Britney Spears bids again to permanently get dad out of her personal affairs
LOS ANGELES — Lawyers for Britney Spears will again ask a Los Angeles court next month to make official the replacement of her father as her conservator...
Rundown: Gov’t offices under lockdown amid fresh spike in COVID-19 infections
A number of government offices have been placed under lockdown in a bid to mitigate the transmission of coronavirus disease among its employees. They would...
History in the making: Filipino scientist set to reach Earth’s 3rd deepest spot
A microbial oceanographer of the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute is set to make history as the first Filipino to reach the...
Thai sniffer dogs can detect COVID-19 in sweat, project shows
BANGKOK — Thai sniffer dogs trained to detect COVID-19 in human sweat proved nearly 95% accurate during training and could be used to identify coronavirus infections...
PUP student council calls for accountability over alleged online harassment
A student council of a state-run university denounced an online harassment case involving a student and a professor. In a statement on March 16, the...
For Asian-Americans, Atlanta shooting sows fresh fear after a year of mounting discrimination
ATLANTA — Before the COVID-19 pandemic began last year, Kyung Cho noticed people sometimes gave him odd looks or asked if he spoke English. These days,...
Circulating social media graphic claiming total lockdown in Cavite is fake, recycled
There will be no "total lockdown" in Cavite, contrary to social media posts claiming one will be imposed soon. A Twitter user shared a social...
Eyebrows raised over franchise consolidation deadline for PUV modernization
The timing of the looming deadline for the registration of modern public utility vehicles was questioned as operators and concerned Filipinos pointed out that...
Making sense of ‘face mask at home’ advice: Filipinos weigh in amid rise in...
The call for Filipinos to wear face masks at their own residences to help prevent the spike of the COVID-19 cases in the country...
Palawan plebiscite arguments juxtaposed: A loss to economy, a win for environment
The Palawan division plebiscite has been concluded on Tuesday and it will remain one province. However, the arguments surrounding the decision to not split it...
Drenched in purple, South Korean islands draw tourists
SHINAN, South Korea — Dressed all in purple, bent-over women held long rakes aloft as they walked in a line to a lavender field to carry...
PTV partly blames ‘predictive text’ for #DutertePalpak tweet. But does it happen on Tweetdeck?
People's Television Network or PTV-4 attributed its latest social media gaffe in part due to "predictive systems in the text entry phase." The tweet in...
Pricey cats: Six felines confiscated in Thai drug network raid
BANGKOK — Six pedigree cats valued at thousands of dollars were confiscated in a Thai drug network raid on suspicion they were being used to launder...
Philippines says wider lockdown possible as coronavirus infections spike
MANILA — A wider lockdown in the Philippines cannot be ruled out if its surge in COVID-19 infections continues, its health minister said on Wednesday, as...
Philippines remains the only Southeast Asian country with COVID-19 cases spike, data show
A year into the pandemic, the Philippines fares poorly in suppressing the novel coronavirus compared to its neighbors in Southeast Asia. Think tank IBON Foundation...