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MANILA, Philippines – Not even esports was spared by the havoc wreaked by the coronavirus pandemic. 
Local esports leagues like the Mobile Legends Bang Bang Professional League Philippines (MPL PH) and The Nationals had to shut down as the government ...

MANILA, Philippines – With the anti-terrorism bill only one step away from becoming law,  Vice President Leni Robredo questioned why the Duterte government railroaded the bill's passage in Congress during the coronavirus pandemic.
Robredo hit the pri...

MANILA, Philippines – The popular Thai Boys Love show 2gether: The Series will soon be streaming on Philippine media giant ABS-CBN's cable and online platforms. 
In a tweet on Sunday, June 7, Dreamscape Entertainment, ABS-CBN's entertainment divisio...

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – The cybercrime office of the Department of Justice (DOJ) will look into the emergence of dummy or fake Facebook accounts that targeted students, activists, journalists, and others over the weekend.
In a statement sent t...

MANILA, Philippines – “Ano ang ambag mo? (What’s your contribution?)”
When netizens started asking that question at the onset of the coronavirus lockdown, the answer of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) ng Barangay Maybunga in Pasig City was to establish ...

MANILA, Philippines – J.K. Rowling, who authored the popular Harry Potter series, was called out by fans after she posted a series of anti-trans tweets on Sunday, June 7.
Rowling, who built an empire on stories about a young wizard who topples a pow...

MANILA, Philippines – Basketball has been entrenched in the Filipino culture that it has been common for people to play the game after work or during weekends as a way to exercise and shed some weight. 
Knowing this, Josiah Villegas started SwishFit, ...

MANILA, Philippines --- The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Sunday announced that the modified number coding scheme which was scheduled for implementation starting Monday, June 8, is suspended "until further notice."

In a stateme...

MANILA, Philippines – After weeks of delays in paperwork and red tape, families of several health workers who were severely infected or died due to the coronavirus finally received funds promised to them under the Bayanihan law.
The Department of He...

BEIJING, China – China's exports and imports fell in May as the economic slowdown abroad started to take its toll, and after a surprise jump driven by increased demand for anti-pandemic supplies, official data showed on Sunday, June 7.
With consumer...

HAMPTON, Ga. --- NASCAR has a checkered racial history.

From an affinity for Confederate flags among the fan base to a driver losing his job just this season for casually uttering a racial slur, the good ol' boys have never been known for divers...

LAS VEGAS --- Amanda Nunes' impressive reign atop two UFC divisions is showing no signs of decline.

In fact, her dominance is making history.

Nunes became the first UFC fighter to defend two championship belts while actively holding the title...

 

 

NEW DELHI -- India and China have agreed to "peacefully resolve" the latest border flare-up that has heightened tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors, New Delhi said Sunday, after a high-level meeting between army command...

NEW DELHI, India – India and China have agreed to "peacefully resolve" a latest border flare-up that has heightened tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors, New Delhi said on Sunday, June 7, after a high-level meeting between army commanders.
Ten...

MANILA, Philippines – The number of coronavirus cases in the Philippines neared 22,000 and the death toll exceeded 1,000 on Sunday, June 7.
There were 555 new cases of the virus as of 4 pm on Sunday, reported the Department of Health (DOH). This bring...

NEW YORK --- Demonstrations over the death of George Floyd continued in New York City on Saturday, with thousands taking to the streets and parks to protest police brutality as police pulled back on enforcing an 8 p.m. curfew that has led to confro...

DENVER --- Seasonal colds and the flu spread through NFL locker rooms just about every year, sending some players home sick while others slog through practices hoping they'll feel better by game day.

Last December, the Patriots flew two airplane...

 



 

BEIJING --- China's exports and imports both fell in May as the coronavirus and trade tensions with the U.S. weighed on demand both at home and abroad.

 

Exports fell 3.3% compared to a year earlier to $206.8 billion ...

 

Conor McGregor has announced his retirement for the third time in four years.

 

McGregor abruptly made his latest dubious declaration Sunday morning on his Twitter account, where the former two-division UFC champion also announ...

SEOUL, South Korea --- A woman running a shelter for South Korean victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery has been found dead in her home, police said Sunday, amid a widening probe into a corruption scandal involving its owners.

Prosecutors ar...

BEIJING --- Senior Chinese officials, releasing a lengthy report on the nation's response to the coronavirus pandemic, defended their government's actions and said that China provided information in a timely and transparent manner.

National Heal...

  
 
LONDON, United Kingdom – Mixed martial arts superstar Conor McGregor announced his retirement from the sport on Sunday, June 7.
The two-division Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) World Champion said his fighting days were over in a Twitter mess...

