Tuguegarao City imposes 10-day ECQ due to spike in COVID-19 cases
Mayor Jefferson Soriano placed the entire Tuguegarao City under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) for 10 days starting January 20, following an increase in COVID-19 cases in the past weeks. Noting...
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UP community online fights DND red-tagging with humor, memes
Once again, the University of the Philippines (UP) puts the “fight” in #UPFight. The UP community on social media hurled jabs at the Department of National Defense’s (DND) unilateral termination of...
View ArticleNUJP warns AFP for red tagging former UP students: ‘You will be held to account’
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) on Saturday, January 23, condemned the malicious red-tagging of journalists and other former University of the Philippines (UP) students....
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Pandemic pushes students, housewives to learn new skills at Albay farm school
James Moraleda, a 19-year-old senior high school student of Malabog National High School in Daraga town, belongs to the first batch of students at a farm school in Albay that offers short courses on...
View Article#StoryOfTheNation: Why does the 1989 UP-DND accord matter?
Student political groups and alumni organizations in the University of the Philippines (UP) decried the termination of the government’s decades-long accord with the University of the Philippines (UP)...
View ArticleFAQs: Fact-checking to stop disinformation online
With the continuous spread of disinformation and misinformation online, fact-checking has become a necessary basic skill and civic responsibility for responsible digital citizens. Indeed, being able...
View ArticleUniversity of Saint Louis to help students get laptops for distance learning
A Catholic university in Tuguegarao City has stepped up its efforts to help students cope with the demands of distance learning by providing financial aid that will allow benefactors to buy laptops...
View Article‘There is more to the province than Yolanda’: Leyteño tops 2021 medtech...
It was a dream come true for Fred Lawrence Samante when he ranked 1st in the January 2021 Medical Technologist Board Examination. A graduate from St. Scholastica’s College Tacloban (SSCT), Samante...
View ArticleDespite delays, Cebu graduate becomes topnotcher in 2021 medtech licensure exam
Samar native Salvador Cabrigas Sampayan Jr wanted to take the medical technologist licensure exam (MTLE) right after he graduated from Cebu’s Southwestern University PHINMA, but he only managed to do...
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Worried Filipinos open up after viral tweet on health emergencies
How do you feel that with just one hospitalization due to a major sickness, you could lose all of your hard-earned money – including your life savings? This was the discussion on Saturday, February...
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Eastern Samar surf club gives mentorship, equipment to young surfers in Borongan
Aspiring surfers in Borongan City, Eastern Samar, received early Valentine gifts on February 13: P150,000 worth of surf equipment from the Surfriders Club of Eastern Samar (SCES) and local surfboard...
View ArticleHow you can help detained Lumad teachers, students, and elders in Cebu City
Several Lumad are in need of help after they were taken into custody by members of the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) Central Visayas office (PRO-7). On Monday, February 15, 26 Lumad teachers,...
View ArticleCebu student’s story tackling mental health shines at UK literary contest
When the Philippines imposed quarantine measures starting March 2020, many Filipinos found themselves forced to stay at home to keep safe against COVID-19. As a way to cope with the uncertainty and...
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Guno Kem Ye: A halfway maternity home for T’boli mothers
In the town of Surallah, South Cotabato, members of the T’boli tribe continue to struggle with access to maternal health services. Aside from living far from the town’s center and having few modes of...
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IN PHOTOS: Surigao del Sur flooded due to Tropical Storm Auring
Although Tropical Storm Auring (Dujuan) has yet to make landfall, parts of Surigao del Sur were already massively flooded on Sunday, February 21, due to the Philippines’ first tropical cyclone for...
View ArticleJournalists, educators urge student press to fight disinformation in campuses
How important is the role of campus journalists in the fight against disinformation? In an online national conference on democracy and disinformation hosted by the University of the Philippines (UP)...
View ArticleLIST: Protests, activities in commemoration of 35th EDSA anniversary
More than 3 decades ago, Filipinos ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in the country through the historic People Power Revolution. February 25, 1986, was the rapture that ended...
View Article35 years after People Power, groups say fight for democracy ‘not over’
Although 35 years have passed since the historic People Power Revolution that resulted in the ousting of a dictator, several groups asserted that the fight for democracy is not yet over. During the...
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On #EDSA35, netizens urge Filipinos to register for 2022 elections
Filipinos online revisited the lessons of the EDSA People Power Revolution as the whole nation commemorated its 35th anniversary on Thursday, February 25. On February 25, 1986, millions of Filipinos...
View ArticleIn St. Luke’s webinar series, health leaders tackle changes needed in health...
“What is the future of health in the Philippines?” This is the central question that the webinar series “The Future of Health” aims to answer. The webinar was launched at the St. Luke’s Medical Center...
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