Physicians

Licensed to heal: Noteworthy achievements around 2020 medical board exams inspire aspiring doctors

As Filipinos welcome the country's new batch of physicians amid a prevailing coronavirus pandemic, aspiring young doctors shared how reports of milestones involving the...

Now a meme: UP student with highest grade ever also among 5 medical board...

She has it all. A few years after making the highest grade ever for a graduate of the premier state university, young physician Tiffany...
UP End the Sem Protest

UP climbs in Asian QS rankings while calls to ‘end semester’ endures

As the country's premier state university entered the Top 100 of this year's Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Asian university rankings, calls to end the current...
Sinovac

Wariness over plan to procure up to 50 million doses of Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine

The government was reminded to be wary of Sinovac Biotech's coronavirus vaccine after Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. announced that negotiations are being done to...
Godiva

Fans in Philippines disappointed over fast-food chain’s beverage tie-up with Godiva

Filipinos' joys were short-lived when they realized that a fast-food chain's limited-edition Godiva beverages were only available in the Land of the Rising Sun...
College of Holy Spirit Manila

Remembering CHSM: Century-old school in Manila closing its doors

The 107-year-old College of the Holy Spirit Manila announced its permanent closure after the next academic year due to circumstances aggravated by the coronavirus...
BTS

South Korea’s BTS snags first-ever Grammy nod for K-Pop

SEOUL — South Korean boy band BTS on Tuesday snagged the first-ever Grammy nomination for a K-pop band, taking the worldwide sensation a step...

Buying and distributing a COVID-19 vaccine will involve hard ethical and practical choices

The world was ablaze with hope following the announcement last week that a vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech may be more than 90%...

Why did Donald Trump do better than expected in the U.S. election?

What happened in the American presidential election? Most pollsters and pundits predicted a large majority for Joe Biden and the Democrats, but Donald Trump...
Woman working from home

Businesses see increase in cybersecurity breach attempts amid shift to remote work, report says

An increase in cyber threats such as phishing and business email breaches were experienced by various organizations amid the shift in remote work, a...

In defense of K-pop: Filipino fans counter ex-beauty queen Imelda Schweighart’s views on Korean...

Beauty queen-turned-singer Imelda Schweighart received criticisms on social media after she expressed her dislike for K-pop music, in a Facebook post which had since been...

UNICEF says to ship 2 billion COVID vaccines to poor nations in 2021

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Nearly 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines will be shipped and flown to developing countries next year in a...

Japan’s ramen bars struggle to stay open as COVID hammers small firms

TOKYO — Sixty-year-old Yashiro Haga is folding his Tokyo noodle ramen shop after 15 years in December, unable to overcome the prospect of a lasting customer slump...

Toy Story at 25: how Pixar’s debut evolved tradition rather than abandoning it

Old meets new as Woody and Buzz become friends in the original Toy Story (1995). Pixar/Youtube The release of Toy Story 25 years ago marked a...

China’s Manila mission says ‘dangerous’ U.S. creating chaos in Asia

MANILA — China's embassy in the Philippines has denounced the United States for "creating chaos" in Asia, after a visiting White House envoy backed countries in...