Largest supermoon of 2020 rises on a world battling COVID-19
The largest, brightest supermoon of 2020 rose in the night sky on Tuesday over hushed cities, stilled factories and countries in lockdown due to the...
In fight for masks, hospital janitors sometimes come last
Katina McDavis spends 40 hours a week cleaning hospital rooms at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Masks are in short supply these days. So,...
Teddy Locsin apologizes for tweet ‘stigmatizing’ people with HIV
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. apologized to the community of people afflicted with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) after he tweeted that being...
Duterte once again claimed that COVID-19 is ‘in the air.’ But here’s what health...
President Rodrigo Duterte made a misleading statement during his late-night national address that the novel coronavirus is airborne when health organizations repeatedly said it...
‘Wash! Wash! Wash!’: Pikotaro’s 2020 PPAP song encourages handwashing
Remember the Japanese comedian-singer who is behind the hit song “Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen” or “PPAP”? He is back with a reminder to wash your hands amid the...
Duterte asks finance chief to ‘generate’ more funds for COVID-19 response despite P275B budget
President Rodrigo Duterte in his latest late night address ordered Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III to "generate" more funds for the government's response to...
Is DENR’s memo vs employees’ online dissent against free speech?
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources released a memorandum discouraging its employees from posting criticisms against the government’s COVID-19 efforts on social media. The memo...
Nurses must be protected from abuse during coronavirus pandemic —WHO, nursing groups
GENEVA— Authorities must protect nurses and other health workers from harassment and attacks compounding the already heavy toll they are paying in the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) and...
Philippines extends coronavirus lockdown, home quarantine to end-April
MANILA— President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday approved the extension of lockdown and home quarantine measures covering more than half of the population, a crisis...
Here’s the story behind Iloilo frontliners’ ‘Money Heist-inspired’ PPE suits
Photos of health workers donning personal protective equipment (PPE) suits inspired by the hit Spanish television series Money Heist caught the public’s attention online...
Sarah Elago, Chel Diokno flag doctored social media posts
Rep. Sarah Elago (Kabataan Party-list) and human rights lawyer Chel Diokno disowned the social media posts bearing false statements attributed to them. On Sunday, Elago asked her...
‘No trend of COVID-19 patients contracting disease from grocery stores,’ PGH says amid online...
Actress and vlogger Alex Gonzaga apologized for sharing an unverified tweet claiming that there is a "trend" of people getting infected by the novel coronavirus...
Campus journalist ‘forced’ to apologize for criticizing Duterte admin
A campus journalist was asked to publicly apologize for his critical remarks against the government amid the enhanced community quarantine. This is the third incident...
‘Mag-ingay para sa bayan’: A list of COVID-19 issues addressed after public objection
Having time in their hands and in tune with the news and developments, the public has been vocal on raising concerns about the government’s...
Real ‘bayanihan’ spirit: How ordinary Filipinos are helping communities this quarantine period
Several Filipinos are harnessing the power of the internet by helping their own communities amid the novel coronavirus pandemic through their skills and capabilities...