Kobe Bryant

Filipino athletes join the world in mourning and honoring NBA legend Kobe Bryant

Several Filipino athletes mourned the death of modern basketball icon Kobe Bryant after he figured in a helicopter crash with his teenage daughter on...
A worker in protective suit looks at a man while he enters the Xizhimen subway station, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, in Beijing

A collection of false rumors about coronavirus in the Philippines

The Manila Health Department dispelled rumors that a person in the capital has been sick with the deadly novel coronavirus. During the celebration of the...
Man walks on Daang Kastila

A cause for alarm: Video of man walking dangerously near Taal Volcano

A video of an unidentified man attempting to get dangerously close to the active Taal Volcano despite the complete island being declared a “no...
Lakers fans gather near the helicopter crash site that killed retired basketball star Bryant in Calabasas

Reaction to the death of former NBA player Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant, who won five NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers, died aged 41 on Sunday in a helicopter crash in California. His 13-year-old...
Bato dela rosa Interaksyon

Individual concern turned national: Loss of Dela Rosa’s visa starts to end major deal...

(Updated 11:54 p.m.) President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to terminate a long-term bilateral agreement as a knee-jerk response to the cancelation of Senator Ronald "Bato"...
Filipina artist Janina Sanico paints an image of Taal volcano

Filipino artist paints images of volcanic devastation using ash

TANAUAN — Ash from a rumbling volcano has inspired an artist and instructor to paint watercolors using the grey powder that had covered the plants...
Bureau of Immigration

Philippine government’s order to deport travelers from Wuhan: Was it too late?

More than a hundred tourists arrived in Aklan from Wuhan province in China, the ground zero for a novel strain of the infectious coronavirus,...
A Soldier's Heart

Representation of Butuan City in ABS-CBN’s fictional ‘A Soldier’s Heart’ irked this lawmaker

ABS-CBN was called out for its perceived misrepresentation again, this time, by a lawmaker over the scene in the pilot episode of its show. Agusan...

Eyebrows raised over use of funds and logistics for Congress session in Batangas

Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano held a plenary session in Batangas despite the imminent hazardous eruption of the Taal Volcano. State seismologists still retains the Alert...
Angkas driver

Potential conflict of interest seen in Koko Pimentel’s barrage against Angkas

Sen. Koko Pimentel’s petition to declare Angkas CEO Angeline Tham a "persona non grata" could present a conflict of interest since he was the...
Angkas riders in protest

Sudden change in policy for motorcycle taxis raised some suspicions

Motorcycle taxi services such as Angkas were suddenly allowed to operate at least temporarily after President Rodrigo Duterte and his former presidential aide stepped...
Medical staff carry a box as they walk at the Jinyintan hospital, where the patients with pneumonia caused by the new strain of coronavirus are being treated, in Wuhan

Pinoys, don’t panic! Coronavirus is a common term for a variety of illnesses

It’s not yet certain whether a Filipino child confirmed to be afflicted with coronavirus has the same strain as that found in patients in...
Lea Salonga in a gallery

Lea Salonga, other talents back 1-million signature campaign for ABS-CBN

Kapamilya talents showed their support for a signature campaign backing ABS-CBN's franchise renewal launched by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines. Lea Salonga,...
Volunteers at a makeshift shelter help dogs rescued from the exclusion zone surrounding Taal Volcano in Nasugbu

Nasugbu farm shelters pets rescued from volcano

A small farm in Nasugbu, Batangas is providing a safe haven for pets rescued from an exclusion zone around an active volcano. Taal began spewing...
Taal Volcano

Profit over safety? Two politicians’ decisions for Cavite to return to normal draw flak...

Two politicians sought to continue daily operations in Cavite despite advisories from state seismologists on the Taal Volcano eruption. Vice Mayor Charlie Natanauan of Talisay,...