Nearly a year after launch, contact tracing program StaySafe.ph still under DILG study, learning...
The Department of Health rejected StaySafe.ph, country's supposedly official contact tracing program nearly a year after the government launched it. Contact tracing czar and Baguio...
Bill and Melinda Gates to divorce, but charitable foundation to remain intact
SEATTLE — Billionaire benefactors Bill and Melinda Gates, co-founders of one of the world's largest private charitable foundations, filed for divorce on Monday after 27 years of marriage but...
Juxtaposed: Duterte stance on West Philippine Sea in 2016 campaign and after winning presidency
Jet skis and the issue concerning Chinese encroachment in the West Philippine Sea surfaced anew after President Rodrigo Duterte claimed that he "never mentioned...
Mexico City rail overpass collapses onto road, killing 20 people
MEXICO CITY — Twenty people were killed, including children, and 49 were hospitalized when a railway overpass collapsed onto a busy road in Mexico City on Monday night. Rescue...
Duterte vaccination: A look at Sinopharm compassionate use permit for PSG
President Rodrigo Duterte received his first dose of Sinopharm's vaccine against COVID-19 despite it being given a "compassionate special permit" for his close-in security...
Polish scientists discover ancient Egyptian mummy was pregnant woman
WARSAW — An ancient Egyptian mummy once believed to be the remains of a male priest is actually the embalmed body of a woman in the third...
‘Kita diyan ang COVID?’: 2020 aerial survey over Cebu City resurfaces on social media
A footage of an aerial survey conducted over Cebu when it was under the strictest lockdown phase last year once again gained traction on...
Petroleum firm joins brands with odd commercials with calls for cleaner, greener fuel
A petroleum company also joined the list of brands that released odd commercials, this time, highlighting a cleaner fuel option for motorists. Unioil Petroleum Company...
Duterte receives first dose of Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine
MANILA — Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte received his first dose of Sinopharm's vaccine against COVID-19 on Monday to encourage reluctant Filipinos to get inoculated and...
Commemorative P5,000 Lapu-Lapu banknote includes historical details, sketches
Photos of the P5,000 commemorative banknote of Lapu-Lapu, considered as the first national hero, were bared to kick off the National Heritage Month of...
Duterte’s Press Freedom Day message departs from rankings dip, journalist killings
President Rodrigo Duterte's message for the World Press Freedom Day was inconsistent with the overall assessment of the news landscape in the Philippines, which...
Bill granting COVID-infected workers paid leaves seen as a timely measure
A measure in the Senate seeks to grant COVID-19 stricken workers paid leaves of absence without worrying about income. Opposition Sen. Leila de Lima recently...
‘Barely enough’: Why workers are asking for P10,000 monthly ‘ayuda’
The call for P10,000 financial aid per month comes from Filipino workers who were severely affected by the still raging coronavirus pandemic. Workers' groups and...
Top diplomat Locsin’s tweet: ‘China, my friend… get the f*** out’
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin on Monday, May 3 demanded in an expletive-laced message on Twitter that China's vessels get out of disputed waters,...
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