Transparency measures compared: COVID-19 crisis as Duterte’s ‘Yolanda’ moment
The Aquino's administration's handling of the Super Typhoon Yolanda in 2013 was recalled online after some Filipinos called for the government's transparency on its response...
Overloaded morgues, mass graves and infectious remains: How forensic pathologists handle the coronavirus dead
The mortuary in Girona, Spain, one of the countries hardest hit by coronaviurs.
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Ahmad Samarji, Phoenicia University Editor’s note: Most scientists...
Duterte thanks China for ‘COVID-19’ support, overlooking recent aggression in South China Sea
President Rodrigo Duterte in his recorded national address late Monday once again thanked Chinese President Xi Jinping for his supposed support to the country...
Chinese survey ship returns to Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone
HANOI— A Chinese survey ship that was embroiled in a standoff with Vietnamese vessels last year in the disputed South China Sea has returned...
Filipino mom recalls giving birth to first-born away from husband during pandemic
A mother recently recalled how she gave birth to her first-born during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, the most recent flu outbreak before COVID-19 pandemic. Nikki...
Teddy Locsin called out for saying there’s no earth without humans
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro "Teddy" Locsin Jr. recently tweeted that earth is "nothing" without humans as a response to a writer's post on a...
‘Your Easter Bobbie’: Bea Alonzo’s food packaging tags for frontliners catch attention
As pictures of Bea Alonzo preparing food for the frontliners surfaced online, Filipinos took notice of one of her labels in the packaging that...
Harry Roque’s surprise comeback as presidential spokesperson unwelcomed by many. Here’s why.
The legality of Harry Roque’s reappointment to his former post as the presidential spokesperson was questioned online even if he withdrew from the political...
After reports of cadaver pileup in hallway, East Avenue Hospital receives mortuary freezer
Veteran broadcast journalist Arnold Clavio on Sunday shared that a private organization donated a mortuary freezer to a hospital after he disclosed shortage of which over...
‘Rice ATM’ feeds Vietnam’s poor amid virus lockdown
HO CHI MINH CITY— A Vietnamese entrepreneur in Ho Chi Minh City has invented a 24/7 automatic dispensing machine providing free rice for people out...
Can COVID-19 frontliners be laid to rest at the Libingan ng mga Bayani?
Cabinet secretary and Inter-Agency Task Force Spokesperson Karlo Nograles expressed his support for a proposal to bury the medical frontliners who have lost their lives...
Explainer: Do men fare worse with COVID-19?
LONDON— Death and infection tolls from the COVID-19 pandemic spreading around the world point to men being more likely than women to contract the...
Why pandemics are the perfect environment for conspiracy theories to flourish
A bioengineered virus, a genetic mutation induced by 5G technology, a big pharma conspiracy, a plot single-handedly masterminded by Bill Gates or Georges Soros....
Stay-at-home tourists: How Filipinos are using creativity in COVID-19 quarantine ‘travels’
Filipinos are using their creativity in their "travels" while the restriction is in place during the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine that is currently set...
Explainer: How the coronavirus crisis is affecting food supply
SINGAPORE— The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted global food supplies and is causing labour shortages in agriculture worldwide.
Are we facing food shortages?
Panic buying by shoppers cleared supermarket...