(FactCheck) Bill Gates and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have been frequent targets of online misinformation and false claims, increasingly so since the foundation helped fund COVID-19 vaccine research. Now posts on social media falsely claim that a Philippine… Continue Reading →

(GMA News) Recognizing the suffering of Filipino women during World War II, the government vowed to look into a United Nations (UN) panel report saying the Philippines has failed to meet its obligations to the “comfort women.” “The government of… Continue Reading →

(NPR) MANILA, Philippines — The wreckage of a small plane that went missing in late January in the northeastern Philippines has been found, ending weeks of mystery about its whereabouts. The downed Cessna 206 plane was spotted Thursday around 11… Continue Reading →

(BusinessMirror) THE President has approved the creation of a new interagency committee (IAC) on Inflation and Market Outlook (IMO) to be cochaired by the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) and the Department of Finance (DOF). The Department of Budget… Continue Reading →

(RawStory) A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted the southern Philippines on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no reports of casualties or major damage The shallow quake struck at about 2:00 pm (0600 GMT), a few kilometers from Maragusan… Continue Reading →

(Manila Bulletin) Here’s some potential good news for Filipino seafarers. The House of Representatives gave its final approval to the proposed “Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers”, embodied in House Bill (HB) No.7325, during plenary session late Monday afternoon, March 6.… Continue Reading →

(CNN Philippines) Metro Manila — The week-long transport strike against the government’s PUV phaseout program will not include several transport groups across the country, Malacañang said Sunday. Transport group Manibela previously announced that the nationwide strike will push through from… Continue Reading →

(The Week) The Philippines said Saturday that it had spotted a Chinese naval ship off the coast of a Philippine-occupied island in the South China Sea. The Philippine Coast Guard confirmed the presence of “a People’s Liberation Army Navy vessel,”… Continue Reading →