The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported Tuesday, September 14, two more deaths due to typhoon "Jolina," bringing the toll to 19 while there were no recorded casualties so far due to typhoon "Kiko." Personnel of Sto. Niño, Samar Municipal Police Station bring...
The Philippines has been ranked as the top country in Asia with the highest number of documented killings of land defenders, a recent report from an international human rights organization showed. London-based Global Witness said in its September 2021 report that the Philippines is also among the...
As the pandemic drags on, some enterprises are forced into reducing their workforce, or worse even shutting down due to the subsequent recession that followed. 32342 Data from the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) released last March showed that the economy shrunk more than expected in the...
What it means and how to enhance it BEAUTY STANDARD Maggie Wilson posing for Luminisce Holistic Skin Innovations Beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder. That’s why the Western concept of beauty doesn’t necessarily apply to us Asians. Our features are different, and so does our skin color...
How to age well Aging is inevitable. Your chronological or actual age, however, need not be equal to your biological age. Simply put, your chronological age is the actual number of years you have been living. On the other hand, your biological age is the physiological or functional age that...
The Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) and the United States Marine Corps (USMC) is looking forward to strengthen their military partnership to maintain the peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region, the Armed Forces of the Philippines said Monday night, September 13. Gen. David Berger (left),...
As the new school year started in public schools, a students' group on Monday, Sept. 13, said that the shortage of learning materials, delayed wages, and lack of teachers' benefits are among the "manifestations of a failed education system." Teachers from Mabolo Elementary School arrange modules...
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) and the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) are calling for innovators to join this year’s Alfredo M. Yao (AMY) Intellectual Property (IP) Awards, an annual joint event of IPOPHL and PCCI to recognize patented and...
Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines (AFP) Two pediatric groups in the country still recommend prioritizing the adult population in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination. The Philippine Pediatric Society (PPS) and the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society of the Philippines (PIDSP) said that the adult...
32033 More than 1,000 NCR-based workers in the IT manufacturing and construction sectors received their first jabs as part of the “Reform. Rebound. Recover: 1M Jobs (1MJ) Project”. The workers belong to the Philippine Constructors Association (PCA) and Semiconductor and Electronics Industries...
More than 300 Japanese guests from Japan’s leading corporate and financial institutions have participated in the virtual Philippine Economic Briefing (PEB) that highlighted the Duterte administration’s efforts to push for a much stronger and more inclusive economy in the post-COVID-19 pandemic...
While groups of local fishermen, traders, and aquaculture players already expressed what they think about the government’s decision to approve the importation of 60,000 metric tons (MT) and how they think this may not necessarily bring down fish prices, Ateneo Professor Karlo Fermin Adriano has...
