Opposition coalition 1Sambayan has chosen Vice President Leni Robredo to be its presidential pick for the 2022 national elections, the group announced during a media forum on Thursday, September 30. However, Robredo remains mum on whether she will accept the nomination, who shares the coalition’s belief that only a united opposition stands a chance to unseat the Duterte regime […]

The prestigious Travel + Leisure magazine has once again included Palawan in its “Top Islands in the World” list. The “Philippines’ Last Frontier” made it to two categories in the New York-based magazine’s World’s Best Awards 2021: the “Top 5 Islands in Asia” and “Top 25 Islands in the World.” Palawan ranked 5th in the […]

Neither teachers nor students are required to be vaccinated during the two-month pilot run. President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the resumption of face-to-face classes in at most 120 public and private schools located in areas deemed low risk for COVID-19, the education minister disclosed on Monday. According to Rappler, the pilot run, whose start date is […]

The bill seeking to legalize absolute divorce in the Philippines is now up for plenary debates in the House of Representatives. The development came after the House Committee on Population and Family Relations unanimously approved the still unnumbered substitute bill. Albay Representative Edcel Lagman released a statement on the matter. “Today is a momentous occasion […]

After Pinay skateboarder Margielyn Didal’s historic performance in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she already has her eyes set on getting into the 2024 Paris Olympics. But what if she’s not the only skateboarding delegate in the tournament? Well, Didal and her team are positive her recent stint in the Tokyo Olympics will shift people’s perspective […]