Robredo has suggestions to help thousands of stranded individuals at Rizal Stadium

Vice President Leni Robredo recently provided suggestions on how the government can properly accommodate the thousands of locally stranded Filipinos or LSIs in Rizal Memorial...
Daryl Ong

Daryl Ong says protesters to blame for possible ECQ revert despite cases rising before...

Former Kapamilya artist Daryl Ong claimed that protesting on the streets spreads COVID-19 after the nationwide rally held on the same day as President...

People were trying to spot Joyce Bernal’s ‘flavor’ to Duterte’s 5th SONA

Acclaimed film director Joyce Bernal teased the production of the State of the Nation Address days prior to Monday, as she was chosen for...

Second COVID-19 wave forces new travel curbs around the globe

SYDNEY/LONDON — Nations in Asia imposed new restrictions on Monday, while an abrupt British quarantine on travelers from Spain threw Europe's summer reopening into disarray,...
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First virtual effigy burned during ‘SONAgKAISA’ rally

For the first time this year, the annual burning of President Rodrigo Duterte’s effigy did not take place on street protest as it was...

Duterte says COVID-19 intervention prevented millions of cases

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday defended his government's policy to fight its coronavirus outbreak and said early intervention had prevented as many as...
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Cops’ seizing of posters at Quiapo Mass can be considered harassment, robbery

The Manila cops' move to confiscate protest materials from a churchgoer was seen as a form of robbery and harassment by a senator and...
Rodrigo Duterte during SONA 202

Lopezes, death penalty, China: Filipinos note top three topics tackled by Duterte in 5th...

Filipinos on social media took note of some of the topics that President Rodrigo Duterte had discussed in his penultimate State of the Nation...

Duterte says Philippines cannot confront China over maritime claims

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he had no choice but to treat disputes in the South China Sea as diplomatic endeavors because...

Duterte threatens closure or gov’t takeover of ‘lousy’ telecom firm

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday threatened the closure or government expropriation of telecoms firms for what he called "lousy" services, and gave providers...
Paolo Guico

‘Enough’: Ben&Ben vocalist renews call for Duque resignation on SONA 2020

Vocalist Paolo Benjamin Guico of the Filipino folk-pop band Ben&Ben renewed his call for Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to resign on the day...

How the massive #SONAgkaisa protest vs Duterte gov’t was organized

Online protests which translated into street rallies when the general community quarantine was placed in most parts of the country united groups and personalities in...
Sotto, Duterte, Cayetano during SONA 2019

Sans local media coverage, here’s where you can access SONA 2020

With only state-run Presidential Broadcast Staff-Radio Television Malacañang (PBS-RTVM) allowed inside the Batasang Pambansa to cover the fifth State of the Nation Address of...

Asia battles second wave of coronavirus with fresh lockdowns

SYDNEY — Countries around Asia are confronting a second wave of coronavirus infections and are clamping down again to try to contain the disease,...
Juana Change as Harry Roque

Juana Change attends SONAgkaisa protest as Harry Roque during dolphin park visit

Performance activist "Juana Change," also known as Mae Paner, on Monday attended the nationwide protest rally "SONAgkaisa" dressed as presidential spokesperson Harry Roque during his...