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This photo taken on April 2, 2020 shows returning overseas Filipino workers.

Weeks past 14-day quarantine, OFWs in facilities to be sent home

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said composite teams of OWWA and Philippine Coast Guard personnel will arrange daily trips for 8,000 OFWs... Read more

Photo taken April 30 shows Police General Archie Gamboa delivering a public address.

PNP waiting for formal complaints of sexual abuse by cops at quarantine checkpoints

“I strongly urge those unnamed sources to immediately report to the PNP and to file charges against suspected wrongdoers." Read more

Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, Philippine National Police (PNP) deputy chief for operations, yesterday said they adjusted their security coverage when commercial establishments in Metro Manila reopened under a modified enhanced community quarantine

PNP braces for GCQ

Police forces are bracing for more challenges in maintaining peace and order once Metro Manila and other areas transition to a less stringent... Read more

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Life After Lockdown: Limited operations for land transport as more Filipinos hit the road

Worshippers maintain physical distancing as they take part in a morning prayer to celebrate Eidâ��l Fitr at the Mohammed al-Amin Mosque in Beirut, Lebanon yesterday. Similar mass gatherings were banned in the Philippines.

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Duterte urges Muslims: Break barriers that divide us

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38 minutes ago - Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon is hoping for a "science-based decision" as Metro Manila and other parts of the country under a Modified Enhanc...

1 hour ago - The US coronavirus death toll has risen by 638 over the past 24 hours, the Johns Hopkins University tracker reported Sunday night. After that relatively small ...

20 hours ago - Police fired tear gas at protesters in Hong Kong on Sunday, as hundreds of pro-democracy campaigners gathered in their first rally after China sparked outrage w...

21 hours ago - Three health workers in Lipa City have been infected with the novel coronavirus, Mayor Eric Africa announces Sunday. This increases the city’s total COVI...

23 hours ago - Sen. Risa Hontiveros joins calls to highlight the plight of displaced residents of Marawi City more than three years after the siege that destroyed a large part...

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A Imam prays at an empty mosque in Cotabato City, in southern island of Mindanao on May 22, 2020, ahead of Eid-al-Fitr, with mass gathering still not allowed in mosques or churches, as part of the government's effort to contain the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.

Virus lockdowns stifle Eid celebrations as infections rise

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Theatrical release poster of 1990 American survival drama film "Lord of the Flies."

'Real Lord of the Flies' shipwreck to become Hollywood movie

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The figure hit the mark after Philippine Airlines flight PR 683 arrived on Saturday with 352 Filipinos who were employees of the Nasser S. Al Hajri Corp. in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Repatriated OFWs surpass 29,000

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90% of Pinoys worried about catching COVID – SWS

By Helen Flores | 10 hours ago

Nearly nine in 10 Filipinos worry that they or anyone in their immediate family might catch the coronavirus disease 2019,...

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405 local officials tagged in SAP Anomalies

By Emmanuel Tupas | 10 hours ago

At least 405 local government officials are accused of corruption in the distribution of emergency cash subsidy under the...

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Shabu trade thrives amid pandemic — report

By Pia Lee-Brago | 10 hours ago

While the world has shifted its attention to the coronavirus pandemic, a new United Nations report shows continued growth...

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Lucio Tan Group donates P15 million bio lab to Red Cross

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Lucio Tan’s holding firm LT Group Inc. recently donated a P15-million bio-molecular laboratory to the Philippine Red...

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'Until we can travel again': DOT's 'Wake up in the Philippines' urges tourists to stay at home for now

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Bea Alonzo, Beauty Gonzalez share newfound passion during quarantine

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'Cyber-graduation' sa Taguig ginamitan ng mga... robot?

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COLUMNISTS

Everyone is relative

by: F. Sionil Jose

This Saturday, I’ll miss a very important social event; I should...

Life On Lockdown (LOL!!!) The ‘new normal’ Jeric will be much improved

by: Ricky Lo

If you can’t lick it, embrace it. Until a vaccine is created,...

Vaccine hope

by: Wilson Sy

A glimmer of hope came to light last Monday when listed American...

‘Granular’ approach on lockdowns

by: Marichu A. Villanueva

More likely than not, another wave of speculations on whether...

Messaging to gain trust

by: Boo Chanco

From my decades of experience in managing crisis communication,...

Salary loan deductions: SSS clarifies rules, but...

by: Jarius Bondoc

If an employee with an SSS salary loan resigns, the employer must...

A prayer movement for ABS-CBN’s franchise renewal

by: Pat-P Daza

It’s been 20 days since ABS-CBN went off the air following the...

Frame by frame

by: M.C. Reodica

The frame is simultaneously ubiquitous and invisible in contemporary...

Online chess surges

by: Edgar De Castro

With the recent surge of internet chess activity and the frenzied...

The end of globalization

by: Elfren S. Cruz

A few years ago, I wrote columns whose main message was that globalisation...

Facing uncertainties

by: Francis J. Kong

Restaurants empty, stores closed, shops locked with the usual...

‘Moments To Memories ...To Mammaries?’

by: Joey de Leon

Talagang habang tao’y nasa Cuarentena....

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