Cebu Pacific, AirAsia offer 11:11 seat sales! This is it, pals, this is the sign to book that flight for your 2021 travels! Philippines’ leading airline companies Cebu Pacific and AirAsia Philippines on Wednesday, November 11, 2020, has launched seat sales, for the much-awaited "11.11" dubbed as the biggest online shopping festival in the world.  Cebu Pacific’s “super seat fest” offers a P1 one-way base fare to all its destinations until November 13, for travel from July 1, 2021, to October 31, 2021.  The 'BERyahero' seat sale is a three-day campaign that features low deals, like its Piso (one-Peso) fare flights...

As of 11:20 AM today, November 11, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) raised Metro Manila and other Luzon provinces including Calabarzon, and Bicol Region under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 3, as Ulysses (Vamco) intensified from a severe tropical storm into a typhoon earlier at 8am. In a press briefing past 11 AM today, PAGASA said Ulysses now has maximum sustained winds of 125 kilometers per hour (km/h) from the previous 110 km/h and gustiness of up to 155 km/h from the previous 135 km/h. PAGASA also reported that Ulysses may reach its peak intensity...

The University of the Philippines (UP) announced on Tuesday, November 10, that it will not be holding its annual UP College Admission Test (UPCAT) for incoming freshman students for school year 2021-2022 due to the continuing threat of Coronavirus in the country. The university said in their statement posted on UP’s official website that councils within the UP system “unanimously decided” to do away with the UPCAT “in light of logistical issues.” “The University Councils (UCs) of the eight constituent universities (CUs) of the University of the Philippines System, as the highest academic bodies of the CUs, unanimously decided that...

Yup, it looks like fortune favors the ‘mañanita’ cop again! National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Chief Debold Sinas has appointed as the new head of PNP by President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, November 9, 2020.   Sinas is the 5th police chief under Duterte administration and his appointment will take effect Tuesday, Nov. 10, said Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque.  “Tinalaga po ni President Rodrigo Duterte si Debold Sinas bilang bagong Philippine National Police chief effective po bukas, November 10,” presidential spokesperson Harry Roque announced in an online briefing. In May, the controversial general has drawn flak and received public...

Oh yes, these social media giants are just doing their jobs. With the on-going vote-counting process to some of the key battleground states, the incumbent President Donald Trump has falsely claimed victory and accused ‘unnamed’ people who were trying to "steal" the election and gave wrong information on voting. As polls began to close Tuesday night, Twitter started placing labels on tweets that made misleading or premature claims about the election’s results. It started when Trump declared accused an election accused fraud without evidence. Twitter and Facebook stepped in with warnings that the president's posts violated previously established policies. The...