NEWS

‘Always wear decent underwear’ and other words of wisdom from my mom

Aside from the typical “look with your eyes” line, moms have a boatload of wisdom to share with all of us

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2022 presidential election is a go amid the pandemic. Here’s how Comelec plans to pull it off

With a year to go, Comelec says elections will push through, but with more voting precincts for social distancing and expanded absentee voting—and no, mail-in ballots are not an option

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This website tells us how long it’ll take until we achieve herd immunity

With vaccination programs (slowly) rolling out, lack of supply is one of the biggest hurdles we’re facing against herd immunity

Here’s what these ‘sustainability’ terms meant before they became greenwashing buzzwords

Know these terms and what they really mean beyond Earth Day

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There’s plastic in the air, and this Google Arts Experiment will show you where it’s from

Turns out it’s not just the obvious culprits like plastic straws that pollute our environment

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OPINION: The gov’t’s response to the community pantry movement? Policing and bureaucracy

“This anti-people, bureaucratic response to the grassroots movement is telling of a systematic failure on the part of the government.”

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LIST: Community pantries, where they are and how to help

Food is a basic human right, and these community pantries have stepped in to keep people from falling between the cracks

We might be overdoing the whole deep disinfecting thing according to the CDC

If you’ve stocked up on enough bleach to scrub down every surface of your home for the next century, you can dial it down

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OPINION: The politicization and radicalization of caring

If you care about something, that’s great. If you care about something to the point that you’re willing to fight for it, it gets dangerous

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After #lugawgate, ECQ enforcers question validity of PRC ID at checkpoints

A medical technologist was stopped because his PRC ID didn’t include an address. So he showed his driver’s license instead, which enforcers also rejected because it didn’t prove he was a healthcare worker