The Manila Bulletin Sustainability Forum 2024 Day 2 speakers and panelists for the morning session include (from left) Environmental and Energy Engineering Group of the UP Institute of Civil Engineering Assistant Professor Ma. Brida Lea D. Diola, Ascott CARES PH Sustainability Champion and...
It’s easy to feel frustrated and point fingers when facing abnormal weather patterns, especially in the disaster-stricken Philippines, where calamities swing by like unwanted visitors who frequent poor communities. Lest we forget, developing nations suffer the most from rich countries'...
At least 25 families were displaced in three flood-hit communities due to Super Typhoon Pepito in Binangonan, Rizal, as of Sunday afternoon, November 17. A post on the Facebook page of Barangay Bilibiran in Binangonan shows some residents getting ready for evacuation, Sunday morning, Nov. 17. Some...
Road safety continues to be a major concern of countries around the world. Initiatives to cut the number of road deaths and injuries are led by the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety which aims to reduce road traffic deaths and injuries by at least 50 percent by 2030. The...
Talks on sustainability and climate change have shifted from a peripheral discussion to the very core of global discourse. In the Philippines, major corporations, organizations, and the government continuously take action for sustainability and push for efforts to educate people on how they can...
Manila Buletin Executive Vice President and Publisher Herminio "Sonny" Coloma Jr. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Manila Buletin (MB) Executive Vice President and Publisher Herminio "Sonny" Coloma Jr. underscored the importance of...
The celebration for Tanay, Rizal’s 418 th founding anniversary kicked off with activities showcasing the town’s culture, arts and nature on Nov. 8, Friday. On Friday morning, a zumba session participated in by residents from the town's villages was held at the plaza followed by a...
Starting on Tuesday, November 5, some parts of Antipolo City and Cainta will have no water for up to eight hours as a result of the line maintenance activities by Manila Water. Portions of Antipolo City’s Barangay Mayamot, (including Summerville Subdivision, Oro Vista Royale, Far East Asia,...
A vital meeting took place last week between United Nations Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion that gave impetus to the important contribution of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in enabling the Philippines to achieve significant progress in...
The reinstatement of Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chair Monalisa Dimalanta — after she had served partially a six-month preventive suspension ordered by the Office of the Ombudsman — provides an opportunity to reassess the current state of affairs in the governance of the electric...
Thousands of cemetery-goers, both residents and non-residents, flocked to the cemeteries in Angono, Rizal, on November 2, All Souls Day. Mayor Jeri Mae Calderon said the three cemeteries in the Art Capital of the Country-Angono Public Cemetery, Saint Clement Catholic Cemetery, and Sympathy Memorial...
The observance of All Saints' Day in the province went on without any major incidents according to the police. Except for experiencing delays in reaching the cemeteries because of the traffic, cemeterygoers observed November 1 as a normal All Saints' Day in most parts of the province. The usual...
