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Top diplomat Locsin’s Twitter account stormed with ‘ok boomer’ replies

The day after he cursed at a newspaper reporter on Twitter, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin’s succeeding tweets set off thousands of "ok boomer"...
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Drug czar post for a drug war critic: The strange place Leni Robredo is...

Vice President Leni Robredo accepted the Duterte administration's offer to designate her as a key official in the brutal war on drugs she has...
Duterte at 118th Police Service Anniversary

Duterte warms to idea of banning plastics

MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte has proposed banning plastic, his spokesman said on Thursday, which could provide the impetus needed for the Congress of one...
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On Twitter, Filipinos care most about entertainment, sports and news. Here’s why.

Entertainment, sports and news or public service announcements are considered the top three things that Filipinos care about based on how they use Twitter...
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Vietnam mulls legal action over South China Sea dispute

HANOI — Vietnam could explore legal action among various options in its territorial dispute with powerful neighbor China in the South China Sea, a senior...
Duterte's 2019 SONA entrance

Contextualized: President Duterte’s achievements, according to his supporters

Supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte were spreading posts listing his supposed achievements on Twitter while omitting the controversial aspects of his policies and consequences...
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Takeda’s dengue vaccine effective overall in study but with major limitation

CHICAGO — Takeda Pharmaceutical Co's experimental dengue vaccine was highly effective at preventing the mosquito-borne disease in a late stage study, but it failed...
Vice President Leni Robredo and President Rodrigo Duterte

VP Leni Robredo accepts Duterte’s offer of post in drugs war

Vice President Leni Robredo accepted President Rodrigo Duterte's offer of a lead role in his brutal war on drugs, even though she expected her...
Teodoro Locsin Jr.

DFA chief Locsin hurls expletive at reporter for her live coverage of him in...

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. once again threw diplomacy out of the window when he hurled an expletive against an Inquirer reporter for...
Claudine and Marjorie

In latest public spat, Claudine Barretto accuses sister Marjorie of attempting to hurt their...

Claudine Barretto accused her sister Marjorie of attempting to hurt their mother in the latest episode of their seemingly never-ending family feud. The online word...
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Advertising boss apologizes for callous post on earthquake-stricken Mindanaoans

An advertising executive apologized for her insensitive tweet after an official from the Presidential Communications Operations Office denounced her for saying Davaoenos deserve to...
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TransferWise links up with Indonesian, Philippine e-wallets – CEO

HONG KONG, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Money transfer company TransferWise has begun processing international payments into Asian digital wallets in a move that its...
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Malacañang shrugged off China’s harassment of Filipino-manned vessel. Why is this concerning?

In a move seen as a refusal to reinforce the maritime rights in the West Philippine Sea, Malacañang dismissed the harassment of a Filipino-manned...
Leni Robredo in podium

Duterte picks top drug war critic as his ‘drug czar’

MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed his main political rival, Leni Robredo, his "drug czar," after the opposition leader expressed alarm about the...
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Social media tools and features that small Filipino businesses use to reach more customers

Group chats, live streams and polling stickers are among the free tools that small local entrepreneurs can use to expand their customer base and...