GOLD FOR THE PHILIPPINES!!! BREAKING NEWS. Hidilyn Diaz wins #GOLD  for the Philippines in #Tokyo2020  #Olympics  weightlifting women's 55kg! CONGRATULATIONS! #PHI  #Weightlifting 

Rappler learned from well-placed sources that Smart is supposedly preparing for a Christmas campaign with #BTS , arguably the world’s most popular and successful musical act today. READ:

LOOK: This Grade 1 student is untroubled by gender stereotypes of children’s toys. In the worksheet, students are instructed to encircle toys that are for girls and box those for boys. The choices include jumping rope, robot, motorcycle, castle, & a Barbie doll. ?: Dianne Agura

Let's settle this debate once and for all. ?+?= ?

WATCH: @Joseph_Morong  called out Roque for cutting off reporters as they ask questions, but the spokesperson denied, saying it was a problem on telecoms. Was it? @piaranada  says, “It’s just funny the telecoms seem to fail every time you say we’ve asked too many questions.”

It is the cops, not women, who need to do some thinking, after all ? READ:

LOOK: The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) report found guns of the same serial number reappearing in crime scenes of drug war killings, suggesting that Philippine police planted evidence of guns. | via @liannami 

BREAKING: Metro Manila will be placed on lockdown from March 15 to April 14. No land, domestic air, and domestic sea travel to and from the capital region. #PresidentDuterte  says an Executive Order will be issued on this. | via @rambotalabong