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Sanctuary amid pandemic

Photos and text by Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 01:49 AM

Recent college graduate Jodie Jose says the pandemic has made her realize which things were really important.  Read more »

LOOK: Protesters gather in Duterte's final SONA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 27 02:56 AM

Members of various cause-oriented groups gathered Monday along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City ahead of President Rodrigo Duterte’s last State of the Nation Address (SONA) to protest what they said is the administration’s failure to fulfil promises made during the 2016 SONA.  Read more »

LOOK: 2020 Olympic Games open in Tokyo after a year's delay

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 24 10:27 AM

Friday evening saw the opening of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, a year delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

TAC Expo opens as 'hybrid expo' amid COVID-19 pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 16 04:01 PM

The Tactical, Survival, and Arms Expo opened to the public as a hybrid expo in SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City on Thursday, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read more »

LOOK: Haven for plantitas and plantitos

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 14 03:38 PM

Plant enthusiasts visit the Greenhouse at Village Square Alabang, a plant sanctuary mall dedicated to all plant-lovers during its official opening on Wednesday. Read more »

Ice baths for the mind and body break heat of UAE desert

Reuters
Updated as of Jun 28 11:27 AM

As the morning sun bakes the orange dunes of the UAE desert, a man lowers himself into a tinkling tub of ice. Read more »

Yellow ribbons, water salutes as Noynoy Aquino laid to rest

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 26 09:49 PM

Aquino, son of democracy icons Corazon Aquino and Benigno Jr., passed away early Thursday at 61 years old. Read more »

Despite COVID-19, Taong Putik festival pushes through

Photos and text by George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 25 12:03 AM

A few minutes before the break of dawn Thursday, residents wearing dried banana leaves covered with mud can already be seen walking down the streets of Barangay Bibiclat in the town of Aliaga, Nueva Ecija.  Read more »

IN PHOTOS: Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino III, 61

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 24 03:38 PM

Former President Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III on Thursday passed away at the age of 61, five years after ending his term as the country’s 15th President.  Read more »

LOOK: National Museum reopens for Rizal's 160th birth anniversary

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 19 10:17 PM

The museum is open in a restricted capacity, as it complies with government health and safety protocols to curb the spread of COVID-19.  Read more »

Duterte’s drug war: Lies and death certificates

Dada Grifon, PCIJ/PCP
Updated as of Jun 14 08:43 AM

Even in death, the State treats victims of extrajudicial killings as mere “collateral damage” in the Duterte administration’s bloody anti-drug war. The families of the victims choose to remember their lost loved ones with dignity, something that was denied of them when their deaths were covered up by falsified death certificates. Read more »

PHOTO ESSAY: Indonesian tin miners target the ocean as reserves dwindle on land

Photos by Willy Kurniawan, Reuters; Text by Fransiska Nangoy, Reuters
Updated as of Jun 08 01:46 PM

Indonesia is the world's biggest exporter of tin used in everything from food packaging to electronics and now green technologies.But deposits in the mining hub of Bangka-Belitung have been heavily exploited on land, leaving parts of the islands off the southeast coast of Sumatra island resembling a lunar landscape with vast craters and highly acidic, turquoise lakes. Read more »

IN PHOTOS: Pinoy pride oozes, as Yuka Saso puts country on golfing map

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 07 10:02 AM

Boxing. Billiards. Bowling. Basketball. Now golf. The new toast of Philippine sports centers on the unlikeliest of people — a 19-year-old golfer. Read more »

PHOTO ESSAY: Witnessing the COVID chaos in India

Danish Siddiqui, Reuters
Updated as of Jun 08 02:25 PM

Covering the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic as it tore through Indian cities, towns and villages was overwhelming at times. Patients died at home, in their cars on the way to hospital and outside emergency wards because there were no beds for them. Read more »

IN PHOTOS: Skygazers watch Super Blood Moon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 27 11:45 AM

Skygazers were treated to a rare celestial spectacle as the Super Blood Moon coincided with a total lunar eclipse on May 26, 2021. Enthusiasts around the world went out to capture that rare shot of the moon which appeared bigger and brighter while it orbits closer the earth.   Read more »

How Suluan Island students face daily challenges in online learning

Alren Beronio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 26 02:43 AM

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage across the Philippines, education officials have decided to adopt flexible learning, as face-to-face classes have been deemed too risky in the face of the pandemic.  Read more »

IN PHOTOS: IP group Dumagat Remontado extends help to metro’s community pantry

Basilio H. Sepe, Greenpeace/Handout
Posted at May 24 06:16 PM

Driven by the desire to help and express solidarity with Metro Manila’s urban poor communities, a group of Dumagat Remontado, the indigenous people residing in Daraitan, Rizal, joined hands to provide produce to a number of community pantries in the capital region. Read more »

Four years after Marawi siege: Then and Now

Jeff Canoy, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 23 10:24 PM

It’s been four years since the first shots were fired between government security forces and the ISIS-linked Maute group in what would eventually be a 5 month-long battle for the Islamic City of Marawi. Read more »

SLIDESHOW: Protecting reefs from Crown-of-Thorns Starfish infestation

Danny Ocampo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 23 02:17 PM

Crown-of-thorns starfish eat coral polyps and are natural residents of coral reefs, but due to several factors such as lack of predators they can reach outbreak levels and could devastate a healthy reef in a few days. Coral reefs take 20 to 30 years to recover from severe COTs infestation.  Read more »

High tides, boat rides: Bringing lockdown aid to an island barangay

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 22 09:03 PM

Social workers make sure government aid reaches Barangay Tibaguin in Hagonoy town, Bulacan, come hell or high water. Read more »