LANDSCAPE During Jose Rizal’s 162nd birthday, Calamba Mayor Roseller H. Rizal expressed how proud he is that his constituents’ appreciate Jose Rizal’s exceptional life which was too short, but significant nonetheless. Even if there were different programs implemented in Calamba in the...
HOTSPOT There’s a raging debate online about living wages and the minimum ₱30,000 starting salary sought and expected by Gen Zs. The young ones are raising anew why the Philippines refuses to give decent pay to workers. They are revolted by the idea that while the national inflation rate, the...
LANDSCAPE As early as I can remember, it was Dr. Leoncio Lopez-Rizal, Lolo Leoncio to my generation, who was the “Cap-tain of the Guard.” His mother, Narcisa Mercado (married to Antonio Lopez) was the third child of Francisco Mercado and Teodora Alonso y Realonda. Because he was a sickly child,...
HOTSPOT “Eat Bulaga” is supposed to turn 44 this July 2023. But there’s a whole lot of trouble that could finally end the country’s longest-running noontime show. For the faction of its producer TAPE Inc., the show will go on GMA, with a new cast and crew. Their initial forays have garnered...
LANDSCAPE Very few know that one of our declared National Cultural Treasures, the mural “Filipino Struggles Through History” by Carlos V. Francisco, a worthy recipient of the Order of Filipino National Artist, was saved by the Department of Tourism when the late Ramon Jimenez, Jr. was...
Over four million tech-voc learners are set to benefit from the free online financial literacy course in collaboration with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), and BDO Foundation (BDOF), the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) said on Wednesday, June 7. According to...
Sunshine Cruz is ready and very much willing to work again with ex-husband Cesar Montano. It is basically a done deal, with Sunshine telling us how she already said yes to a project that Cesar himself offered her recently. She said, “Sabi niya may script siya at bagay daw sa akin so sabi ko,...
In an aim to provide a sustainable livelihood program and capacity-building interventions to its beneficiaries, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) said on Thursday, June 1, that it has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of Social Welfare and...
PILA, Laguna – A municipal councilor of Santa Cruz, Laguna accused of rape surrendered to the police here on Wednesday, May 31. Police identified the suspect as Mark Anthony Joven, 41. Joven was accompanied by his lawyer after an alleged warrant of arrest was issued by the Regional Trial...
LANDSCAPE There was a time when I used to visit out-of-the loop towns in search of potential domestic tourist destina-tions. Many were dense with cultural and heritage capital, a wealth of apocrypha, historical minutiae written off as mere footnotes. Curiously, the local government rep assigned to...
F2 Logistics joined the frenzied collegiate recruiting wars and claimed De La Salle stars Jolina dela Cruz and Mars Alba over the weekend to load up in its preparations for the Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference set June 29. *La Salle's Jolina Dela Cruz joins F2 Logistics in the PVL....
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has renewed its partnership with Samsung Electronics Corporation (SEPCO) to help the agency strengthen its training programs on electronics and information and communications technology (ICT). In a statement, TESDA said that this is...
