It seems like someone had a vacation after the winning-stint from UP COVID-19 predictions! (Read: ‘Panalo na tayo, we beat UP,' Harry Roque cheerfully announced as PH beats COVID case prediction ) Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque is the talk of the town again, but this time, it was his quick getaway in a Marine Park in Subic, Zambales amid the health crisis. Netizens have questioned his visit amid the community quarantine status in Metro Manila that only allows essential travels outside the region. Roque received a lot of backlash on social media after seeing his ‘vacation’ photos swimming with the...

"I'm sick and tired of these boomers treating mental issues like it's a mf joke." Kapamilya actress Nadine Lustre claps back at DZMM anchor Jobert Sucaldito (who is suspended since January by ABS-CBN after his suicide remarks towards the actress) as she questioned the anchor’s presence during the biggest local TV network’s franchise renewal hearing. Sucaldito attended the House of Representatives’ hearing on ABS-CBN’s franchise renewal on Monday, June 29 to address his statement against the media giant for suspending him after telling Nadine to “jump off a building” during his radio program. "'Di ba iyon naman ang gusto nila?...

Kapamilya actress Kim Chiu distributes 1,500 food packages, and donates P300,000 for mass testing kits from her Bawal Lumabas mechandise as she posts on Facebook earlier today, June 30, 2020. Started as an internet meme, Bawal Lumabas song turned out to be a blessing for Chiu as she took advantage of it to collect funds to use for donations in response to COVID-19 outbreak. The kapamilya actress also thanked Shop and Share—a fund raising project that was founded by her co-actresses Angel Locsin, and Anne Curtis, in her Facebook post, for supporting her Bawal Lumabas merchandise. Kim Chiu also documented...

Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque has cheerfully announced on Tuesday, June 30, 2020, that the country has “beat” the COVID-19 prediction of University of the Philippines researchers that there would be 40,000 cases by the end of June. In the live briefing, Roque throws his fist in the air, Duterte’s signature gesture, after the failed projection since the Philippines as of Monday, June 29, has confirmed 36,438 COVID- 19 cases and it only has 1,000 in backlogs.     "Today is the last day na pala. Ano bang sinasabi ko. Wala na po, panalo na tayo! We beat the UP prediction...

According to the data from the World Health Organization (WHO), the Philippines has the fastest rise of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the entire Western Pacific region. In just two weeks, the data showed that the country has logged 8,143 new cases since June 16, the highest among 22 countries in the region.   Screenshot from who.maps.arcgis.com In the region, the Philippines has the third most number of COVID-19 cases as of June 27, with 34,803 cases, following only China with 83,500 cases and Singapore with 43,246 cases. The country is facing struggles in conducting mass testing since there’s no...