOI — The Philippines, one of the world's biggest importers of rice, is taking steps to temporarily limit imports of the grain from Vietnam amid...
‘Fiesta po tayo’: Kim Molina enjoys food memes of milk bath photo
It's fiesta for actress-singer Kim Molina! This, after several followers poked fun at her photo where she is captured taking a milk bath. Online users edited Kim's...
Ad, PR strategists tagged among ‘architects of networked disinformation’ in resurfaced infographic
An old infographic about a hierarchy of groups that spread disinformation resurfaced on an online forum. A Reddit user posted on November 22 an infographic...
A little known cult is South Korea’s latest COVID-19 outbreak
SEOUL — A little known sect led by a pastor who pokes eyes to heal is at the center of a COVID-19 outbreak in South...
Vote buying is ‘mark of the devil’, says archbishop
A Catholic archbishop has advised the electorate to vehemently refuse vote buying, which he branded as a ‘mark of the devil’. Archbishop Socrates Villegas of...