(PHIVOLCS) A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Davao de Oro and neighboring areas on Wednesday evening, Feb. 1, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said the quake struck 12 kilometers northeast of New Bataan, Davao de Oro around 6:44 p.m. It was felt at...
Home seekers believe that it is very challenging to live inside Metro Manila. Aside from the urban blight in some areas, the crowded population, the smaller cuts of land, and the lack of open green spaces, the land prices in the metro are extremely prohibitive. Even with this situation, however,...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL The evening of Jan. 24 (Manila time) saw the announcements of the nominations for the 95th Academy Awards; set to happen on March 12 in Los Angeles. Without a doubt, the local film community were all holding their breath, waiting to see if our Dolly...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Record levels of torrential rain in Auckland left three dead with a fourth person missing, New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said Saturday after flooding devastated the country's largest city. During a press conference after visiting some of the waterlogged...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A state of emergency was declared in Auckland on Friday after torrential rain caused widespread flooding in New Zealand's largest city, closing the airport and forcing the cancellation of an Elton John concert. Auckland mayor Wayne Brown told a news conference late on...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Friday, Jan. 27, announced the face-to-face oathtaking ceremony dates for new nurses. (PRC / Manila Bulletin) The oathtaking ceremonies will be on Jan. 28, 8 a.m., at Dottie's Place Hotel, Butuan City; Feb. 2 at the Bohol Cultural Center, Tagbilaran...
Solar Philippines Power Project Holdings, Inc. (SP) is opening up subsidiary SP New Energy Corporation (SPNEC) to more strategic partners as it is planning private placements worth about P2.7 billion through asset-for-share swaps. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, SP said the...
Filipino workers who have existing contracts or are planning to work in India have been given the greenlight to push through their employment there. This came after the Philippine government resumed the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) there after imposing a ban on it due to the South...
CHAMPIONING EDUCATION New Zealand Ambassador Peter Kell with Manaaki Alumni Tristan Piosang, Victoria University of Wellington and Maria Margarita Lavides, Auckland University of Technology I bumped into New Zealand’s Ambassador Peter Kell on New Year’s Eve. It wasn’t the first time as he’s...
HSBC remains steadfast in its commitment to help clients prosper this Lunar New Year (From left) HSBC Philippines Head of Markets and Securities Services Corrie Purisima, Head of Wealth and Personal Banking Peter Faulhaber, President and CEO Sandeep Uppal, Head of Wholesale Banking Mimi Concha,...
The local government of Quezon City held a Spring Food Festival Bazaar and a Chinatown Float Parade as part of the celebration of the Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, on Jan. 22, Sunday. The activities were done in partnership with the Quezon City Association of Filipino-Chinese...
by RALPH LAUREN ABAINZA Last January 22, 2023, more than a billion people around the world celebrated the lunar new year and welcomed the Year of the Rabbit, the fourth in the twelve-year periodic sequence of animals that appear in the traditional Chinese calendar. Rabbits are small mammals with...
