Arrest of public school teacher over online threat vs Duterte sparks questions on ‘selective...
A public school teacher was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday over his online post where he offered a hefty P50 million reward to...
‘True heroes’: How Filipinos are paying tribute to frontliners on International Nurses Day
Filipinos paid tribute to nurses who are on the frontlines of the battle against the novel coronavirus pandemic as the global community celebrates the...
To help trike drivers, vendors, Robredo takes QC markets online as residents observe social...
(UPDATED May 18, 2020; 6:05 p.m.) Vice President Leni Robredo and her “Angat Buhay” anti-poverty program partnered with the Quezon City government to launch an application dedicated to helping market...
Clawing back normality: Bangkok cat cafe reopens after virus shutdown
BANGKOK — As Thailand's capital cautiously reopens many restaurants shuttered over coronavirus fears, the feline "employees" of the Caturday Cafe are back at work. The few dozen...
In this harsh weather, musician suggests offering water to delivery riders
Independent singer-songwriter Bullet Dumas recently shared a suggestion of an Instagram user who encouraged Filipinos to provide water to riders delivering food or other items...
‘We feel like guests’: Manila cruise flotilla offers crew confinement in comfort
MANILA — In the past few weeks, Manila Bay in the Philippines has been transformed into the world's biggest parking lot for cruise ships,...
Timing of Radyo Pilipinas’ ‘Wow China’ airing questioned but segment is 2 years old
A radio program called "Wow China" being aired on the state-run Radyo Pilipinas sparked outrage over the weekend despite the segment being run since 2018. The radio...
ECQ or GCQ after May 15? Filipinos left hanging after Duterte fails to bare...
President Rodrigo Duterte delivered an almost hour-long national address on Tuesday but failed to announce plans for the country after May 15, the scheduled...
Jonvic Remulla announces GCQ, ECQ areas ahead of Palace advisory
Cavite Gov. Jonvic Remulla early morning pre-empted the Palace announcement and announced that the Cavite province will be placed under general community quarantine on...
WHO says ‘extreme vigilance’ needed in exit from lockdowns
GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that "extreme vigilance" was needed as countries begin to exit from lockdowns imposed to curb the spread of...
After assuring Senate will back ABS-CBN franchise renewal, Sotto abstains from vote to reverse...
Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III on Monday abstained from voting on the Senate resolution seeking to reverse the National Telecommunications Commission's cease-and-desist order against ABS-CBN.
His abstention...
Are we flattening the curve? Independent COVID-19 trackers show different figures from IATF data
The claim of the national government's COVID-19 task force that the country is slowly flattening the curve ran counter to the data presented by...
Plastic piles up in Thailand as pandemic efforts sideline pollution fight
BANGKOK — Thailand began the year with a ban on single-use plastic bags that Bangkok office worker Nicha Singhanoi hoped would cut back the...
Captured: These photos show how social distancing rules were broken in queues for gov’t...
Stringent physical distancing measures were not observed in some circumstances over the weekend during the distribution of cash aids and in queues in food...
South Korea scrambles to contain Seoul nightclub coronavirus outbreak
SEOUL — South Korean officials scrambled on Monday to contain a new coronavirus outbreak, searching for thousands of people who may have been infected in a...