Former Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim not dead, contrary to deleted post

A local news outlet accidentally shared on social media that former Manila Mayor Alfredo "Fred" Lim passed away due to the novel coronavirus on...
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Willie Revillame to give millions in cash aid to jeepney drivers through government

Kapuso television host Willie Revillame on Friday announced his plan to donate P5 million to jeepney drivers unable to ply their routes because of...
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Defending anti-terror law, Robin Padilla claims terror attack caused Lebanon blasts

Veteran actor Robin Padilla, who is also a vocal supporter of the administration, claimed that the tragic Lebanon explosion was a terrorist attack to...
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200,000 pieces of cheap face shields? Public warned of online scams as demand rises

Reports of bogus online transactions involving face shields surfaced on social media following the recommendation of the government to wear them in public places...
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Is PhilHealth succeeding in clearing its name online?

The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) continued to deny on social media that its top executives pocketed P15 billion while an investigation into possible...
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‘Record of Youth’ teases blooming romance between Park Bo-Gum, Park So-Dam

The latest teaser of upcoming series "Record of Youth" showed the blossoming love between Sa Hye-jun portrayed by Park Bo-Gum and An Jeong-ha played...

‘Rain or shine’: Grocery runs, pantry refills remain a click away with food delivery...

With National Capital Region and nearby provinces placed under modified enhanced community quarantine anew, delivery services have once again become on-demand as they ease the...
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Facebook launches TikTok-like product inside Instagram

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook rolled out its own version of social media rival TikTok in the United States and more than 50 other countries on Wednesday, embedding a...
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Google pulls 2,500 China-linked YouTube channels over disinformation

Google says it has deleted more than 2,500 YouTube channels tied to China as part of its effort to weed out disinformation on the videosharing platform. The...

Edited photo? Duque claps back with proofs of attendance in Navotas event

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Thursday shared more photos as proofs of his visit to Navotas to dispel rumors that one of the snapshots...

#SuitforHeroes: Art pieces of Filipino comic book artists up for auction to fund frontliners’...

It’s time for COVID-19 heroes to suit up. After a donation drive launched last month, the #SuitforHeroes initiative that seeks to fund the personal protective...

YouTube star Jake Paul’s Los Angeles-area home raided by FBI

LOS ANGELES — FBI agents in tactical gear on Wednesday raided the Los Angeles-area mansion home of YouTube star and social media influencer Jake Paul in an investigation...

What you need to know about the Philippines’ economic growth as it sinks into...

The Philippines has recorded the worst economic growth since the recession in 1981, according to the data released by Philippine Statistics Authority. On Thursday, the PSA...

Philippines records most coronavirus cases in East Asia after new surge

MANILA — The Philippines on Thursday recorded another jump in coronavirus cases to overtake neighboring Indonesia as the country with the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 infections...
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First episode of Ben&Ben’s video series convinces non-K-pop fans to listen to K-music

Local folk-pop band Ben&Ben is starting to convert some Filipinos to like Korean pop or K-pop music as they cover four K-pop songs in...