Manila students turn littered dog poo into bricks
MANILA — A group of secondary school students has found a way to convert poo from stray dogs into a mixture for bricks, aiming to...
Executive order states Robredo is entitled to documents on national security
Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that giving Vice President Leni Robredo full access to drug-related classified documents will supposedly put the country's security at risk...
Duterte mistakenly thought a foreign rights advocate was a prosecutor invited by Robredo to...
Outraged over a tweet of a critic of his drug war, President Rodrigo Duterte falsely identified Phelim Kine, a human rights advocate, as a...
These major international organizations are behind the anti-vaccine movement on Facebook, a study claims
Amid the rise of dengue and measles cases in the world, a study pointed to two big organizations as the ones responsible for spreading...
Filipinos hit Tito Sotto for his response to CHR chair in budget deliberations
Filipinos reminded Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III of the 1987 Philippine Constitution when he blasted the chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights...
President Duterte says to ban ‘toxic’ e-cigarettes and arrest users
The use and importation of e-cigarettes and arrest anyone using them will be outlawed, President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday, joining a growing number...
Student protesters hold out as Hong Kong leader urges peaceful resolution
HONG KONG — Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she hoped a standoff between police and a hold-out group of anti-government protesters at a university...
State of govt’s financial support to athletes in light of P50-million SEA Games cauldron
As a senate leader questions the high cost of the cauldron for the torch lighting ceremony of the 30th Southeast Asian Games, arguments surface...
Local water scarcity spilling over into global crisis, researchers warn
LONDON — Population growth and climate change are putting increasingly intense pressure on the planet's limited water supplies, with worsening shortages emerging from the...
China calls on U.S. to ‘stop flexing muscles’ in South China Sea
BANGKOK — China on Monday called on the U.S. military to stop flexing its muscles in the South China Sea and to avoid adding...
Manny Pacquiao criticized after tweet on time management
Sen. Manny Pacquiao shared a tweet about prioritizing one's family days after his post on time management gained criticisms from some Filipinos who recalled his...
Comments and reactions overflowed anew during this year’s UAAP Cheerdance Competition. Here are some...
Amid the excitement during the UAAP Cheerdance Competition over the weekend, witty and snarky comments and remarks on competing universities again ruled on Twitter. Philippine...
The two instances when Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto took the side of his constituents...
Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto’s recent actions to help the release of the detained workers of a food corporation was the second time he defended...
Fact check: Did Robredo ‘allow’ drug suspects to use guns in police ops?
A false quote card on Twitter is making rounds about Vice President Leni Robredo saying she will "allow" drug users to carry guns if...
Baking cities advance ‘slowly’ in race against rising heat threat
LONDON — With urban populations surging around the world, cities will struggle to keep residents safe from fast-growing heat risks turbo-charged by climate change, scientists...