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Game-changing Philippine-made COVID-19 test kits finally get FDA approval

Posted at Apr 04 02:29 PM

The COVID-19 detection kit will be sold at around P1,300–much cheaper than the units currently used in hospitals which cost about P8,000. By RHIA DIOMAMPO-GRANA Read more »

The Sam Morales story isn’t just a catfishing story—it’s a portrait of transphobia in the Philippines

Posted at Apr 04 02:26 PM

It’s more than a true crime story for people to gape at. By JAM PASCUAL Read more »

Why E.T. is a Jesus story with flying bikes + more movies for Holy Week | Get Reel w Andrew Paredes

Posted at Apr 04 01:58 PM

Your Lenten viewing doesn’t always need men wearing mantles and mandals. They just need to ask the great questions. By ANDREW PAREDES Read more »

Here’s how to go on a virtual Visita Iglesia this Holy Week

Updated as of Apr 03 04:52 PM

With this tech tool, you can still keep to some version of the yearly tradition. BY ANCX Read more »

How this mayor turned Iloilo into a model city with its “all action” approach to fight COVID-19

Updated as of Apr 03 06:21 PM

With 240 community kitchens, the first accredited test hub in Region 6, and a frontliners-first policy, Iloilo is turning out to be a model city in the fight against COVID-19. By RHICK LARS VLADIMER ALBAY  Read more »

The low-cost COVID-19 testing kit made by UP scientists is ready for rollout

Updated as of Apr 03 04:29 PM

A number of testing kits, which can do up to 26,000 tests, will be distributed for field implementation from April 4 to 25. Currently in production are testing kits that can accommodate up to 120,000 tests. By ANCX   Read more »

This April’s Filipino Food Month isn’t canceled. Catch it online instead

Updated as of Apr 03 02:10 PM

This month-long annual celebration of Filipino food and heritage goes virtual, starting with a series of livestreamed food talks by distinguished experts. By ANCX Read more »

Her 56-year old father had a heart attack and no hospital would take him in

Posted at Apr 02 05:42 PM

When Zyrene Boco’s father had a heart attack, over 30 hospitals with intensive care units – all overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients – couldn’t and wouldn’t take him in. Now, a daughter grieves alone for the father she lost. By JEFF CANOY Read more »

Online talks on local gastronomy mark Filipino Food Month

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 05:15 PM

Experts from the local food industry have gathered for "Philippines on a Plate," a series of online talks in celebration of Filipino Food Month. Read more »

Jazz great Ellis Marsalis dies aged 85 after virus 'complications'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 02 04:32 PM

Jazz great Ellis Marsalis died Wednesday at the age of 85 after contracting the coronavirus, his son Branford said.   Read more »

This Pinay’s doctor-approved PPE designs are now being copied in other countries

Updated as of Apr 02 05:26 PM

The spirit of bayanihan lives on through our Filipino fashion designers, business owners, and sewers. By RHIA DIOMAMPO-GRANA Read more »

OPINION: Dear Politicians, Speeches are obsolete. Only work can inspire us now

Updated as of Apr 01 08:13 PM

A former political speechwriter writes about a new normal brought about by COVID-19, where only action counts. By GIAN LAO Read more »

LOOK! A blue shark was spotted waiting to enter the Landmark grocery today

Posted at Apr 01 07:33 PM

Was he teaching us to practice social distancing while on queue? By ANCX Staff  Read more »

10 of the funniest Filipinos we follow online, 2020 edition

Updated as of Apr 01 09:31 PM

From slapstick videos to hilarious social commentary, they got it covered. Here are some of the funniest Pinoys that get us through the day. Charot! BY JACS T. SAMPAYAN Read more »

25 of the funniest memes we saw online since the lockdown

Updated as of Apr 02 01:50 PM

We had a few hours to spare while working from home, so we thought of putting together this happy pill for these fidgety times.  By CHRIS CLEMENTE Read more »

Dirty money, Agatha Christie & the pleasures of Japanese animation | Get Reel w Andrew Paredes

Posted at Apr 01 12:02 PM

In this episode, our resident critic takes on the magical world of Japanese hand-drawn animation, and suggests a few top-drawer titles on streaming this month. By ANDREW PAREDES Read more »

Frustrated former health secretary pens a solid 4-point plan to defeat COVID-19

Updated as of Apr 01 05:02 PM

Whether you want to look at this as a war or a crisis, we as citizens can do more than just stay at home, says this mother and son team. By JAM PASCUAL Read more »

Review: Watching Netflix’s ‘Tiger King’ is like watching a car crash into an oil tanker

Posted at Mar 31 03:16 PM

It’s that good. And that bonkers. By ANDREW PAREDES Read more »

IN PHOTOS: The eerie, empty streets of Manila on lockdown

Updated as of Mar 31 08:48 AM

From the vacant pavements of España to a deserted Quiapo. From a carless Ayala Avenue to a Burgos Street stripped of its exuberant life. The smoke and chaos may have moved out of Manila’s streets—but something else has taken over. Photographs by NEIL DAZA Read more »

This frontliner shares the lonely nature of COVID-19 care and deaths

Updated as of Mar 30 06:52 PM

“The isolation is just as painful as the infection.” BY BRIAN MICHAEL ICASAS CABRAL Read more »