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For many, the pandemic has scrambled any sense of passing time. Parents and pediatricians know better: Babies turn into toddlers, who turn into elementary school students, who eventually hit puberty. Kids grow up no matter what happens in the outside world.

Polls show two surprising trends among voters of color and senior voters in the 2020 election. CNN's Harry Enten breaks down why it matters for President Donald Trump and Joe Biden.

Fox News took a visibly different approach in covering the explosive report from The New York Times that revealed President Trump paid no federal income taxes in 10 out of 15 years beginning in 2000.

Billy Crawford is set to host the Philippine adaptation of the South Korean show "King of Mask Singer," which has also been adapted in Europe and the United States as "The Masked Singer." The renowned host will start his new gig this October via TV5, as announced by the network and Crawford himself on their respective social media pages. "Get ready, cause here we go! October 24 7:00pm See you all soon!" Crawford posted on Instagram earlier today, Sept. 29. https://www.instagram.com/p/CFs33VfhRac/ The Philippine adaptation has been aptly titled "Masked Singer Pilipinas." Aga Muhlach, Kim Molina, Matteo Guidicelli and Cristine Reyes have been tapped as its judges. The in...

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    MANILA, Philippines --- President Rodrigo Duterte will not step down from his post despite being "exasperated" over the rampant corruption in the country, Malacaang said Tuesday. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said the President will instead use his remaining two years in office to clean the ranks of government. "Mukhang hindi naman po dahil gagamitin niya yung natitira niyang dalawang taon para linisin ang gobyerno," Roque added when asked if Duterte was serious about his statement on resigning due to frustration with corruption. (Looks like he will not [resign] because he will use his remaining two years in office to clean the government.) "Le...

Keep on reading: Duterte ‘exasperated’ over corruption, but to stay on to clean gov’t — Palace

MANILA, Philippines --- Malacaang on Tuesday questioned why Facebook only shut down pages that were in support of the government, but not those criticizing the administration. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque lamented how the social media platform supposedly stepped on freedom of speech and exercised "censorship" when it took down pages of "advocacy groups" on Facebook. "Ang sinasabi ni Presidente, dapat maging patas sila. Bakit ang freedom of speech binibigay lang nila sa mga kontra gobyerno? Bakit naman sinusupil nila yung boses ng kampi po sa gobyerno?" Roque said in an online briefing. (What the President is saying is for them to be fair. Why are they only giving freedo...

Keep on reading: Palace slams Facebook over ‘censorship’: ‘Why only take down pages supportive of gov’t?’

MANILA, Philippines --- John Riel Casimero remains hellbent on facing Naoya Inoue, who remains on top of his list six months after their unification fight in the US was scrapped due to the coronavirus pandemic. But Inoue isn't the only fighter on Casimero's radar especially with the undefeated Japanese continuing to be elusive. "Kung ayaw talaga ni Naoya Inoue na lumaban sakin, aakyat ako para kay Luis Nery para maging four-division tayo pero pangarap ko talaga na ma-unify ang bantamweight," said Casimero (30-4, 21 KOs), who retained his WBO bantamweight belt after making short work of Ghanaian challenger Duke Micah last Sunday, during Tuesday's PSA Forum webcast. (If Naoya ...

Keep on reading: If not Inoue, Casimero wants 122-pound champ Nery next

MANILA, Philippines --- Over 3,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Qatar have tested positive for the new coronavirus or SARS-CoV-2, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) revealed Tuesday. According to DOLE, a report from the Philippine Overseas Labor and Employment Office (POLO) in Qatar has shown that a total of 3,052 OFWs in the Middle Eastern country contracted COVID-19 and that 17 of whom succumbed to the disease. Meanwhile, DOLE said the POLO in Oman reported that 122 OFWs have recovered from the ailment caused by SARS-CoV-2 while four have died. DOLE did not mention the total number of Filipino migrant workers who contracted the virus in Oman. Labor Attach Gre...

