This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMANILA — Hundreds, if not thousands, of Philippine journalists and students awoke Sunday to find Facebook accounts made in their names — mostly ghostlike profiles with few or no friends, no pictures and sometimes misspellings.Some accounts blocked the people they sought to imitate. Others signaled an intention to impersonate the genuine accounts. By evening — after Facebook announced an investigation — the trolls attacked.“You son of a b---- terrorist,” one fake account told a student at the Polytechnic University of the...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMANILA — Hundreds, if not thousands, of Philippine journalists and students awoke Sunday to find Facebook accounts made in their names — mostly ghostlike profiles with few or no friends, no pictures and sometimes misspellings.Some accounts blocked the people they sought to imitate. Others signaled an intention to impersonate the genuine accounts. By evening — after Facebook announced an investigation — the trolls attacked.“You son of a b---- terrorist,” one fake account told a student at the Polytechnic University of the...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMANILA — Super Typhoon Goni, the world's most powerful storm in four years, crashed through the Philippines on Sunday, smashing buildings, toppling trees, and causing floods and mudslides. At least 10 people were reported dead as of Monday morning.Peak winds were estimated at 195 mph early Sunday before Goni slammed into Catanduanes Island, home to more than 260,000 people. Those winds, equivalent to those of a strong Category 5 hurricane, made the storm comparable to Super Typhoon Haiyan, the catastrophic...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMANILA — Super Typhoon Goni, the world's most powerful storm in four years, crashed through the Philippines on Sunday, smashing buildings, toppling trees, and causing floods and mudslides. At least 10 people were reported dead as of Monday morning.Peak winds were estimated at 195 mph early Sunday before Goni slammed into Catanduanes Island, home to more than 260,000 people. Those winds, equivalent to those of a strong Category 5 hurricane, made the storm comparable to Super Typhoon Haiyan, the catastrophic...WW…

This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareQUEZON CITY, Philippines — They were of different ages, genders and walks of life. Some had been there since sunrise. A number carried umbrellas and canvas bags. Hundreds stood in a line that stretched three blocks on Wednesday, all waiting for their turn to stock up on donated food.The community pantry, as it is known, bore a sign: Give what you can, take what you need.A week after the initiative began as a humble cart with free vegetables and canned goods, over 300 similar donation-driven efforts have popped up across...…This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareQUEZON CITY, Philippines — They were of different ages, genders and walks of life. Some had been there since sunrise. A number carried umbrellas and canvas bags. Hundreds stood in a line that stretched three blocks on Wednesday, all waiting for their turn to stock up on donated food.The community pantry, as it is known, bore a sign: Give what you can, take what you need.A week after the initiative began as a humble cart with free vegetables and canned goods, over 300 similar donation-driven efforts have popped up across...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMANILA — A week and a half after the Philippines suffered a , another storm battered the country overnight into Thursday, cutting power to millions and leaving at least 39 dead and 22 missing, according to the military. Countless others were stranded, and by Friday authorities said they had rescued more than 138,000 people.Typhoon Vamco, the equivalent of a Category 2 hurricane, struck the northern island of Luzon, the third typhoon and fifth tropical cyclone to affect the Philippines in less than three weeks.Super...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMANILA — A week and a half after the Philippines suffered a , another storm battered the country overnight into Thursday, cutting power to millions and leaving at least 39 dead and 22 missing, according to the military. Countless others were stranded, and by Friday authorities said they had rescued more than 138,000 people.Typhoon Vamco, the equivalent of a Category 2 hurricane, struck the northern island of Luzon, the third typhoon and fifth tropical cyclone to affect the Philippines in less than three weeks.Super...WW…