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...
Coca-Cola Philippines, the country’s leading beverage company, is reiterating its commitment to make a greater impact on communities with its 2030 water strategy as access to clean water for handwashing continues to be very important in the campaign against COVID-19. In a statement, the firm said...
A community library bucked the pull out of books and documents published by the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in at least three state university libraries. (Unsplash) The Kalinga State University (KSU), Isabela State University (ISU), and Aklan State University (ASU) removed...
POULTRY PARTY Chicken Stop fried chicken Burgers, ribs, fried chicken are signs that will forever call my attention. The moment I see any of these signs and happen to drive by, I do a thorough scan of the establishments. Will I drop by or pass? Another way is looking out for suggestions from...
Photo from PFL The Philippines Football League is set to hold a meeting in the first week of October to plan for the start of the 2021 season which has been delayed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. PFL commissioner Coco Torre assured everyone that the league continues to find ways to...
