Social media users expressed mixed reactions Sunday, March 14, after the social media account of Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr., the controversial military official known for his relentless anti-communist insurgency views, seemingly got restricted. An undated photo shows that the personal Facebook...
Vice President Leni Robredo has responded to a viral photo of a woman getting vaccinated, who she said was not her. On her Facebook page, Robredo posted screenshots of the woman’s photo receiving coronavirus vaccine shot and said, “Hindi po ako ‘yan (That’s not me),” with a facepalm...
'Be friendly but with firm discipline.' Now more than ever, most of us spend more time online and on social media because of the circumstances brought by the Covid-19 pandemic. Children attend online school while parents are glued to their laptop as part of the work-from-home setup. UNSPLASH...
The Italian luxury fashion house signs off from Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter A lot can be speculated when a social media account has been wiped out. Did it get suspended? Hacked, perhaps? Or maybe their social media manager "accidentally" deleted all of its content? Did they get in trouble for...
Over three in ten people who go online in Asia Pacific (APAC) use anonymous accounts - social media profiles without their real names, photos, and personally identifiable information (PII). Half do so to exercise their freedom of speech more but the other half take advantage of the cover for secret...
BTS (Twitter) Billboard has released its annual year-end charts and K-pop idol group and Grammy nominee BTS placed in many rankings including bagging the No. 1 spots. In the overall rankings, BTS grabbed 18th place on the Top Artists for 2020 from 15th in 2019, 8th in 2018 and 10th in 2017. For the...
BTS including Suga at their AMAs performance (Twitter/AMAs) K-pop powerhouse BTS won two awards at the 2020 American Music Awards (AMAs) held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Nov. 22 (Nov. 23 in the Philippines). BTS bagged the Favorite Social Artist award, beating EXO, NCT 127, Billie...
Photos from Charli D'Amelio Instagram Even with an ongoing controversy involving a YouTube episode of Dinner With the D’Amelios , which lost her 1 million followers overnight, 16-year-old American social media influencer Charli D'Amelio finally gains 100 million TikTok followers today, Nov. 22,...
A week since Typhoon Ulysses hit the country, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) has allowed miners to re-align their funds for their respective Social Development and Management Programs (SDMP) to bankroll their typhoon relief efforts. “In the interest of public service and for humanitarian...
How scrolling through the comments section restored my faith in humanity (Unsplash/Manila Bulletin Lifestyle) I stumbled upon the comments section of a post online. No, it’s not on Facebook, where comments sections are often riddled with bickering buffoons trying to prove their opinion is better...
(Taylor Weidman / Bloomberg / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) State-run Social Security System (SSS) has extended the validity of Land Bank of the Philippines issued checks to provide members with additional time to encash their benefits and loans. In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and...
Healthy soils are the foundation of habitats of living beings. They lay the groundwork, so to speak, in producing food, clean water, and other needs of life on earth. But in the last decade, deterioration and degradation of soil have been a cause of concern and even alarm, since it threatens food...