NEW YORK, United States --- The death of George Floyd and subsequent demonstrations nationwide have many families discussing racism -- but for many African American parents, "the talk" has long been a necessity in society where their children must ...

MANILA, Philippines --- Suspicious accounts bearing the names of students and alumni of the University of the Philippines have surfaced online, the university said Sunday.

"The UP System has received reports that fake or dummy Facebook accounts have...

WASHINGTON, United States – Tens of thousands of peaceful protesters rallied for racial justice Saturday in cities across the United States following the death of George Floyd , as the movement triggered by his killing at police hands entered a secon...

 

LONDON, United Kingdom – World heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua wore a knee brace as "a precautionary measure" while taking part in a Black Lives Matter march in the British boxer's hometown of Watford on Saturday, June 6.
Joshua, the reigning WB...

Fashion blogger Kryz Uy has given birth to her first child with husband Slater Young.

Uy shared a picture post-delivery with their baby boy Scott Knoa laying on her chest while Young smiled down at his son, as seen on Instagram today, June 7.

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WASHINGTON --- Massive protests against police brutality nationwide capped a week that began in chaos but ended with largely peaceful expressions that organizers hope will sustain their movement.

 



 

 

Tens of thousands o...

 
MANILA, Philippines – #HandsOffOurStudents is a call echoed by several netizens as suspicious fake accounts of students and alumni flooded Facebook on Sunday, June 7.
Seen by many as a scare tactic to silence critics of the administration, they sla...

JAKARTA --- The Indonesian Health Ministry confirmed 993 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the highest single-day increase in the official count to date. The data arrived as the government began to loosen social restrictions under the so-called "new ...

"How are you today?" he asked me.

I was not supposed to say, "I feel fine, thank you. Never been better. I'm okay." It was not the usual greeting. My doctor, my second psychiatrist in three years, meant: how's my mood; do the medications work well; ...

SAN PEDRO CITY - Three drug suspects were killed in separate encounters with the police in Cavite over the weekend.

 

In Imus City, Jenel Jimenez reportedly opened fire at police officers following a buy-bust operation at around 1:30a..m. Su...

Gamer and cosplayer Ashley Gosiengfiao took a stand against followers criticizing her opposition to the anti-terror bill.

An overwhelming majority of Congress passed the bill on its final reading on Wednesday, June 3. The Anti-Terrorism Act of 2...

SEOUL, South Korea – A woman running a shelter for South Korean victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery has been found dead in her home, police said Sunday, June 7, amid a widening probe into a corruption scandal involving its owners.
Prosecutors ar...

BANGKOK --- The Phuket communicable diseases committee on Saturday resolved to reopen beaches on June 9, but strict measures will be imposed to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana said that he would meet with local adm...

BANGKOK --- Asian nations are expected to be the first group of countries Thailand will engage in "travel bubble" talks with, Tourism Authority of Thailand governor Yuthasak Supasorn said.

"Travel bubble" is a post-Covid-19 era term in the touri...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Unlike most countries, Sweden never locked down during the coronavirus pandemic , largely keeping businesses operating, but the economy appears to be taking a hard hit nonetheless.
Under the Scandinavian country's controversia...

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Filipinos in cities across the country reported duplicate accounts made in their name on Facebook on Saturday, June 6.
Hundreds of students from Cebu schools including University of the Philippines Cebu, University of San Carl...

MANILA, Philippines – Did you find an empty Facebook profile bearing your name? 
You are not alone. On Sunday, June 7, hundreds of Filipinos woke up discovering several accounts using the exact or a version of their name. (READ:  Duplicate, false acco...

MANILA, Philippines – Actress Angel Locsin on Saturday, June 6, called Senate President and TV show host Tito Sotto out for apparently "liking" a tweet that accused the General's Daughter actress of "being pro-NPA since Day 1." 
"Saw that you liked th...

MANILA, Philippines – He served in the frontlines to protect the people from the coronavirus, but in the end, he might have fallen by the hands of his own allies.
Police Captain Casey Gutierrez, a police doctor of the Philippine National Police (PNP) ...

PAPEETE, France – The South Pacific island of French Polynesia said it will reopen to international travel next month to try to salvage its vital tourism industry.
The French overseas territory halted all international flights in March in a bid to con...

MANILA, Philippines – A still unidentified hacker has infiltrated the online student portal of San Beda University (SBU), gaining access to personal information and social media passwords of thousands of students and apparently releasing them online...

NICOSIA, Cyprus – Cyprus opens back up for international tourism on Tuesday, June 9, with airports welcoming visitors after an almost 3-month shutdown, and a bold plan to cover healthcare costs for visitors. 
But with arrivals expected to be down by...

