Duterte says cocaine user among presidential election candidates
MANILA — Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte declared on Thursday in a televised speech that an unnamed candidate for next year's presidential election was a...
AstraZeneca’s preventative COVID-19 shot shown to work longer-term
AstraZeneca on Thursday cemented its lead in bringing a preventative COVID-19 shot for the non-infected to market for people who do not respond well...
Activists carry ‘Marcos is no hero’ banner to mark burial anniversary
MANILA – Activists held a protest on Thursday to mark the anniversary of the burial of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, whose son has emerged as...
Video bares ‘graveyard’ of chopped down trees along Quirino Avenue
(Updated: 7:38 p.m.) A video clip circulating online showed the worsened state of an area of Quirino Avenue that were once lined up with...
Pen Medina among group dispersed for holding anti-COVID rally with elderlies
Authorities on Wednesday dispersed those who were holding an anti-coronavirus rally in Quezon City which include veteran actor and COVID-19 denier, Pen Medina. The 71-year-old artist...
Staples Center to become Crypto.com Arena on December 25
Staples Center in Los Angeles will be rebranded as Crypto.com Arena starting Christmas Day in a naming rights deal announced Tuesday night. The cryptocurrency exchange,...
Rundown: High-profile cases of Estelito Mendoza, Marcos Jr.’s new lawyer
Lawyer Estelito Mendoza, also the former solicitor-general, joined the legal team of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to handle petitions that challenge his...
Reactions to Pacquiao’s plan to appoint ‘godly’ people if he wins presidency
A senator, now a presidential aspirant, was urged to reconsider his decision to appoint religious leaders in the Cabinet if he wins in the...
Catholic schools gear up for return of face-to-face classes
As some public schools reopened their doors to students in basic education, Catholic schools in the National Capital Region were told to prepare for...
Adele 30: The psychology of why sad songs make us feel good
Adele’s new album, 30, is finally available. Last month, hundreds of millions of us streamed its first single, Easy On Me. This song evokes...
‘Rust’ script never called for Baldwin gun to be fired, lawsuit alleges
LOS ANGELES — A crew member working on the Western movie "Rust" said in a lawsuit on Wednesday that the script never called for...
In major shift, Japan looking to accept more foreigners indefinitely
TOKYO — In a major shift for a country long closed to immigrants, Japan is looking to allow foreigners in certain blue-collar jobs to...
‘Babae not babe’: Gabriela disowns tarpaulin with wrong slogan
Women's rights group Gabriela Women’s Party disowned the tarpaulin that was spotted in a photo of the recent arrest of alleged communist rebels in...
‘Sama ng loob?’ Reporter’s slip-up on weather newscast goes viral
Sama ng loob? A weather reporter unintentionally committed a blooper while delivering updates on a newscast recently aired on the UNTV network. Instead of "sama ng...
Antibody protection after mild COVID-19 may not last; an estimated 100 million people have...
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 has...