OFW Forum Jun Concepcion Kaisylyn Cuya Lopez, a Filipino domestic helper in Saudi Arabia and a single mother of a four-year old boy, desperately needs help. While safe for now under the care of Philippine embassy staff, she constantly fears getting jailed or even beheaded under stringent Muslim...
Now that a more substantial number of vaccines is set to arrive in the country this month – about 9.95 million as per vaccine czar Calito Galvez Jr. – expect the country’s vaccination rollout to shift to high gear in the third quarter of 2021. As of Wednesday, June 9, 2021, a total of...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Speaking before the Regis CEO Roundtable Series last May 18, Fernando Zobel de Ayala (FZA), President and CEO of Ayala Corporation, disclosed that “two of Ayala’s most cyclical businesses – Ayala Land and BPI – are priming themselves for a post-pandemic...
#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal In one of the lectures I conducted last week, one participant had an interesting question. She started by describing the usual scenario in politics where voters have options but seem to be stuck with choosing, in her own words, “the lesser of two...
What we have learned from the 1971 Constitutional Convention and how we can apply it today By Orion Perez Dumdum 1899 Malolos Congress: President Aguinaldo sits at the center, as a gentleman reads a document to his left Philippine Executive Commission Chairman Jorge B. Vargas reads a message to the...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Jesus makes a stark comparison. Both the scribes and the widow practice religion but with different perspectives. The religion of the scribe is self-serving. The widow practices a genuine piety which spirit is described in today’s First Reading: “Prayer and fasting are good,...
Finding Answers Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina To show the magnitude of disproportion in access to the first COVID-19 vaccines being deployed at the start of 2021, a stark contrast was portrayed. “More than 39 million doses of vaccine have now been administered in at least 49 higher-income...
With the danger posed by the new coronavirus strains, President Duterte has threatened to impose a stricter lockdown if there will be a resurgence of infections in the country. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Addressing the nation, the President said he personally does not want...
Philippine Airlines (PAL) is flying in an additional one-million dose of Sinovac vaccines from Beijing to Manila today, March 29, using its A330 aircraft for the all-cargo charter. This was the flag carrier second international vaccine airlift, the first being its transport (B777) of 400,000...
More corrupt public servants will be next on President Duterte's chopping block. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his speech during the inauguration of the development projects at Dumaguete (Sibulan) Airport in Sibulan, Negros Oriental on March 11, 2021. (TOTO LOZANO / PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO) The...
Razon-led MORE Electric and Power Corporation (MORE Power) has applied for P1.982 billion worth of capital expenditures (capex) with the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for the reinforcement and expansion of its power distribution network in Iloilo City. In its filing with the regulatory body,...
Yuchengco-led Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) has forthrightly declared that it will no longer extend financing to new coal-fired power projects in the Philippines. That came as a daring statement from RCBC President and CEO Eugene S. Acevedo, the first bank chief executive to do so...
