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WHO says first alerted to virus by its office, not China

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 04 09:03 AM

The World Health Organization has updated its account of the early stages of the COVID crisis to say it was alerted by its own office in China, and not by China itself, to the first pneumonia cases in Wuhan.   Read more »

TIMELINE: Update on the coronavirus disease crisis in PH

ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group, infographic by Pamela Ramos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 24 12:09 PM

The Philippine government decided to continue the lockdown in certain parts of the country after April 12, 2020. From 4,648 cases on April 12, the number of covid-positive cases jumped to 9,485 by May 4 and continued to rise. Read more »

Scientists revise timelines for coronavirus spread

Carl Zimmer, The New York Times
Posted at May 28 08:58 AM

The first confirmed coronavirus infections in Europe and the United States, discovered in January, did not ignite the epidemics that followed, according to a close analysis of hundreds of viral genomes.   Read more »

TIMELINE: The coronavirus disease crisis in the Philippines

ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group, Arianne Merez, Kristine Sabillo, infographic by Pamela Ramos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 24 12:10 PM

The Philippines is in a race to protect its people against the rapidly spreading coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that has infected over a million people worldwide. Read more »

Coronavirus timeline: 3 months of global upheaval

Pascale Juillard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 07 04:02 PM

A pandemic has been declared, schools and shops from New York to New Delhi shuttered, half the global population is confined in some form, while governments have scrambled to announce massive aid packages amid recession fears. Read more »

‘Low morale na low morale ako’: In journal, Dormitorio reveals ordeal at PMA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 30 03:41 AM

In the weeks before he died, Dormitorio wrote in a journal the brutal treatment he received inside the academy. Read more »

Jewish Refugees and the Philippines, a timeline: nationalism, propaganda, war

Manuel L. Quezon III
Updated as of May 31 12:05 PM

From the 1930s until World War II broke out, President Manuel L. Quezon participated in a frenetic back-and-forth with the US government over accepting Jewish refugees in Mindanao. Perusing a wealth of academic citations, Quezon’s grandson traces over a decade of discussions that led to over a thousand Jews finding shelter in the Philippines after fleeing Europe Read more »

A timeline of the internet

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 12 07:12 AM

On the 30th anniversary of the birth of the World Wide Web, here is a look back at the development of the internet, now used by billions of people. Read more »

The bug’s life: a brief history of the Volkswagen Beetle

Iñigo S. Roces
Updated as of Dec 12 07:12 AM

Did you know the original idea behind the vehicle belongs to German dictator Adolf Hitler? Read more »

The last days of the Great War

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 11 10:28 AM

At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 bugles across Europe sounded the end of a war that left some 10 million soldiers dead.  Read more »

TIMELINE: Ang pag-aresto kay Senador Antonio Trillanes IV

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 26 01:51 AM

Iniutos ng Makati RTC ang pag-aresto sa senador dahil sa kasong rebelyon. Read more »

TIMELINE: The tumultuous career of Antonio Trillanes IV

Edwin Sevidal, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 05 08:15 AM

Senator Antonio Trillanes has had a tumultuous career both as a military officer and now as a lawmaker and fierce critic of President Rodrigo Duterte.  Read more »

The deadliest volcanic eruptions of the past 25 years

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 05 06:54 AM

After Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupted on Sunday killing at least 62 people, here is a list of the most deadly volcanic eruptions over the last quarter century. Read more »

BALIKAN: Pag-atake sa Marawi na nauwi sa 5 buwang bakbakan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 12:47 AM

Tinatayang P80 bilyon ang gagastusin para sa rehabilitasyon ng Marawi City. Read more »

Nearly seven decades of tensions between the two Koreas

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 18 02:21 PM

North and South Korea have agreed to march together under a single flag at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony, in the latest sign that the crisis on the peninsula may be easing. Read more »

TIMELINE: The Battle for Marawi

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 17 11:04 PM

Here is a timeline of the war that has claimed hundreds of lives and has left one of the most bustling urban centers in ruins.   Read more »