Laguna-based rehab center champions mental health through comic book
MANILA, Philippines – Laguna-based rehabilitation facility The One Algon Place Foundation has unveiled a comic book series that tackles mental health and forms of addiction among the youth.Launched at...
View Article‘Tay, may abogado ka na:' Lawyer pays tribute to taho vendor
MANILA, Philippines – It's been two years since College of Law graduate Alex Castro last visited the University of the Philippines-Diliman. On Saturday, February 23, she finally went back to look for...
View Article‘Don't be a headline reader’: Cagayano journalists speak up against...
CAGAYAN, Philippines – The problem of disinformation isn’t just concentrated in Metro Manila. Up north in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, on Tuesday, February 26, students listened to homegrown journalists...
View ArticleVIRAL: Grade 2 student from Samar uses makeshift ballpen for school
MANILA, Philippines – For 8-year-old Jan Kim Enario, even without a 'real' ballpen to write he will still find a way to do his seatwork.In the photos uploaded on February 27 on Facebook by his...
View ArticleXavier University slams red-tagging of its faculty, immersion program
MANILA, Philippines– Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan (XU) denounced the black propaganda that linked a number of its faculty and its immersion program to communist rebels and terrorists.In a...
View ArticleTea Time with Vince and Frank: Is EDSA Metro Manila's biggest ticket trap?
MANILA, Philippines – Right of Way's road safety advocate Vince Lazatin and VISOR.ph's motoring writer Frank Schuengel head over to EDSA, at the spot close to the Total gas station, Boni MRT station,...
View ArticleLaguna newspaper out to prove print is not dying
LAGUNA, Philippines – While most news organizations are turning digital, a media start-up in Santa Rosa, Laguna, has ventured into the print business with the goal of telling stories of the community....
View Article#MoveCavite: MovePH, DLSU-D hold Social Good in the Digital Age forum
MANILA, Philippines – How can we use social media for social good? How can ordinary citizens take part in preventing the spread of disinformation online?These are some of the questions that the forum...
View ArticleMovePH goes to U.P. College of Law for #MoveDiliman
MANILA, Philippines – How can Filipinos use social media to hold the line and promote social good? MovePH, Rappler’s civic engagement arm, will go to the University of the Philippines (UP) College of...
View ArticleVIRAL: Father sells banana cake for son's liver transplant
LAGUNA, Philippines– A heartwarming photo of a father selling banana cake in the streets of Calamba, Laguna, has gone viral on social media.Antonio Detablan sells homemade banana cakes for P120 each to...
View ArticleWomen's rights groups to march against misogyny on March 8
MANILA, Philippines – Various women's rights groups will initiate a broad and collective action to uphold women's rights on Friday, March 8, by marching from Morayta to Luneta in celebration of...
View ArticleU.P. revisits history in Diliman Commune Tour
MANILA, Philippines – Participants of Lakad Gunita 2019 revisited the stories and accounts of the 1971 Diliman Commune, as part of the themed walking tour.Sarah Briones, University of the Philippines...
View ArticleDonations pour in for Grade 2 student who uses makeshift pen
MANILA, Philippines – Netizens have extended their help to the Grade 2 student from Samar who used a makeshift pen for schoolwork.Teacher Maricor Baculanta had shared on Facebook photos of her...
View Article[Right of Way] Road Signs 101
MANILA, Philippines – Faulty road signs are the most discussed issues in Right of Way over the past year, ranging from the too wordy to those obstructed from public view. The Metro Manila Development...
View ArticleNYC chief defends Sara Duterte: Honesty remark 'taken out of context'
MANILA, Philippines – For National Youth Commission (NYC) chairman Ronald Cardema, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte’s statement about honesty– that it was the trait of political candidates – was taken out...
View ArticleCagayan de Oro writers’ group removes writer with false credentials
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines– The Nagkahiusang Magsusulat sa Cagayan de Oro (NAGMAC), a writers' collective in Northern Mindanao, has stripped the board membership of one writer who claimed false...
View ArticleRape jokes? These women aren't laughing
MANILA, Philippines – "When you are single and you have children, ang tawag du'n e naano lang (that just means you were used).""Dapat ang mayor muna ang mauna." (The mayor should have gone first.)A...
View ArticleBaguio journalists urge youth to help fight disinformation
MANILA, Philippines – At the speed with which posts and articles can be shared on social media, Baguio journalists asked the youth to do their part in verifying information during the #MoveBaguio:...
View ArticleIN PHOTOS: Youth groups hold protests to oppose mandatory ROTC
MANILA, Philippines – After the murder of 23-year-old Willy Amihoy, a freshman and Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) cadet at the Iloilo State College of Fisheries-Dumangas Campus (ISCOF-DC),...
View ArticleTIPS: How to conserve water
MANILA, Philippines – What can households and establishments do to conserve water? The continuing water shortage that has affected thousands of residents across Metro Manila and Rizal has put the...
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