The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Manila hands over learning materials to its partner community in Port Area, Manila PARTNER COMMUNITIES From left: Project officer for Bridge to Employment Diane Lara, school principal at Corazon Aquino High School Manolo Pena, deputy head of mission Dalibor...
Photo by AC Energy Country now in state of climate justice, passing mitigation The Philippines’ energy industry has to make and carry out firm decisions to become more independent and resilient as it has now arrived at a state of climate justice, which is well beyond mere mitigation. ...
Illustrating unheard stories FOLLOWING CHAOS A Basket in War Award-winning Filipino artist and children’s book illustrator Aldy Aguirre is scheduled to conduct Illustrating Unheard Stories , a two-part webinar which delves into the creation of picture books and its importance in highlighting...
After a tough trading period in August, the local manufacturing sector concluded the third-quarter with a renewed overall expansion, the latest monthly survey of IHS Markit revealed on Friday, Oct. 1. The IHS Markit Philippines Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose sharply from 46.4...
The Peninsula Manila also ranked fifth in Travel + Leisure ’s ‘Top 15 Asia City Hotels’ MANILA'S BEST The Peninsula Manila Lobby and its pages (bottom photo) In Travel + Leisure, The Peninsula Manila ranked No. 25 on a list of The Top 100 Hotels in the World that include city hotels, jungle...
Four specialty hospitals put up by government in Quezon City will suffer nearly P1 billion total cuts in their 2022 budget amid the continued onslaught of the COVID-19. Hospital scene COVID-19 QC Second District Rep. Precious Hipolito Castelo lamented the government decision to slash the 2022...
Motorcycle ride-hailing firm Move It has tagged as “bullying” the order of the Department of Transportation's (DOTr) motorcycle taxi technical working group (TWG) to suspend its services in Grab Philippines’ platform. (Photo from Move It Facebook Page) In a strongly-worded statement issued on...
The Department of Transportation's (DOTr) motorcycle taxi technical working group (TWG) has ordered the suspension of the partnership between Grab Philippines and bike-hailing firm Move It for alleged violations in some provisions of their agreement. (Photo from Move It Facebook Page) “While we...
The finished goods yard which can accommodate 4,500 vehicles. Toyota Batangas Vehicle Center Your next Toyota may come straight from the automaker’s latest, state-of-the-art, 32-hectare facility in Batangas City, which turned fully operational in the middle of 2021. Located along Diversion Road,...
Text and images by Bonn Erasmo CHILD'S PLAY A kid, Simone, enjoys climbing the katmon tree to pick some fruits (Photo by the author, cover design by Jules Vivas) The Kinalin barrio farm can be accessed by taking a 15-minute ride on...
The Department of National Defense (DND) welcomed Thursday, September 30, the passage of a Senate bill which will provide fixed terms for military officials holding senior positions and ranks in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and remove the "revolving door policy" within the...
Leonor Briones, secretary of the Department of Education, has been chosen as Lifetime Contributor Awardee by the Board of Judges of Asia CEO Awards 2021. “Education must continue,” are the words that the education secretary is recently most known by. While education in many countries ground...
