BAGUIO CITY – Team from the Coordinated Operations to Defeat Epidemic (Code) of the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 has lauded this Summer Capital as it became a role model city for its excellent transition to the new normal. (Photo courtesy of Rizaldy Comanda / MANILA BULLETIN) During...
The museum director details how he brought the ‘Brave New World’ exhibit from URL to IRL It was during the pandemic that everyone saw how vital the internet was in our lives. During that time when we were pushed to distance ourselves from others, it created a bridge that connected us to the...
How do artists envision life in the time of COVID-19? On March 16, 2020, the busy Manila was put to silence with fear a Covid-19 began to wreak havoc in the metro and, eventually, in other different parts in the archipelago. This sudden halt has taken many lives and crippled various industries, the...
Kevin Durant of the Brooklyn Nets (center) shoots the ball as RJ Barrett (left) and Jericho Sims of the New York Knicks defend during the first half at Barclays Center on March 13, 2022 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (AFP) Kevin Durant erupted for 53 points to lead the Brooklyn Nets to a...
A member of K-pop boy band The Boyz has tested positive for Covid-19 amid a surge in Omicron variant cases in South Korea. IST Entertainment, The Boyz’s agency, announced on March 13 that member New has been diagnosed with the disease. The Boyz member New (Instagram) It said on March 12, The...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara Recently, the country loosened many of its COVID-related restrictions on account of two factors—that infection numbers have been declining in the past few weeks, and that we are inching closer to vaccinating 70 percent of all Filipinos. The National Task Force...
Heard It Through the GripeVine: Our New Abnormal Over the last two Sundays, I’ve written about seven of the 10 Manila Bulletin UPLIFT Awards awardees, with the seven I’ve cited covering the categories of Sports, e-Commerce, and MSME’s (awardees are women in these three categories); and then...
Los Angeles-born Maria Torres-Springer wants to reconnect with her Filipino roots FILIPINO VOICE Maria Torres-Springer, deputy mayor for economic and workforce development in New York Maria Torres-Springer, the Los Angeles-born Filipina-American deputy mayor of New York who was put in charge of...
BEIRUT, Lebanon – The Islamic State group Thursday confirmed the death of its leader Abu Ibrahim al-Qurashi, more than a month after his demise, and named Abu Hasan al-Hashemi al-Qurashi as his successor. Little is known about the new leader, who will serve as the jihadist group's third...
The camp of presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo did not mince words on Thursday, March 10, as it hit back on personalities claiming that the massive attendees of her campaign rallies are members of the country’s communist groups. Vice President Leni Robredo during her campaign...
A mother was appointed councilor in Muntinlupa just two months before the local elections to replace her son who passed away in January 2020. Newly appointed Muntinlupa District 2 Coun. Estrellita Santiago took her oath on March 10 before Mayor Jaime Fresnedi and witnessed by Rep. Ruffy Biazon,...
TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim A couple of recent technology-related developments gave a new dimension to the word 'mining.' One is related to bitcoin where mining is done to create more bitcoins and at the same time confirm transactions on the currency’s network making it more trustworthy. The other...
