The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has aggravated already existing economic inequalities faced by women. Gina hangs the net, which their family uses for fishing, outside their home. (Jed Regala / Oxfam) According to the 2021 National Household Survey, a study commissioned by Oxfam...
Hidilyn Diaz opted to withdraw from the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships which kicks off next month in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Weightlifter and Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz (AFP) Multiple local reports disclosed the development as confirmed by Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas (SWP)...
Presidential aspirant and Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) standard-bearer Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. said that restoring the trust and confidence of the Filipino people in the government will be his priority when he is elected President of the country in next year's national election. The...
Photo from Chooks to Go The Chooks-to-Go Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League is in the process of turning processional. Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas spokesperson Mark Zambrano disclosed this recently, adding that they are already getting accreditation from the International Basketball Federation (FIBA)...
The provision of “ayuda” or assistance and economic aid to sectors affected by the pandemic must be made mandatory, a farmers’ group said. Residents of Manila receive P4,000 cash assistance from the national government at Jose Abad Santos High School in Binondo, Manila on Aug. 11, 2021....
The dean of the Faculty of Law of the Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas said on Sunday, November 7, that the attempt to remove Presidential aspirant and Partido Federal ng Pilipinas standard-bearer Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. from the 2022 presidential race will most likely...
Presidential aspirant and and Partido Federal ng Pilipinas standard-bearer Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr., said that placing the National Capital Region (NCR) in Alert Level 2 status will help restore the economy and create more jobs. Marcos, in a statement, said it was his earlier call to...
Keinth Petrasanta The Mutya ng Pilipinas Organization has appointed Keinth Petrasanta of Cabuyao, Laguna as the country's official representative to compete in the 24th edition of Miss Tourism International (MTI) which will be staged virtually on Dec. 18. Petrasanta last competed in Mutya ng...
A farmers group hit the proposal of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) and Department of Health (DOH) to make vaccination mandatory for specific sectors and urged to make economic aid mandatory instead. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In a...
Miss Intercontinental 2021 Cinderella Faye Obenita (center) and her court (Facebook) Cinderella Obeñita has arrived in the country as she started her reign as Miss Intercontinental 2021 following her victory in Egypt last Oct. 30. "I'm very emotional. I think destiny played a vital role. It's...
Consumer prices last month rose near the lower end of a government forecast owing to slower increase in food prices, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) reported on Friday, Nov. 5. Data from the Philippine Statistics Authorty showed that prices increased 4.6 percent in October,...
Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank) reported that its net income grew by 46 percent to P16.1 billion in the first nine months of 2021. In a statement, Metrobank said that earnings surged 131 percent to P4.4 billion in the third quarter of 2021, with proactive NPL management resulting in...
