While the country is battling the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) continues to train first aiders who can help reduce the strain on emergency medical services. Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN From January to October of this year, PRC has already...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta Recently, along the cyber highway, I found my missing-in-action Haitian friend, Rosemarie Lelong. In 1990, we bade each other tearful goodbyes at “Los Venaditos,” a favorite haunt. We had felt a special affinity, our homelands were shrouded in darkness by military...
GMÃ… Network has released a photo teaser of the sequel to the successful rom-com "First Yaya" starring Sanya Lopez and Gabby Concepcion. Titled "The First Lady," the photo shows Sanya trading her maid's uniform for a stylish outfit. "Our First Yaya is now The First Lady. Soon on GMA," read the...
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. We Filipinos should take pride that a fellow Filipino now shares the Nobel Prize stage with some of the world’s great men and women, like Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Theresa, Nelson Mandela, Winston Churchill, Ernest Hemingway,...
The Department of Science and Technology-Industrial Technology Development Institute’s (DOST-ITDI) Halal Cosmetics and Toiletries project won first prize in the 5th International Symposium and 12th Scientific Conference Poster Paper Research Competition held in September. Photo by Matthew Tkocz...
From left: Arnel Pineda, Pen De Leon Manahan, and Bamboo Producer Pen de Leon Manahan has thanked fans and concertgoers for the big success of the three shows of OPM artists Bamboo and Arnel Pineda of Journey in the US recently. "I didn't expect it to be so successful. Tickets were sold out. I...
Rachel Peters is officially a mom. Her husband Migz Villafuerte recently took to social media to share photos of their daughter. “I’m so in love with you. To God be all the glory,” wrote Migz in the caption. https://www.instagram.com/p/CU-FpeSP7Fo/ Celebrity friends were quick to congratulate...
Volunteer nutrition workers who have rendered at least two years of service in barangays may apply for first level eligibility, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) said on Thursday, Oct. 7. Civil Service Commission (CSC/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The CSC said barangay nutrition scholars may apply...
Officials of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and other partner agencies in Cagayan Valley led the inauguration of the country’s first “Reformation Center’’ in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan on Thursday, Oct. 7. Constructed through the joint efforts of 10 partner agencies, the center...
WASHINGTON, United States -- In a world first, US scientists on Thursday piloted a camera-equipped ocean drone that looks like a robotic surfboard into a Category 4 hurricane barreling across the Atlantic Ocean. Screengrab of a video Saildrone captured from inside a hurricane. Credit...
Despite the rising smuggling activities in the country involving agricultural commodities, Agriculture Secretary William Dar admitted that the construction of what will be the Philippines' first ever first-border quarantine facility for farm products is facing further delays. DA Secretary William...
South Korea’s First Lady Kim Jung-sook and special presidential envoy BTS visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art, or the Met, in New York City on Sept. 20. Kim, who is visiting New York City with Korean President Moon Jae-in on the occasion of the 76th session of the United Nations (UN) General...
