"Hinay-hinay po sana (Let's calm down)." This was Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque's appeal to the public amid the publication of the preliminary reports of the Commission on Audit (COA) on the spending of different agencies, saying these were initial observations that can still be answered by...
Jessica Alabia’s art reflects her happiness and humility Artworks by a woman with down syndrome are now getting attention on social media. Many netizens are impressed with how the 35-year-old Jessica Dolorsino Alabia from Valladolid, Negros Occidental draws lines and shapes and combines colors in...
The Pasig City local government together with other government officials inaugurated on Wednesday, July 14, its COVID-19 step-down care facility for COVID-19 patients who are scheduled to be discharged. (Photo from Pasig PIO) Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said that the facility will serve as a...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo As expected, many economists and analysts missed on their forecasts of the Philippine inflation rate of 4.1 percent for June 2021. Public announcement of the monthly inflation rate is highly awaited by the market because it is both a history of price...
Anti-tax fraud operatives of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) have confiscated thousands of untaxed heated tobacco and vapor ("vape") products during raids on several retail outlets located inside shopping malls in Manila. (Photo by Donn Gabriel Baleva/ Unsplash) Manila Revenue Regional...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has padlocked 207 businesses nationwide during the first five months of the year for various tax offenses under its "Oplan Kandado" program. This effort by the agency involves temporarily shutting down the businesses by virtue of their tax violations. BIR Deputy...
The insufficiency of vaccines slowed down the immunization program of the national government against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. disclosed Monday night, June 7. Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. bares on June 7, 2021 that the lack of vaccines slowed down the weekly...
St. Vincent (Photo by Zackery Michael) The grit of 1970s vinyl meets the grain of 1970s celluloid with “Down,” the infectious third advance offering from Daddy’s Home, the new St. Vincent album dropping May 14 by Loma Vista Recordings. Co-directed by St. Vincent (a/k/a Annie Clark) and Bill...
Unless ABS-CBN is allowed to operate anew, the damage done to the country’s democratic institutions due to the television network’s closure can never be repaired, former vice president Jejomar “Jojo” Binay said. Binay made the statement on Wednesday (May 5), exactly a year after the network...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz It must be said from the get-go that President Duterte cannot complain right now about the outcome of his administration’s response to the pandemic. Portrayed as the savior of the country, he should own the fate that his pronouncements and policies have wrought. Congress...
We live in a world that is more accepting and forgiving, but it wasn't like this before. People whose physical attributes were different weren't accepted into society, and a big group of these special human beings have Down syndrome. Down syndrome was discovered by Jérôme Lejeune in 1958,...
The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) is limiting international inbound arrivals at Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to 1,500 passengers per day maximum for all airlines for 33 days, starting 8:00 AM (Philippine time) tomorrow, March 18, to April 19, 202, 8:00 AM. To comply with the...
