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President Duterte has signed the Anti-Terror Bill into law. The bill has caused controversy in the past weeks because of its provisions.Once the Anti-Terror Law is put into place, enforcers won’t need a warrant to detain suspected terrorists. They can be detained for ...

In June 2019, a Philippine fishing boat was sunk by a Chinese vessel. The latter rammed it, leaving 22 Filipino fishermen struggling for their lives. Luckily, a Vietnamese vessel was nearby and rescued the drowning fishermen. President Duterte called the incident “just a ...

It’s been a rough year for ABS-CBN. It’s facing a pandemic, a struggle for franchise renewal, the shutdown of Channel Two, Sky Direct, and TV Plus, and soon, a number of employees might leave the network to pursue other means of livelihood.Despite the ...

Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan questions presidential spokesperson Harry Roque’s controversial Subic adventure amid general community quarantine: “Sino ang mga tunay na pasaway?”In a Facebook post, Pangilinan listed the number of alleged quarantine violations committed by government officials, particularly: the mañanita of police ...

Following the cease-and-desist order of ABS-CBN’s Sky Direct and TV Plus, the staff of several ABS-CBN programs had an emergency meeting, via Zoom, wherein the network’s management announced its decision to stop all work within select departments.The meeting was held yesterday, July ...

The COVID-19 pandemic persists and with no vaccine in sight, it could be a while before we can all go out and live our lives like we used to. There’s no doubt it has changed the world drastically, and while it continues ...

According to The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Philippines currently has the highest percentage of active coronavirus cases among the region’s 10 member nations.The data presented by ASEAN takes a comparative look at each country’s COVID-19 situation, and the results are relative to ...

The Philippines is taking part in the World Health Organization's (WHO) multi-country Solidarity Trial, which hopes to solve the COVID-19 puzzle.In his report to Congress earlier this week, President Rodrigo Duterte confirmed 361 patients from 26 different hospitals have enlisted in the clinical trials, which requires informed consent ...

A man later identified as a security guard took a doctor hostage early morning Wednesday, July 1, at the East Avenue Medical Center. Multiple news reports said the man went to the hospital for treatment after a motorcyle accident.At around 5 a.m., he ...

Many ABS-CBN stars were disappointed by the recent cease and desist orders (CDO) issued by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to ABS-CBN Corporation and Sky Cable Corporation on June 30.One demands for the closure of Sky Cable Direct, while the other demands ...

The National Telecommunications Commission has just issued a cease and desist order (CDO) to Sky Cable Corporation, the telecommunications subsidiary of ABS-CBN Corporation. Sky Cable is now being ordered to stop its direct broadcast satellite service (DBS).This is just one of NTC's two ...

On June 28, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a report tagging the Philippines as the country with the fastest-growing cases of COVID-19 in Western Pacific Asia. The country has outpaced Singapore and China in terms of the number of new cases ...

Who knew all those times we’ve been staring at the red traffic light while stuck in traffic could actually be beneficial to our health? A new study conducted by scientists at the University College London suggests that staring at deep red lights ...

TV host-actor KC Montero and his wife were among the 121 people, which included foreigners, who were arrested at a high-rise restaurant and bar in Makati City yesterday, June 28.This is in violation of Republic Act 11332 (Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable Diseases ...

Photos of a religious festival held on Saturday, June 28, in Sitio Alumnos, Barangay Basak San Nicolas, Cebu City have been circulating online. Despite the ongoing enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the city, wherein mass gatherings are prohibited, residents were seen lining up for a procession—they also ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has just released data on the number of new COVID-19 cases emerging in Asia, and it was found that the Philippines has the fastest rate in terms of new cases being recorded every day for the month ...

Just a few weeks ago, in May, former senator Ramon Revilla Sr. was rushed to the hospital because of breathing problems. Though he was eventually stabilized, the family today, June 26 announced  the "Hari ng Agimat" has passed away. He was 93 years ...

In the middle of a pandemic, Paolo Duterte, representative of the First District of Davao City, together with Marinduque Representative Lord Allan Velasco and ACT-CIS Representative Eric Yap filed House Bill (HB) No. 7031 on June 25 seeking to rename the Ninoy ...

The Province of Cebu has turned to the practice of tuob as a means to contain the spread of COVID-19. The provincial government issued a memo telling their employees to make time twice a day for the traditional method of steam therapy, a.k.a. ...

Dine-in services at food establishments are now allowed to operate until 9 p.m., the Palace said on June 23.According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, the country’s COVID-19 task force decided to extend operating hours for dine-in services after the curfew time was ...