House Committee on Ways and Means chairman, Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda says the 2020s could become the best decade ever for the Philippines in terms of foreign direct investment (FDIs). (Photo from Joey Salceda's Facebook) This, after it was reported Monday, March 21 that President...
Health workers from the Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP) staged a protest on Monday, March 21, to call for a salary increase the release of "long overdue" unpaid benefits. (Photo from AHW) Eleazar Sobinsky, President of LCP Employees Association-Alliance of Health Workers said health workers...
President Duterte said he decided to allow American forces to use Philippine bases and facilities amid the ongoing armed conflict in Eastern Europe to "get it over with." President Rodrigo Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) Duterte made this statement after Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose...
An average Filipino student loses P6,600 per year or a total of P1.9 trillion due to school closures amid the ongoing global health crisis, according to a study conducted by the National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP). (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) As of March, 312 out of 1,950 higher...
The Muntinlupa City government has finally decided to avail of a low-interest loan being offered by Land Bank of the Philippines after the latter reminded that the program will expire next month. During the flag raising ceremony on March 21, Mayor Jaime Fresnedi announced that the city...
ECHO star jungler Karl “Karltzy” Nepomuceno is back to his top form as he notched his third career savage in ECHO’s 2-0 rout of Omega Esports on Sunday, March 20. Photo from MPL PH Karltzy’s signature Lancelot is also back in the spotlight after he ran wild with it in the final moments of...
Karl “Karltzy” Nepomuceno scored the second savage of the MPL Philippines Season 9 to cap ECHO’s 2-0 romp of Omega Esports and get back on the winning track on Sunday, March 20. Photo from ECHO After suffering its first sweep loss at the hands of the cellar dwellers Bren Esports on Saturday,...
Onic Philippines completed its redemption against Nexplay Evos with a 2-1 victory in their second meeting in the MPL Philippines Season 9 on Sunday, March 20. Photo from Onic Losing via 2-0 sweep in the first round, Onic PH made sure to exact its revenge against NXPE as the M3 runner-up pulled off...
And how the ‘Spanish representative’ reached the Philippines MASTER EXPLORER Ferdinand Magellan, painting, 1970 (G. Dagil Orti) March 16 marked the arrival of Portuguese-born navigator Ferdinand Magellan and his crew in the Philippines. It had been exactly 501 years since Spain came into the...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID/ TWITTER) The Philippines remained under “very low risk” classification for Covid-19 despite the surge in cases in neighboring countries, the independent research group OCTA said on Sunday, March 20. Based on the update shared by OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David on Twitter, the...
To create better classroom experiences, the Department of Education (DepEd) has tapped video game Minecraft to utilize game-based learning and teaching for Filipino teachers and students. (Images from DepEd Philippines Facebook page) In partnership with Microsoft Philippines, DepEd encouraged...
FILIPINO consumers must become responsible digital citizens to protect themselves from internet-based crimes, and while there are existing laws against cybercrimes, the government and the private sector must work together to educate and empower the people against falling prey to cybercriminals, an...
