Explainer: World Health Organization’s struggle for a global COVID-19 vaccine plan
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday urged countries to join a global pact aimed at ensuring less wealthy countries have access to COVID-19...
Philippines bans poultry products from Australia over bird flu outbreak
MANILA — The Philippines said on Wednesday it has temporarily banned the importation of domestic and wild birds and their products from Australia after the presence...
‘Pinagastos pa’: Gov’t urged to reimburse motorcycle barrier expenses after JTF rule announcement
Some Filipinos are asking "reimbursement" of their expenses on motorcycle barriers after the Joint Task Force COVID Shield announced that it is no longer...
Petition to preserve historic Philam Life Theater revived
Calls to preserve the Philam Life Theater Building in Manila were recently revived online following photos of it seemingly being torn down circulated online. The...
Pinoy version of New Testament ‘faithful’ to original Greek texts, says publisher
Catholic bookstore St. Paul's Online assured the public that the "Pinoy version" of the New Testament bible remained faithful to its Greek roots following...
Epic Games asks judge to block Apple’s removal of ‘Fortnite’ from app store
Epic Games said on Monday it was seeking to block Apple Inc's removal of "Fortnite" from its app store and has asked a judge...
In latest project, Joseph Gordon-Levitt asks Filipinos to share photos taken in the Philippines
Hollywood actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt is once again challenging Filipinos to exercise their creative juices as he asked them to share photos that they have...
Waste of 2-week lockdown? Why Mega Manila’s GCQ return isn’t welcomed by some Filipinos
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday evening announced that Mega Manila will revert to the general community quarantine phase despite the continued surge of infections in...
More infectious coronavirus mutation may be ‘a good thing’, says disease expert
SINGAPORE — An increasingly common mutation of the novel coronavirus found in Europe, North America and parts of Asia may be more infectious but appears...
Volcano alerts have been up before Masbate quake, science org says amid ‘misleading’ posts
A science organization on Tuesday corrected viral posts that led the public to imply the announced alert levels of the volcanoes were related to...
Pandemic now driven by 20s, 30s, 40s group, many asymptomatic – WHO
MANILA — The World Health Organization said on Tuesday it was concerned that the novel coronavirus spread was being driven by people in their 20s, 30s and 40s, many...
#StopTheKillings: Renewed calls to end impunity as Filipinos decry recent killings of activists
Calls to stop the killings of human rights defenders were renewed under the hashtag "#StopTheKillings" following the recent death of two activists this month. Negros-based...
‘I regret I singled out an artist’: Jason Dhakal issues apology amid Michael Pacquiao...
R&B artist Jason Dhakal issued an apology for his recent tweets against an artist whom he did not name following backlash from the latter's...
Strong quake strikes eastern Philippines, reports of damage
MANILA — A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the Samar region of the eastern Philippines on Tuesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said, damaging some homes and...
Chat groups strike again: Duterte’s photo, video released to quell ‘Singapore flight’ rumor
It was a combination of somewhat unrelated events that were misinterpreted when rumors swirled around closed chat groups that President Rodrigo Duterte left the...