Life skills program for students, parents this pandemic gets boost from grant
The life skills program of a non-profit organization recently received a financial support from a software firm. As part of its 25th anniversary in the...
‘When will you admit accountability?’ Gov’t asked after Indian exec took responsibility for COVID-19...
Filipino online users juxtaposed the command responsibility of the governments of India and the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic after the former's ruling party...
PSA: Research team calls for cough sounds as it develops COVID-19 monitoring device
A group of researchers from the Ateneo de Manila University is collecting cough sounds for an additional COVID-19 monitoring device it is developing for...
Russia produces first batch of COVID-19 vaccine for animals -regulator
MOSCOW — Russia has produced the world's first batch - 17,000 doses - of COVID-19 vaccines for animals, its agricultural regulator said on Friday. Russia registered Carnivac-Cov in March after...
High anxiety: World’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge opens in Portugal
AROUCA, Portugal — Hugo Xavier became one of the first people to cross the world's longest pedestrian suspension bridge when it opened on Thursday near his tiny hometown of...
Britain’s Prince William and Kate mark 10th wedding anniversary with video
LONDON — Britain's Prince William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, celebrated 10 years of marriage on Thursday with a video of the couple and...
‘We have the Filipino boys!’ Bretman Rock announces SB19’s historic nomination at Billboard Music...
"Pinoy pride" is oozing on the internet after Filipino-American influencer Bretman Rock, who was also nominated at the MTV Awards, announced that Pinoy pop...
‘Public spaces not face shields’: Proposals for better indoor ventilation raised as studies claim...
Proposals to improve ventilation in indoor spaces, such as in offices, were made online after recent studies showed the novel coronavirus is airborne. Early into...
Explainer: What we know about the Indian variant as coronavirus sweeps South Asia
NEW DELHI — India has recorded the world's sharpest spike in coronavirus infections this month, with political and financial capitals New Delhi and Mumbai running out...
From one-minute to three: TikTok’s new video timeframe defies short attention span belief
A mobile video-sharing platform is defying the belief that young people have shorter attention spans. TikTok rounded up four videos that run at a longer...
Objects without shadows: Photos taken during April Zero Shadow Day
Zero Shadow Day occurred in some parts of Manila and nearby places on Thursday, April 29 where the sun casts no to little shadow...
Dozens killed in stampede Israeli religious bonfire festival
JERUSALEM — Dozens of people were killed in a crush at a religious bonfire festival in Israel on Friday, medics said, in what Prime Minister Benjamin...
Hospicio de San Jose Orphanage COVID-19 lockdown prompts calls for donations
Social media users are calling for donations for an island welfare institution in Manila that was placed under lockdown due to the number of...
Is that a prescription? Piece of paper given away with ivermectin under scrutiny
The supposed medical prescription being given away with ivermectin was placed under scrutiny, citing lack of important details. Two lawmakers distributed the anti-parasitic drug for free...
Fresh from Oscar win, Fil-Am H.E.R. releases new single with Chris Brown
After her historic win at the 63rd Grammy Awards and 93rd Academy Awards, Filipino-American H.E.R. dropped her new single with multi-platinum Grammy Award winner...