Soy sauce seller explains marketing choices, which others read as promoting domestic violence
Owners of a local startup business released a clarification about their social media post that was perceived to promote domestic violence and sexism by...
What about VP Robredo’s post-message address made her top Twitter charts?
Vice President Leni Robredo shared concrete, feasible suggestions on how the government could resolve the novel coronavirus pandemic, which message the public had sought...
‘Rampa sa Korte Suprema!’ Popular bloggers-influencers run to SC to challenge anti-terror law
Local influencers and bloggers were the latest petitioners to challenge the controversial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 before the Supreme Court. On Wednesday, a total of...
Amid COVID-19 pandemic, here are Sarah Geronimo’s priorities
As singer and actress Sarah Geronimo-Guidicelli turned 32 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, her life priorities also changed. Geronimo, who tied the knot last February, celebrated...
Threat to seize Philippines’ largest telcos: What’s at stake? Can gov’t do it?
In his fifth State of the Nation Address on July 27, President Rodrigo Duterte challenged telecommunications companies to improve their services before December or...
About 3 billion animals harmed in Australian bushfires, WWF says
SYDNEY — Nearly 3 billion koalas, kangaroos and other native Australian animals were killed or displaced by bushfires in 2019 and 2020, a study by...
‘Lives are at stake’: Roque hit for saying Metro Manila is ‘living experiment’ in...
The Palace said that Metro Manila "will be a living experiment" in terms of the government's response towards COVID-19 as cases reached the eightieth...
Providing women with contraception could save poor countries billions
WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Low- and middle-income countries could save billions of dollars a year in health care costs by investing in making...
Teddy Locsin says DFA to ‘follow’ black-and-white selfie challenge after Robredo post
(Updated 3:36 a.m.) Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro "Teddy" Locsin Jr. said the Department of Foreign Affairs will "follow" the black and white selfie challenge after...
Instead of ‘tsismosas’ as contact tracers, Iloilo mayor eyes using new app
Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas dismissed the idea of using neighborhood rumormongers or "tsismosas" in contact tracing efforts of local government units as earlier...
WHO says COVID-19 pandemic is ‘one big wave’, not seasonal
GENEVA — A World Health Organization official on Tuesday described the COVID-19 pandemic as "one big wave" and warned against complacency in the northern hemisphere summer since the infection...
Local artist Hulyen seeks help to report Facebook page that used her art for...
Local artist Julienne Dadivas, known for her work Hulyen Comics, is seeking the public's help to report a Facebook page that stole and edited...
‘Hindi kakaunti ‘yan’: Harry Roque told to stop ‘downplaying’ high number of COVID-19 cases,...
Filipinos are asking presidential spokesperson Harry Roque not to "downplay" the country's health crisis after he dismissed the increasing numbers of the COVID-19 infections and...
Pfizer-BioNTech begin late-stage study of lead COVID-19 vaccine candidate
German biotech BioNTech and U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc said on Monday they would begin a pivotal global study to evaluate their lead COVID-19 vaccine candidate. If the...
‘Years without job security’: PTV-4 management urged to regularize workers
A former host and broadcaster of People's Television Network urged the management to "swiftly" process the regularization of its employees and prioritize their welfare amid...