The pandemic caused a lot of business establishments and institutions to close down, and it’s devastating. One of the oldest academic institutions in the Philippines, College of the Holy Spirit Manila, is closing down in 2022. "Be it known that the College of the Holy Spirit Manila will voluntarily cease operations at the end of [academic year] 2021-2022," CHSM said in a statement on Facebook on Sunday, November 22. CHSM did not cite the reasons on its post, but given the fact that the education sector is one of the casualties of the coronavirus pandemic, we can infer that it...

Yup, PH Twitter is on debate again after poet Lang Leav didn’t get the exact meaning of a meme! One of today’s popular poets Lang Leav has trended on Twitter after reacting to a Pinoy netizen’s joke on her writing style on Thursday, November 19. A Twitter user shared a screenshot of a text from shopping platform Lazada’s courier about a delivery. The way the text was formatted is similar to the way Lang writes poetry—the message was broken up into single lines.  In the caption, he wrote “Lang Leav found jobless”, and it’s an evident sarcasm, but the joke...

Oh, it looks like PH’s Twitter feed has been exploding since last night after Duterte wrongly claimed VP Leni behind the #NasaanAngPangulo issue. On Tuesday night, November 17, Duterte started the first 20 minutes of his ‘late night’ address to the nation with insults and false claims against Robredo. “I would like to give a caution to the Vice President. She made a blunder — a big one — and she practically lied making her incapable of truth. Alam mo, ‘yung pakana niya na wala ako sa bagyo,” Duterte said. In his televised speech, the President has firmly accused Robredo...

  Say good bye to your “Will delete later” tweets, because Twitter launches its new feature called Fleets; a story-like new update which lets you post a photo or video that will end after 24 hours. With Twitter’s new feature, any mobile Twitter user, will have access to the disappearing messaging feature, which just like Snapchat Snaps, Facebook My Day, and Instagram Stories — positioned right at the top of the timeline in a row of bubbles. Fleets starts rolling out on Tuesday, November 17, on Android and iOS and should become available for everyone in the next days, the...

As to writing, November 17, 2020, more than 290,000 people have already signed a petition urging the Duterte administration to stop the P10.37-billion China-funded Kaliwa Dam project in Quezon province. The Kaliwa Dam project which is located at Gen. Nakar and Infanta towns,  projects a serious threat to people and the environment, according to priest Pete Montallana, head of environmentalist groups “Save Sierra Madre Alliance” and “Stop Kaliwa Dam” network. According to Green Convergence Philippines, the group who started the petition, halting the Kaliwa Dam project would save more than 100,000 lives in danger. “While Manila is now preparing for...