Avatar robots at graduation? Japan pioneered them

Miriam Grace A. Go
A public school in Taguig is the first in the Philippines to dress robots in toga to represent its graduates. The first in the world to do that was a university in Tokyo.
Perfectly OK to stay home, says One OK Rock

Miriam Grace A. Go
As we in mega Manila rush out to the streets and malls, the world-famous Japanese rock band urges fans to remain holed up at home the way they know best: through a music video
Shinzo Abe joins ‘Dancing on the Inside’ bandwagon

Miriam Grace A. Go
Musician Gen Hoshino launches a campaign urging Japanese people to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic, drawing big-name volunteers
[OPINION] An open letter to DOH’s communications team

Bonz Magsambol
'Please stay true to your commitment, DOH. Let us help each other inform the citizenry properly, because if we fail to do this, we cannot heal as one.'
A message to campus journalists: Your voice matters more than ever
Samantha Bagayas
We need more storytellers to shine a light on issues that matter, especially now when scared and confused people are more susceptible to misleading posts and false information
[OPINION] A letter to the men and women behind paid trolls in the Philippines

Marguerite de Leon
The very least you can feel about all of this is a huge and crushing regret, and a conviction never to take on the job of chief disinformation architect ever again
[OPINION] Hugas-kamay: Why DIY solutions to a public problem will not keep us alive
Alois Isinika
We must not only rely on individual efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The state has to fulfill its obligations first by addressing structural problems as they cut across classes.
WATCH: How to shift to a work-from-home life
Beatrice Go
Too lazy and can't concentrate at home? Here's a glimpse of what a productive work-from-home day can be
[OPINION] Checking your privilege during the coronavirus pandemic
Alois Isinika
'To ask whether a person is privileged (or not) only elicits unproductive discussions. The question we should ask instead should be: how do we make sense of the privilege that we have?'
[OPINION] 'Pasaway' commuters amid lockdown? These people don't have a choice
Sofia Virtudes
'For vulnerable sectors, crisis is a gun to the head: they always have to bear the full severity of the consequences'