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Category: News

  • Vape Bill story
    Categories News Seeing through the Smoke

    DOH, FDA win in SC could go to waste if vape bill becomes law

    By Nica Rhiana Hanopol  |  Jun 28, 2022 8:09 PM

    If President Rodrigo Duterte approves the vape bill before he leaves Malacanang on June 30, the Department of Health (DOH) says it will “result in an absurd situation” wherein similar products that cause harm and danger are regulated differently.

    Department of Health, FDA, Rodrigo Duterte, vape bill

  • Categories Editor's Pick News

    Energy crisis looms as PH drops joint oil and gas exploration with China 

    By Theresa Martelino-Reyes  |  Jun 26, 2022 11:27 AM

    Hopes for joint oil and gas exploration between the Philippines and China, especially in the disputed Recto (Reed) Bank, have been shattered with the termination of bilateral talks, leaving it […]

    PH-China MOU on oil and gas exploration

  • Categories Editor's Pick News

    Rights groups cheer on ICC call for resumption of probe on Duterte’s drug war; Palace ‘exasperated’

    By IVEL JOHN M. SANTOS  |  Jun 25, 2022 3:28 PM

    Human rights groups welcomed on Saturday the move of International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan for the continuation of the investigation into the Philippine drug war after the Duterte […]

    drug war, Duterte, ICC, International Criminal Court, Rodrigo Duterte

  • Categories News

    Journalists and fact-checkers continue to come under attack – DNR 2022

    By Yvonne T. Chua  |  Jun 15, 2022 11:28 PM

    The loosening of pandemic restrictions in March followed by a hard-fought presidential election campaign have further helped news organisations recoup advertising and other revenues lost during the prolonged lockdown. But concerns over press freedom have grown as incoming president Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the namesake and son of the late dictator, held professional journalists in low regard throughout his campaign.

    Reuters Digital News Report 2022

  • Categories Arts & Culture News

    Portrait of Nora Aunor as stage and film actress

    By Pablo A. Tariman  |  Jun 15, 2022 5:50 PM

    A new chapter in the life of Nora Aunor unfolds Thursday, June 16, 2022 when she appears at the Rizal Hall in Malacanang to be conferred the title National Artist for Film and Broadcast.

    2022 National Artist Award, Nora Aunor

  • Overall Trust Scores
    Categories Editor's Pick News

    More Filipinos trust news but many avoid it—Digital News Report 2022

    By Yvonne T. Chua  |  Jun 15, 2022 7:01 AM

    The proportion of Filipinos who say they “can trust most news most of the time” has
    gone up to 37% this year amid a surge of COVID-19 cases around the time the survey
    was conducted.

    Digital News Report, trust ratings

  • Categories Arts & Culture News

     Fides Cuyugan-Asensio, 90, is new National Artist for music

    By Pablo A. Tariman  |  Jun 11, 2022 11:27 AM

    Photos from the official FB Page of Fides Cuyugan Asensio It is official. Opera singer, teacher, stage and film actor and librettist Fides Cuyugan-Asensio is new National Artist for Music. […]

    Fides Cuyugan-Asensio, Filipino National Artists

  • Screenshot sa "Ang Babae Sa Likod Ng Face Mask"
    Categories Arts & Culture News

    Dissecting the ‘kilig’ factor in YouTube platforms

    By Pablo A. Tariman  |  Jun 10, 2022 1:38 PM

    Filmmaker Chris Cahilig: “Ang Babae…” doesn’t ignore the realities of the world but folds them into the narrative to inform who our characters are and how they interact with each other.

    Ang Babae Sa Likod Ng Face Mask, Chris Cahilig, Film

  • Categories Arts & Culture News

    William Henry Scott: A Filipino, in heart and spirit

    By R.C.Ladrido  |  Jun 06, 2022 5:37 PM

    Who is Scotty? A renowned scholar on the culture and history of the Filipino people, William Henry Scott (1921-1993) is well known for his major works on precolonial Philippine society […]

    Scotty, William Henry Scott

  • Categories News Seeing through the Smoke

    Health expert counts on Marcos Jr. to protect youth from tobacco, vape harm

    By Nica Rhiana Hanopol  |  Jun 03, 2022 8:37 PM

    A health advocate called on president-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to prioritize health over his constituents’ interest on the issue of regulating novel tobacco products.  When asked what she expects […]

    cigarettes, marcos, tobacco, vape

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