COTABATO CITY, Philippines – Bangsamoro lawyers and law students on Saturday, June 6, expressed their “strong dissent” to the anti-terror bill, saying this would only embolden law enforcers to violate civil liberties.
“We support a just, humane law th...

MANILA, Philippines – On Sunday, June 7, various student groups flagged the existence of blank and duplicate Facebook accounts bearing usernames of several University of the Philippines (UP) students and alumni. 
This was first reported by campus Tug...

VIENNA, Austria (UPDATED) – Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) members, led by Saudi Arabia, and other key oil producers agreed on Saturday, June 6, to extend historic output cuts through July, as oil prices tentatively recove...

 

Part 2
( Part 1: [EXPLAINER] Proposed Anti-Terror Act of 2020 a devil’s playground in the hands of a despot )
In recent years, social media networks like Facebook and Twitter have become the new platform for activism. We have witnessed this the past...

MANILA, Philippines --- Law enforcers confiscated more than P244 million worth of crystal meth after killing two suspects in a shootout in Paraaque City on Saturday afternoon.

Director-General Wilkins Villanueva of the Philippine Drug Enforcemen...

MANILA, Philippines --- A Chinese clinic in Paraaque was raided and padlocked on early Saturday morning after police found the medical facility operating without the necessary permits, according to the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO)....

 

Having cut our artistic teeth in theater productions that often demanded the kind of intelligent discourse that neither brain-dead trolls nor paid hacks could even begin to fathom, it is easy to understand why we've been swept off our fee...

Pressed for time and running behind schedule, the production staff of a television series asked two of its cast members, Bubbly Gabbler (BG) and Dazed Actress (DA), if they could block off one of their Sundays for taping.

DA agreed. BG, on the other...

LOS ANGELES---You may have seen Aunjanue Ellis as a housemaid in "The Help," a librarian who is a good woman in Carl Brashear's (Cuba Gooding Jr.) life in "Men of Honor" or a bitter backup singer in "The Help."

Aunjanue (pronounced as in "ingenu...

Sharon Cuneta would "always feel helpless and even useless" when thinking about daughter KC Concepcion, according to the Megastar in a recent interview with Inquirer.

She revealed she worries about KC's "health, and ... [the fact that] she lives alo...

MANILA, Philippines --- Sen. Joel Villanueva on Saturday appealed to the government to prioritize assistance for unemployed workers after a Philippine Statistics Authority labor force survey posted a record-high 17.7 percent unemployment due to the cor...

MANILA, Philippines --- Manila Mayor Isko Moreno announced on Saturday the lifting of the ban on selling alcoholic drinks in the national capital, effective on Monday, June 8.

Moreno lifted the ban in an executive order dated on Friday but only made...

 
CEBU CITY Philippines – Cebu City Mayor Edgar Labella said that the public still has right to “peaceably assemble” and this is not curtailed even during a state of public health emergency.
“The right to peaceably assemble is not proscribed even under...

WASHINGTON DC, USA – The United States on Saturday, June 6, accused China of using the unrest triggered by the death of George Floyd in police custody to justify denying its own people basic human rights.
"As with dictatorships throughout history, n...

TAIPEI, Taiwan – A populist Taiwanese mayor was recalled by voters on Saturday, June 6, abruptly ending the rise of a politician whose failed presidential bid had favored closer ties with China.
The historic recall by citizens in the democratic island...

MANILA, Philippines --- Law enforcers who will abuse the implementation of the Anti-Terrorism Bill, should it become a law, will be punished, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Saturday.

In an interview with AM radio station DWIZ, Lacson issued this assurance...

MONROVIA, Liberia – Liberia has made good progress in containing the spread of coronavirus and will open its international airport and hotels on June 21, the government has said.
A state of emergency that was declared in April and due to expire on J...

LONDON, United Kingdom – Taking a knee, banging drums and ignoring social distancing measures, outraged protesters from Sydney to London on Saturday, June 6, kicked off a weekend of global rallies against racism and police brutality .
The death at po...

MANILA, Philippines --- Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Saturday said he suggested to Malacaang to call for a special session to tackle the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or "Bayanihan 2" bill that contained a P140-billion economic stimulus pack...

High-ranking Olympic official Pierre-Olivier Beckers on Saturday made plain that the delayed Tokyo Olympics "will be held in 2021 or not at all."

The Belgian was reiterating the stance put forward by Japan and International Olympic Committee chi...

TAIPEI --- Voters in the Taiwanese port city of Kaohsiung on Saturday ousted their mayor, whose failed bid for the presidency on behalf of the China-friendly Nationalist Party earlier this year brought widespread disapproval among residents.

The...