Daily Covid-19 cases in Metro Manila down to 500: DILG exec

MANILA – There has been a significant decline in the daily number of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections in Metro Manila in the past days, an official...

House OKs on 2nd reading bill granting PRRD anti-red tape powers

MANILA – The House of Representatives on Friday approved on second reading a measure granting President Rodrigo Duterte the authority to expedite the processing and issuance of...

Gov’t to allow non-essential outbound travel starting Oct. 21

MANILA – The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has lifted its ban on non-essential outbound travel of Filipinos effective October 21,...

La Niña insufficient to normalize San Roque Dam water level

MANILA – Water-starved San Roque Dam may not fully benefit from the onset of rain-bearing La Niña phenomenon and the northeast monsoon or “amihan” which state forecasters expect...

Death toll from Covid-19 surpasses 1.1M worldwide

ANKARA – The number of people worldwide who has succumbed to the novel coronavirus exceeded 1.1 million Thursday, according to Worldometer, which compiles Covid-19 data from around...

Tessie Dichupa’s class: Learning from an art educator’s vibrant brushstrokes painted on her life’s canvas

Entering an art room filled with students working on their artwork is like allowing one’s self to witness chaos. Not the one that brings fear, paranoia,...

Sleepless Nights, Hair Loss and Cracked Teeth: Pandemic Stress Takes Its Toll

In late March, shortly after New York state closed nonessential businesses and asked people to stay home, Ashley Laderer began waking each morning with a throbbing...

No, the WHO Didn’t Change Its Lockdown Stance or ‘Admit’ Trump Was Right

Outnumbered on High Court Nomination, Democrats Campaign for a Different Vote

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee know that, barring something unexpected, they lack the votes to block President Donald Trump from installing his third justice in...

New York Times ‘Caliphate’ podcast controversy challenges brash methods of foreign correspondents

The latest scandal to hit United States news media involves Rukmini Callimachi, a dogged New York Times foreign correspondent who is the journalist behind the New...