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How Suluan Island students face daily challenges in online learning

Alren Beronio, ABS-CBN News
May 26 12:50 AM | Updated 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 »

Super blood Moon: Everything you need to know

ABS-CBN News
May 25 07:31 PM

Throughout history, lunar eclipses have seemed dramatic. The Moon’s grey-white disc deepens to yellow and orange and finally a dark red cast – this gives a lunar eclipse its nickname of the blood Moon. Read more »

US calls for 'transparent' new investigation into COVID-19 origins

Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
May 25 07:15 PM

GENEVA - The United States called on Tuesday for international experts to be allowed to evaluate the source of the novel coronavirus and the "early days of the outbreak" in a second phase of an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus.   Read more »

Cyberattacks: Bigger, smarter, faster

Agence France-Presse
May 25 12:25 PM

From paralyzing the internet in Estonia to a $4.4-million ransom being paid last week after the shutdown of a major US pipeline, we take a look back at 15 years of cyberattacks.   Read more »

COVID SCIENCE: Dentures may harbor more bacteria during COVID-19

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
May 25 10:59 AM

Months after recovery from mild COVID-19, when antibody levels in the blood have declined, immune cells in bone marrow remain ready to pump out new antibodies against the coronavirus, researchers reported on Monday in Nature.  Read more »

Marawi rehabilitation still not complete 4 years after siege

ABS-CBN News
May 25 01:40 AM

The rehabilitation of the southern Philippine City of Marawi is far from complete four years after a deadly siege by Islamist militants. Read more »

FACTBOX: Countries weigh 'mix and match' COVID-19 vaccines

Reuters
May 24 09:27 PM

A growing number of countries are looking at switching to different COVID-19 vaccines for second doses amid supply delays and safety concerns that have slowed their vaccination campaigns. Read more »

Weaponized SALNs vs justices? Former SC justice says 'just file SALNs or don't join gov't'

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
May 24 05:22 PM

Amid concerns that statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALNs) are now being weaponized to go after Supreme Court justices, the filing of SALNs is a constitutional requirement every public official must comply with, a retired magistrate said Monday.   Read more »

Together in sorrow: Families honor missing kin, 4 years since Marawi conflict

International Committee of the Red Cross
May 24 04:44 PM

Nanay *Rosa’s regular day starts grinding as early as 3 AM. From her house in a village of Iligan City, she hails a habal-habal (motorcycle taxi) to go to the city market where she sells flowers. Her stall is busiest at dawn, so she has to be there before it breaks.  Read more »

Filipinos face the mental toll of the COVID-19 pandemic

Orange Omengan, PCIJ/PCP
May 22 03:43 PM | Updated May 25 10:40 AM

Rising infections in the Philippines have reached over 1,138,187 confirmed cases as of May 15, unfolding simultaneously with reports on mental health problems. At least 3.6 million Filipinos suffer from any form of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders. Read more »

New sensation: pioneering mind-controlled arm restores sense of touch

Lucie Aubourg, Agence France-Presse
May 21 10:06 PM

Imagine being able to control a robotic arm from a distance, using only your mind. Now imagine being able to feel when its fingers grasp an object, as though it were your own hand.   Read more »

NXT Profiles: Mga bayaning nurse at doktor sa sunog sa PGH

ABS-CBN News
May 21 09:41 AM

Kilalanin ang mga hero nurse at doktor ng Philippine General Hospital na sumagip sa 35 sanggol nang magkaroon ng sunog sa ospital. Read more »

2 AstraZeneca shots could be 85-90% effective, UK data suggests

Alistair Smout, Reuters
May 21 02:28 AM

LONDON - Two doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine may be around 85% to 90% effective against symptomatic disease, Public Health England (PHE) said on Thursday, while cautioning that it did not yet have enough data to be conclusive.   Read more »

World needs 'new mindset for our survival', says Goodall

Patrick Galey, Agence France-Presse
May 20 09:48 PM

Humanity needs to discover a "new mindset for our survival" as the world exits the pandemic only to face the looming dual crises of climate change and nature loss, renowned conservationist Jane Goodall said Thursday. Read more »

Deadly 'black fungus' surges among India's COVID-19 patients

Agence France-Presse
May 20 07:51 PM

The disease kills more than 50 percent of sufferers within days. In some cases, eyes and upper jaws are removed by surgeons to stop the spread of the infection. Read more »

Why do so many people join the Communist Party in China?

Jane Cai and Qin Chen in Beijing, South China Morning Post
May 20 12:30 PM

Since its founding 100 years ago, China’s ruling party now has almost 92 million members. Almost 5 million local-level party organizations pervade every aspect of Chinese society, from villages and schools to private companies. Read more »

Researchers say NCR still COVID-19 epicenter in PH

ABS-CBN News
May 19 10:19 PM

Local researchers recommend that Metro Manila still be given vaccine priority as the country's COVID-19 epicenter, even as other Philippine regions record a spike in coronavirus cases.  Read more »

Detained peace consultant asks SC: What could be basis for designation as terrorist?

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
May 19 09:49 PM

Peace consultant Rey Casambre is among the petitioners questioning the validity of the Anti-Terrorism Act.    Read more »

Environmental advocates concerned over global waste trade

Jasmin Romero, ABS-CBN News
May 19 09:21 PM

Environmental advocates in Asia on Wednesday expressed concern on the status of global waste trade in the region, saying bad practices are still being observed despite the introduction of some reforms. Read more »

At least 3.6 million Filipinos battling mental health issues amid pandemic: DOH

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
May 19 07:06 PM

"We are in the same storm, but we are not on the same boat." Read more »

How Myanmar's military moved in on the telecoms sector to spy on citizens

Fanny Potkin and Poppy McPherson, Reuters
May 19 08:13 AM

SINGAPORE/BANGKOK - In the months before the Myanmar military's Feb. 1 coup, the country's telecom and internet service providers were ordered to install intercept spyware that would allow the army to eavesdrop on the communications of citizens, sources with direct knowledge of the plan told Reuters.   Read more »

Long working hours are a killer, WHO study shows

Emma Farge, Reuters
May 18 05:44 AM

In the first global study of the loss of life associated with longer working hours, a paper showed that 745,000 people died from stroke and heart disease associated with long working hours in 2016. Read more »

Pfizer jab can be stored in fridge for a month, says Europe drug body

Agence France-Presse
May 18 02:07 AM

The storage period in fridges of unopened vials of the vaccine, which initially had to be stored in super-cooled freezers, had been lengthened from five days. Read more »

Enrile claims West PH Sea outside jurisdiction of defense treaty with US

ABS-CBN News
May 17 10:54 PM

Former senator Juan Ponce Enrile claimed the United States will not be able to protect the Philippines in case hostilities with China erupt in the West Philippine Sea as the area is not covered by the Mutual Defense Treaty. Read more »

COVID-19 vaccines: Why some fully vaccinated people will still get infected

Reuters
May 17 07:23 PM | Updated May 17 10:56 PM

The development of several COVID vaccines in less than a year has given us all hope of a release from the pandemic. Now the goal has shifted to ensuring widespread vaccine coverage is achieved as quickly as possible around the globe. Read more »