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Martial law has been a part of President Rodrigo Duterte’s vocabulary since he assumed power in 2016, and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo appears to share this fascination.

Estrellita Juliano-Tamano, president of the Federation of International Cable TV and Telecommunications Association of the Philippines (FICTAP), falsely claimed that media network ABS-CBN violated the law for broadcasting on multiple channels under one franchise.

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On April 1, 2020, around 10:30 p.m., Ronald Cumayas, 38, a volunteer, was manning the quarantine checkpoint of Barangay Bagong Silangan in Quezon City when he was fatally shot by four gunmen on board two motorcycles.

Eating bats, particularly its wings, drive evil spirits away, according to a popular Philippines folklore. Another widely held belief is that pangolin scales ward off witch’s spells, while its meat cures asthma.

President Rodrigo Duterte’s remark about horses developing immunity through the injection of blood from deceased coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients needs context.

​As Baguio City prepares to resume limited business activity with the easing of restrictions, traffic enforcers urge motorists to take precautions and drive defensively.

It took the much-dreaded Covid-19 to give the environment a break from Man’s abuses.

The international scientific community is moving at a record speed to develop the first-ever coronavirus vaccine as it races against time with nearly four million people already infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

It was not an eruption. Mt. Halcon is not a volcano.

After claiming that Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle was kicked out as archbishop of Manila for “politicking,” Malacanang is now "thanking” him for the recognition his recent Vatican appointments has brought to the country.

The outpouring of support for ABS-CBN from various sectors expresses shock and anger over the cease and desist order issued by the National Telecommunication Commission (NTC) on May 5, two days after World Press Freedom Day.

The National Telecommunications Commission did a 180-degree turn when it issued a cease and desist order against media network ABS-CBN from continuing its broadcast operations beyond the expiration of its franchise on May 4.

Almost half of member-community newspapers of the Philippine Press Institute (PPI) had been forced to temporarily cease printing operations due to the 2019 coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, its executive director, Ariel Sebellino, said in an online forum on May 4 to commemorate World Press Freedom Day.

Adding fuel to calls for the nonrenewal of ABS-CBN’s legislative franchise, former broadcaster Jay Sonza published as true a satirical post claiming the network reported that senior citizens would be allowed to go out of their house under the general community quarantine (GCQ) only "if they are accompanied by their parents."

The Cultural Center of the Philippines through its Vice-President and Artistic Director Chris Millado announced Thursday via Zoom teleconference all live concerts, ballet presentations, theater seasons and other previously planned shows will have to be cancelled this year.

As the pharmaceutical industry races to find treatment for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), President Rodrigo Duterte has guaranteed that he will lift quarantine measures in the country once a “cure” is out in the market.

Watch this video to see how the president’s statements on declaring martial law evolved.

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has downplayed the Feb. 17 incident in which a Chinese warship aimed a radar gun on a Philippine navy ship within Philippine waters, contradicting an earlier statement of the military.

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III has admitted that there is a shortage of personal protective equipment for the country’s health care workers servicing those afflicted with COVID-19.

Various studies support the theory that COVID-19 is a zoonotic disease -- one that originated from animals and passed on to human beings. What has still to be confirmed is the culprit animal species. Yet, bats, snakes and pangolins have already become prime suspects.

A misleading article from 2018 with a headline saying consumption of coconut oil can eliminate “93%” of “colon bad cells” in two days has recently been resurrected and shared on social media. It also makes a number of inaccurate claims.

The video in Trending Lahat’s live stream is actually Duterte’s late night “Talk to the Nation” address on COVID-19 aired on April 6.

More and more, President Duterte is giving the uniformed personnel a bigger role in the implementation of the Luzon-wide lockdown he imposed beginning March 16 to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus that has rampaging in all parts of the world claiming lives of hundreds of thousands. In the thousands have been afflicted. While over 600 have recovered, more than 500 have died.