Keep on reading: COVID-19 sickens more than 3,000 OFWs in Qatar, says DOLE

Three wins from three games, two big rivals dispatched, and an expensive new signing already on the scoresheet. Liverpool is making an ominous start to its title defense in the English Premier League. The champion's high-risk, high-reward strategy paid off in its come-from-behind 3-1 win over Arsenal on Monday in an open game featuring a late clinching goal by Diogo Jota in his first league start for Liverpool. "This was absolutely exceptional," Liverpool manager Jrgen Klopp said, "100% dominant against a team in form." Liverpool gave up some glaring chances inside an empty Anfield by deploying an aggressive press and a high line --- Alexandre Lacazette, who put Arsenal a...

Keep on reading: With 3rd straight win, Liverpool making ominous start to EPL

MANILA, Philippines --- Showbiz hunk Derek Ramsay recently revealed that he was rushed to the hospital emergency room after he accidentally looked straight into an ultraviolet (UV) light as he was trying to fix it. "Last week yata natakbo ako sa ER kasi being myself, Mr. Fix It, meron kaming UV light dito sa bahay," the Kapuso actor shared his scary experience in an interview over GMA's "Mars Pa More" aired Sept. 23. (I think it was last week when I was rushed to the ER because being myself, Mr. Fix It, we have a UV light here at home.) When the actor turned on the UV light, he saw that it was flickering. Ramsay's girlfriend, Andrea Torres, also shared in the same intervi...

Keep on reading: Derek rushed to ER after hurting eyes from looking directly at UV light

MANILA, Philippines --- Four persons of interest (POIs) have been tagged in the September 27 killing of a nursing student and two nursing graduates in Caloocan, police said Tuesday. In a press conference at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City, Northern Police District (NPD) chief Ronnie Ylagan identified the POIs as construction workers Anselmo Singcol, Adonis Singcol, Alden Singcol, and Dingding Sarmiento. It was not immediately established by police how the Singcols were related. Ylagan said Anselmo Singcol was a stay-in construction worker who went missing after the incident. "Anselmo Singcol alias Kalbo, siya yung stay-in sa construction site but nawawala po siya after nung inci...

Keep on reading: 4 POIs in killing of student, nursing graduates in Caloocan named

TACLOBAN CITY ---- At least 41 people in Eastern Visayas were infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Monday, increasing its total cases to 4,591. The Department of Health said the 41 new COVID-19 patients were from Samar province with 22 cases; Leyte province (13); and Southern Leyte, (six). Most of the new patients were close contacts of COVID-19 patients. In Calbayog City, Samar, the Calbayog District Hospital announced that due to the infection of its personnel, its services to the public would be "temporarily limited" starting Monday, Sept.28, and until further notice. Sen. Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go, meanwhile, pledged to provide P5,000 cash assistance to each C...

Keep on reading: 41 new patients have COVID-19 in Eastern Visayas, bringing total cases to 4,591

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida --- Bam Adebayo woke up on Monday with the realization that only two teams still have a chance to win this season's NBA championship. Goosebumps kicked in at the thought. What was once a 22-team bubble at Walt Disney World is down to the final two, with Adebayo and the Miami Heat set to take on LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals that start on Wednesday night. It's the first finals matchup between the clubs, with the Lakers looking for a record-tying 17th title and the Heat seeking their fourth in the last 15 seasons. "It's pretty cool considering, when you really think about it, it's you and one other team that are still left ...

Keep on reading: Lakers, Heat start their preparations for NBA Finals

MANILA, Philippines --- There is no allocation under the Department of Trade and Industry's (DTI) 2021 proposed budget to provide subsidy for the local manufacturers of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other health supplies. This was revealed during the House plenary debates on the DTI's 2021 budget on Tuesday, upon the interpellation of Gabriela Rep. Arlene Brosas. "May budget ba sa subsidy para sa local manufacturers particularly 'yung mga health supplies, mga PPEs?" Brosas asked. (Is there a budget for the subsidy of local manufacturers, particularly of those producing health supplies, those PPEs?) Bukidnon 3rd District Rep. Manuel Zubiri, who is defending the D...

