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Man sentenced to death in Singapore via Zoom call

Reuters
Posted at May 20 01:51 PM

A man has been sentenced to death in Singapore via a Zoom video-call for his role in a drug deal, the city-state's first case where capital punishment has been delivered remotely. Read more »

CBCP: Gov’t, lawmakers must resolve issues to get ABS-CBN back on air

Erik Tenedero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 07 11:55 PM

Filipino bishops expressed alarm over the shutdown of ABS-CBN’s broadcast operations, as the network’s franchise expired and the renewal of which remains in limbo. Read more »

Apple to hold annual developers event online from June 22

Reuters
Posted at May 06 08:01 AM

Apple Inc said on Tuesday its annual developers conference will start on June 22 and attendees would be able to stream the event for free on its developer app or website. Read more »

Senate set to hold sessions through videoconferencing, remote means

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 03 01:03 AM

In a statement Saturday, the Senate said it will resume sessions and will hold them via video conferences due to the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

Zoom’s biggest rivals are coming for it

Mike Isaac and Sheera Frenkel, The New York Times
Posted at Apr 30 11:55 AM

As people turned in droves to video chatting app Zoom in recent weeks, the buzz caught Facebook’s attention. Inside the social network, that immediately set off a scramble.   Read more »

Groups conducting relief ops need LGU certification: DILG

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 25 01:37 PM

MANILA - Groups conducting relief operations need to secure a certification from the recipient local government unit before they are allowed to pass through checkpoints, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Saturday. Read more »

Zoom users top 300 million as ban list grows

Reuters
Posted at Apr 23 05:34 PM

Zoom video conferencing app's user base grew by another 50 percent to 300 million in the last three weeks, as the company fought to quell a backlash around security and safety that has seen a number of governments and firms ban its applications. Read more »

'Zoombombers' raid business leaders' video conference

Gigi Grande, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 23 08:19 PM

Just as Presidential Adviser Joey Concepcion was about to welcome some 300 participants to the Project ARK forum, music blared out of nowhere followed by obscene lyrics.  Read more »

Roque takes over gov't messaging on coronavirus policies

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 23 02:54 PM

Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said Thursday he would take over as head of the government's efforts in communicating policies and responses on the coronavirus crisis in an effort to centralize the messaging system. Read more »

Coronavirus lockdown halts Easter traditions

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 11 06:14 PM

Easter celebration and other religious rites in the Philippines, Asia’s bastion of Catholicism, have been disrupted by the Luzon-wide lockdown, which was implemented to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease. Read more »

PANOORIN: Sabayang pagtunog ng mga kampana bilang panalangin vs COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 08 09:15 PM

Tumugon ang iba’t ibang mga simbahan sa panawagan ng Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines para sa sabay-sabay na pagpapatunog ng mga kampana, bilang panalangin kontra coronavirus disease 2019. Read more »

Wear pants, stop multitasking, and other video conference dos and don'ts

Updated as of Apr 08 01:30 PM

Manners still matter even when you're working from home. By FRANCES SALES Read more »

Pray hard this Holy Week, CBCP tells Filipinos amid COVID-19 pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 07 06:31 PM

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Tuesday urged the faithful to pray hard to commemorate the Holy Week as the country deals with the coronavirus crisis.   Read more »

Video-conferencing app Zoom under scrutiny in US over privacy, porn hacks

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 01 08:05 AM

Video conferencing app Zoom, which has seen its popularity skyrocket in the coronavirus pandemic, is in hot water after users complained to the FBI of being startled by porn during meetings. Read more »

Van na galing-NSPC nahulog sa kanal; guro patay, 13 iba pa sugatan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 13 06:16 PM

Ayon sa isang guro na nakaligtas, nagdesisyon umano silang umuwi na kaagad kahit hindi pa tapos ang programa dahil sa takot na maipit sa pagpapatupad ng community quarantine.  Read more »

DepEd suspends regional, national events anew due to COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 08 07:32 PM

The Department of Education (DepEd) is suspending scheduled national and regional events due to the recent developments in the country with regard to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Read more »

Stories on labor laws, fact-checking win 2020 Chit Estella Journalism Award

Merinette Retona, VERA Files
Posted at Mar 07 11:31 PM

As the Philippines continues with an environment highly dangerous for journalists and media people to live in, the journalism profession persists to play a vital role in keeping in check the powers that be. Read more »

UN cuts women's conference over coronavirus fears

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 03 07:09 AM

The United Nations on Monday slashed the length of an annual conference on women, which was due to welcome 12,000 delegates to New York this month, to just one day because of the deadly coronavirus.   Read more »

World economy conference with pope postponed due to coronavirus

Reuters
Posted at Mar 02 07:31 AM

A conference on the world economy due to take place in Italy later this month with Pope Francis taking part has been postponed until November because of the coronavirus outbreak, organisers said on Sunday.   Read more »

Clergy told to sprinkle dry ashes instead of marking foreheads on Ash Wednesday

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 20 03:44 PM

The CBCP on Thursday told clergymen to sprinkle dry ashes on the head instead of applying wet ashes on a person's forehead on Ash Wednesday in a bid to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).  Read more »