It seems that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has struck a chord with fellow Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders in Indonesia. (Photo from First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos via Facebook) Marcos wrapped the first day of his visit to Labuan Bajo in the company of First...
LANDSCAPE Last Sunday, I had lunch with my youngest granddaughter, Uma Leona, who will turn 19 at the end of the year and will probably be taller than I am by then. As we crossed the street to her home, she said that for history homework, she had to paint three scenes from El Filibusterismo. I was...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and his wife, First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos arrived in Manila on Sunday night, May 7, after traveling to the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK). (Photo from First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos via Instagram/Facebook) There were no arrival honors...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has highlighted the "thriving" relationship between the Philippines and the United Kingdom, saying it has been promising in boosting many areas of cooperation between the two countries....
LANDSCAPE A week ago, students “hot housed” in some public schools fainted and were rushed to medical centers. DepEd spokesman Mr. Michael Poa announced that when the heat is unbearable, school authorities can cancel in-person classes and revert to Alternative Delivery Modes (ADMs). The...
Sports icons Manny Pacquiao and Yao Ming took part in the sports day First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos hosted for the youth in Malacañang on Saturday, April 29. *SPORTS DAY -- First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos takes a selfie with the kids who joined the sports day she hosted in Malacañang on April...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – The State-run Sultan Kudarat State University (SKSU) conferred on Thursday, April 27, an honorary Doctor of Philosophy in Institutional Development and Management-Honoris Causa on First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos for her valuable contribution to the country and the SKSU...
LANDSCAPE By July, it will be seven years since the Philippines took the world by surprise by winning its case against People’s China at the Arbitral Tribunal in The Hague. Our team of diplomats and lawyers was headed by Mr. Albert F. del Rosario, Department of Foreign Affairs secretary during...
LANDSCAPE More accurately, it has been six centuries, but if you start counting from 1953 when the Philippine Legation opened in Mexico City, it is indeed a 70-year relationship, a Platinum anniversary the legation was elevated to an embassy on July 25, 1961, and in 1964, Mexico and the Philippines...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has professed his love for his wife, First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, as the couple marked their 30th wedding anniversary on Monday, April 17. (https://images.mb.com.ph/production/mb-mkt-neo-prod-1-uploads/BBM_LAM_98bc2cd5b9/BBM_LAM_98bc2cd5b9.jfif)...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has conveyed appreciation for Singapore's state sovereign fund non-profit philanthropic arm for its several projects in the Philippines. (Screenshot from RTVM) During a courtesy call in Malacañang on Thursday, April 13, Marcos thanked Temasek Foundation for...
LANDSCAPE Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist, astronomer and polymath declared that the earth revolves around an immovable sun and not the other way around. In the 15th century, that was definitely heretical because it contradicted what was written in the Holy Scriptures. Poor Galileo was almost...
