Month December 2021

MANILA, Philippines — After decades of waiting, families in Barangays Baesa, Old Balara, Bagong Silangan, and Payatas would already be able to own the land where they have lived as the Quezon City government formally acquired properties from various landowners…. Continue Reading →

Convenors say disinformation and historical revisionism contribute to making or breaking an election MANILA, Philippines – The Movement Against Disinformation (MAD) on Wednesday, December 22, published open letters to YouTube and TikTok, pushing them to act on the disinformation on… Continue Reading →

In the most recent electoral poll conducted by Pulse Asia, the formidable tandem of presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and vice-presidential prospect Sara Duterte-Carpio surfaced as the top option. This is the very first time, according to Pulse Asia… Continue Reading →

Dec 20 (Reuters) – Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) said on Monday that a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine appeared to be protective against the fast-spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus in laboratory testing and that the current version of the shot would… Continue Reading →

President Rodrigo Duterte has requested that the government’s quick response funds (QRF) be used to assist individuals affected by Typhoon Odette. Typhoon Odette (international name: Rai), the Philippines’ 14th tropical cyclone in 2021, is said to be the strongest typhoon… Continue Reading →

Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso, the mayor of Manila and a presidential candidate, came out on top in an election poll held in the provinces of the Ilocos Region.  The poll survey was conducted in the provinces of Pangasinan, Ilocos Sur,… Continue Reading →

PRESIDENTIAL candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has widened his lead in the latest survey of the broadcast company DZRH. The second-wave survey of DZRH’s Desisyon 2022, conducted on December 11 to 12, showed that Marcos is the preferred choice over… Continue Reading →

Bong Go’s withdrawal from the presidential race, according to Marcos, simply reflects his value as a true public servant. In a statement, presidential aspirant and former senator Bongbong Marcos said that Senator Bong Go’s resignation from the presidential run in… Continue Reading →

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have previously targeted websites of human rights organizations, alternative media, and Senator Richard Gordon. DDoS attacks employ a network of devices to flood a website with requests, overloading its servers and knocking it offline…. Continue Reading →

(2nd UPDATE) The move comes hours after President Rodrigo Duterte’s longtime aide Senator Bong Go dropped out of the presidential race President Rodrigo Duterte – whose mind has run back and forth between gunning for public office in 2022 and… Continue Reading →