PNP officers

Fears mount as PNP poises as ‘guest lecturers’ for DepEd’s blended learning

The Philippine National Police over the weekend said that some of its officers are ready to act as "guest lecturers" for the Department of Education's ...

DOH stresses on ‘mass recovery’ anew despite steep rise in cases

Health Secretary Francisco Duque continued to get hit with criticisms over the health agency's questionable "mass recovery" initiative following reports of thousands of survivors...

Roque accused of ‘toxic positivity’ over poll on Filipino joblessness

Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque was accused of embodying "toxic positivity" when he remarked that the results of a survey on Filipino joblessness reaching more...

Explainer: Thailand’s anti-government protests

BANGKOK — More than 10,000 people joined the biggest protest in Thailand since a 2014 coup on Sunday to demand that the government step down...
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‘Fake news’: PNA cries foul over satirical video featuring COVID-19 mascot

A state-run news agency tagged a Facebook post satirizing a viral video featuring a virus mascot as "fake news," despite its foremost intention to...

‘For the love of country’: Ex-DICT exec Rio bares IATF rejected science-based proposals to...

The former resigned undersecretary of the Department of Information and Communication Technology spoke up on his perceived gaps in the decision-making system within the...

Philippines bans chicken imports from Brazil on coronavirus scare

MANILA — The Philippines imposed a temporary ban on poultry meat imports from Brazil on Friday after two cities in China found traces of the new coronavirus...

Up-and-coming Paradise Rising artists bare cute new emoji for debut mixtape

Paradise Rising, an up-and-coming music group in the Philippines, recently released a new Twitter emoji to promote the music of its new array of...

This app brings job opportunities closer to Filipinos amid COVID-19 pandemic

Technology firm Appscape Corp. recently launched a location-based job recruitment platform that brings work opportunities closer to Filipinos amid the pandemic. Through LapitJobs launched last...

Calls for academic freeze dominate Twitter after DepEd announced moving of classes to October

Calls to "freeze" the next academic year dominated Twitter following the Department of Education's announcement to move the opening of classes to October. In a...
Joseph Gordon Levitt

Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Donsol ‘writing challenge’ spurs Filipinos’ creativity

Filipinos allowed their creative juices to flow as Hollywood actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt looks for Pinoy writers who can compose a good story about a...

Brain scientists haven’t been able to find major differences between women’s and men’s brains,...

People have searched for sex differences in human brains since at least the 19th century, when scientist Samuel George Morton poured seeds and lead...
Gretchen Ho with bikes

‘Let’s empower people’: Gretchen Ho seeks help to provide bicycles to Filipino workers

Television host Gretchen Ho is seeking assistance for her new initiative that aims to provide bicycles to Filipino workers who need alternative means of...
Scientist in a laboratory

‘Putin C’, other witty memes go viral after Russia’s announcement of first COVID-19 vaccine

Witty memes and funny posts about the Russian coronavirus vaccine circulated online in response to President Rodrigo Duterte's plans to launch clinical trials of...

PLDT Fibr users urged to report suspicious internet disconnections involving sketchy contractors

(Updated 1:47 p.m.) Telecommunication giant PLDT Inc. urged its customers subscribed to its Fibr plan to report sudden disconnections in their area which they...