Keep on reading: No subsidy for local producers of PPEs, health supplies in DTI 2021 budget

"Gameboys'" latest potential pairing have spoken up on how the hit BL series imparts the message of love, especially during the coronavirus pandemic. Wesley and Terrence, portrayed by Miggy Jimenez and Kyle Velino, are initially threats to the love between "Gameboys" protagonists Gavreel and Cairo (Kokoy de Santos and Elijah Canlas). Velino confirmed in an interview with entertainment journalist MJ Felipe on Sunday, Sept. 27, that he received hate messages from the first appearance of his character. However, an episode after the "Gameboys" finale, called "Alt Gameboys," gave Wesley and Terrence redemption and even a following with the show's global audience---fans have dubbe...

Keep on reading: Kyle Velino, Miggy Jimenez on how love transcends gender in ‘Gameboys’

CLEVELAND ---There'll be no handshake, but venom to spare when President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden meet in Cleveland on Tuesday for the first of three televised debates that could shake up an already volatile race for the White House. Covid-19 restrictions will give the debate moderated by Fox News star Chris Wallace a streamlined look with a smaller audience. Naturally, there won't be the once standard -- even if occasionally forced -- show of goodwill in shaking hands as the rivals go on stage. What the 90-minute clash will have is a chance for Americans finally to see Trump, 74, and Biden, 77, go head to head. With Trump claiming Biden is virtually brain dead ...

Keep on reading: Trump, Biden head into first debate with presidency on the line

PARIS --- Leaders of countries once subjugated to Western powers sent a pointed message at this year's U.N. General Assembly: For those who think the word "colonialism" evokes a long-ago, no-longer-relevant era, think again. Several leaders raised this year's global protests inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States and renewed demands for reparations for the slave trade, calling them just one step in a still-unfinished reckoning with crimes of former empires. The onetime French colony of New Caledonia -- still run by Paris, more than 10,000 miles and 10 time zones away -- is voting Sunday on whether to break free. A Congolese activist is going on trial Wedne...

Keep on reading: At UN, nations urge overdue reckoning with colonial crimes

TACLOBAN CITY ---- A former member of the New People's Army (NPA), who earlier surrendered to authorities, was killed by unidentified assailants in Matuguinao town, Samar on Monday, Sept. 28. Carlos Diaz, 50, suffered multiple gunshot wounds on the body. The investigation showed that Diaz was tending his farm in Barangay Nagpapacao around 7:30 a.m. when the assailants shot him. Diaz was the fifth former rebel in Eastern Visayas who was allegedly killed by the NPA. Lt. Col. Jasper Justito Pecson, the commanding officer of the 19th Infantry Battalion, said Diaz surrendered to authorities in August 2018. "The New People's Army is doing atrocities to instill fear among their f...

Keep on reading: Ex-NPA rebel slain in Samar

MANILA, Philippines --- Filipinos do not have to worry about President Rodrigo Duterte banning Facebook in the country. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque made this assurance Tuesday, hours after the President appeared to have threatened to forbid Facebook in the country following the social media giant's shutting down of fake accounts and pages that include those that were linked to the Philippine military and police. In an online briefing, Roque said banning Facebook in the countrywill be a disadvantage for both Facebook and Filipinos. "Hindi naman po siguro kasi ang sinabi ng Presidente, kinakailangan mag-usap," Roque said when asked if Duterte is looking at prohibiting th...

Keep on reading: Duterte not keen on banning Facebook in PH, says Palace

MANILA, Philippines --- San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora on Tuesday required residents to secure reservations when visiting their departed loved ones during the opening of public and private cemeteries in the city. Zamora signed the Executive Order (EO) no. 51 requiring secured reservations for citizens to visit cemeteries and columbaria from October 16 to 28 and from November 5 to 15. Under the EO, the capacity of visitors at cemeteries must be limited to 30 percent in compliance with the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF). https://www.facebook.com/MayorFrancisZamora/posts/3315025948592119 The new order came after the approval of EO no. 49 which mand...

Keep on reading: Zamora orders reservation system for cemetery visitors