Chinese Coast Guard

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...
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co's logo is seen at its headquarters in Tokyo

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...
Davao City earthquake

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...
General view of a business district at sunset in Jakarta

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...
Scarborough_Shoal_Landsat

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...
John Rubio

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...
Red Horse planner

‘Planner ng mga walang plano:’ Popular beer joins the planner phenomenon

The country's largest brewery is set to rival coffee chains in the daily planner boom. San Miguel's Red Horse launched its very first planner for...
World Fischer Random Chess Championship 2019

Chess grandmaster Wesley So wins major tournament as a US player. But what does...

Wesley So’s achievement at the World Fischer Random Chess Championship on behalf of the United States brought to light the consequences of the Philippine...
Apollo Quiboloy

Why Pastor Quiboloy’s claims on stopping the Mindanao earthquake are ridiculous

Pastor Apollo Quiboloy’s name resurfaced anew after videos of him claiming he was responsible for stopping the 6.6-magnitude tremor despite evident geological reasons made...
Duterte with a jersey

‘Professional Heckler’ hits Panelo for ‘fake news’ accusations over edited video of Duterte

The reply of humor blogger and critic "The Professional Heckler" proved presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo wrong as he questioned whether the latter had understood...