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...

Vera Wang has once again proved the world that age is just a number and fans can’t get over it! The famous clothing designer has showed-off her age-defying looks ahead of her 71st birthday on Instagram which even made her followers skeptical of her age after seeing how fit she is! On June 27 in a series of shots, Wang can be seen in a crop top and some leggings revealing her slim and toned physique in a front and back view.   She also gave a nod to the LGBTQ community by changing her Instagram profile photo to reflect...

Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo Duterte Duterte, Marinduque Representative Lord Allan Velasco, and ACT-CIS Representative Eric Yap filed the House Bill No. 7031, which seeks to change the name of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Pilipinas on Thursday, June 25, 2020. According to the press release from Representative Paolo Duterte, changing its name will get rid of the airport’s bad image, and would enable a fresh start after it was previously named as “one of the worst airports in the world,” and the “tanim-bala” incidents in the airport during the term of President Benigno...

It seems like J&T Express, the newest talk of the town for days now has been handling the issue on cargo mishandling with their utmost care—not the way how some of their men just carelessly threw delivery packages as if it was some pieces of trash.     On June 22, a video of several men inside a warehouse ditching a lot of packages went viral on social media which brought gasps to netizens who have seen the clip. A lot of memes were created to make fun of the viral video. Netizens have been expressing concerns about the shortcomings...