Now that deliberations on the proposed P4.5 trillion 2021 national budget is on its final stage, a Makati-based think tank has called on the Duterte administration to make spending transparent to the people, especially in a time when huge budget allocations are needed to be responsive to health and...
Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and a lawyers’ group warned of violation of the Constitution and national security risk if Congress enacts law to remove telcos as a public utility open to foreign control. Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio (JOHN JEROME...
Manila dropped 10 notches to 104th from 94th in 2019, finishing fifth to the last among 109 countries in the 2020 Smart City Index on concerns of road congestion, corruption, health care, air pollution, and unemployment. As a result, the Philippines’ largest city’s rating also decelerated to...
Villar SIPAG farm school located in the boundary of Las Piñas City and Bacoor city. Aside from this farm school, there are 18 farm schools in NCR; 244 in Region 4-A; 124 in Region 4-B; and 133 in Region 5. These farm schools cater to farmers in NCR, Southern Luzon, and Bicol. To date, there are...
Imagine a reus able face mask that protects wearers and those around them from virus, and stays in place without frequent adjustment. Based on decades of experience with textile materials and filtration, researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology in the US have desi gned a new mask intended to...
Villar SIPAG Plastic Waste Recycling Factory at Barangay Ilaya, C-5 Extension, Las Piñas City About 1,056,000 kilos of plastic wastes have been collected and turned into armchairs in the plastic recycling program spearheaded by Senator Cynthia Villar. Established in Barangay Ilaya, Las...
John Regala (Facebook/Liza Dino) Actor John Regala has been discharged from the hospital upon his insistence. His friend, Aster Amoyo, who helped raise funds for his medical care, gave an update about it. She said that if it were up to his friends, John would have stayed in the hospital for a few...
John Regala John Regala continues to get help from Nadia Montenegro and his other friends. She recently gave an update on his health condition, saying he is now at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) and had undergone a series of tests and treatments all "urgently needed." Nadia...
