Two Philippine public high schools were conferred with the SEAMEO-Japan Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Award for their excellent sustainable development initiatives. Out of the 272 participating schools, La Filipina National High School (LFNHS) in Tagum City bagged the 1st prize while...
#MINDANAO John Tria The recent announcement of the eight percent inflation rate for November was met with some concern for the same reasons I mentioned in my Nov. 21 column where I discussed the four outcomes of inflation. Again, I say that I am not an economist nor prophet. I can only speak as a...
Korean hip-hop group Epik High returned to Manila for a one-night show that made a lasting impression on Pinoy fans. Epik High, composed of Tablo, DJ Tukutz and Mithra Jin, held their “Epik High is Here Asia Pacific Tour 2022” in Manila recently at the New Frontier Theater. Epik High at the...
Vice President Sara Duterte wants students to discover writing their own opera, saying there is something more than popular social networking sites such as TikTok and Facebook. Italian Opera Giacomo Puccini’s 'Turandot' (Photo courtesy of the OVP) Duterte made the statement when she graced the...
Editorial President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. has stepped up his campaign to ensure stability of food prices by leading the Department of Agriculture’s program of establishing Kadiwa stores nationwide. He pointed out that Kadiwa outlets will continue to offer basic goods at lower prices beyond the...
While House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro on Tuesday, Dec. 6, urged President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to prioritize salary increase amid the 14-year-high inflation rate of 8 percent in November 2022, House Ways and Means chair and Albay 2nd...
Students as well as their coach from the Philippine Science High School - South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, and General Santos (SOCCSKSARGEN) Region Campus (PSHS-SRC) in Koronadal City bagged six awards in the Robotics Innovation Challenge (RIC) 2022 in Singapore. (Photo courtesy...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has expressed high hopes on the proposed P5.268-trillion national budget, which moved one step closer to enactment Monday, Dec. 5, after Bicameral Conference Committee meetings on the measure were concluded. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) “With...
Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte is prodding the new leadership of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to tap digital innovations in performing its mandate of providing medical insurance as well as affordable and accessible health care services to all Filipinos. Davao...
A survey may not give us 100 percent accuracy but it somehow provides a slice of the real picture. In the last election cycle, for example, surveys conducted by multiple organizations were always contested by different parties, except by those who stand to benefit. Whether you agree with these...
The Philippine Science High School (PSHS) has issued the list of candidates who qualified during the initial stage of its admission screening for the School Year 2023-2024. RACE Stage 1 Qualifiers (PSHS) “A total of 3,843 elementary students made it as Stage 1 qualifiers,” the PSHS said in a...
Government anti-narcotics authorities arrested on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 26, a suspected drug pusher during a search warrant operation in Abucay, Bataan. In a statement, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said suspect shad M. Dela Fuente yielded some P731,200 worth of shabu. Considered...
