Xerox Corp. warns Filipinos: ‘Xerox’ is a trademarked brand, not a verb
Not enough people know that the word “Xerox” is actually a brand name and not a verb that is a synonym of "photocopying." Fuji Xerox...
Filipina chef relying on chocoholics to help beat typhoon threats
KUALA LUMPUR — A Filipina chef is hoping chocolate will become the secret ingredient needed to help farmers in her typhoon-hit community survive and...
Millennials and Gen Z stage events in Philippines as part of the global protest...
Youth organizations in different parts of the world, including the Philippines, are preparing for a massive coordinated protest against government and businesses that turn...
A hate crime? LGBTQ advocates on uproar over Pangasinan homicide case
Advocates from the LGBT community denounced the killing of a transgender woman in Pangasinan as a case of prejudice ahead of the results of...
Human rights threats in warming world could speed up climate action
NEW YORK — From worsening hunger and migration to greater loss of lives and property to wild weather, climate change is driving violations of...
New English words! Merriam-Webster just added 530 terms, pop culture phrases
Merriam-Webster announced that pop culture words, phrases, jargons and gender-neutral terms were among the 530 words it added to its dictionary on September 17. This...
Preferably dead: Duterte seeks freed inmates’ capture
President Rodrigo Duterte has renewed an offer of big bounties for hundreds of convicted murderers and rapists set free in a corrections bureau blunder,...
Elections, a look back: Most fact-checked candidates were Duterte allies
Disinformation on the campaign trail favored candidates allied with President Rodrigo Duterte, based on analysis of fact-checking efforts of Tsek.ph, the country's first collaborative...
Facebook oversight board won’t have mandate to change policy
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Facebook Inc will allow a new outside oversight board to make final decisions on whether individual pieces of content can be displayed on...
People’s revolutions in the Philippines and Hong Kong: Should they be compared?
The perceived success of the previous uprising in Hong Kong with the historic People Power Revolution in 1986 is being compared online, starting discussions...
South Korea on highest alert after African swine fever found
SEOUL — South Korea has raised its animal disease alert to the highest level after discovering its first outbreak of deadly African swine fever...
Schooled by fans, Liza Soberano apologized for using blackface for a TV ad
Liza Soberano acknowledged her fault when she was accused of putting blackface in acting as a member of Spice Girls for an advertisement. Soberano dressed...
World must transform food production or face unrest, scientists warn
ROME — The world must diversify its food production and consumption, or face damaging supply disruptions that could lead to suffering and social unrest,...
Why Isko Moreno, other Metro Manila mayors refused to suspend classes despite rains
Manila Mayor Isko Moreno’s exclusion of college students from his suspension announcement was questioned online since some areas around universities and schools are flood-prone. Other...
Hilarious and witty reviews of red carpet looks at ABS-CBN Ball 2019
So-called reviews of the fashion styles at this year's ABS-CBN Ball attendees gained traction on social media for its amusing remarks. Aen Macapagal shared her...