E CARTOON FEB 23, 2022 Over the course of the pandemic, the LTO has sought to make transactions with its agency easier, more efficient, and most importantly, safer in light of the risks brought about by COVID-19. While many of these programs have been outlined much earlier, the social distancing...
E CARTOON FEB 16, 2022 The government announced that in the coming 15 days until the end of February, majority of the cities and provinces, including the National Capital Region (NCR), will still be under Alert Level 2. This result came from the recommendation of health experts, since the...
E CARTOON FEB 12, 2022 Nearly two years of being in the pandemic mode, calls are now being made for a shift to Alert Level 1, particularly in the National Capital Region, as vital indicators point to a definite decline in COVID-19 infections. Buoyed by the 7.7 percent GDP growth posted in the last...
E CARTOON FEB 3, 2022 News articles and government announcements coming from our neighbors, such as Thailand and Vietnam, paint a rosy prospect for the tourism, hospitality, and retail industries in the coming months. It seems businesses in general couldn’t take any more restrictions and...
E CARTOON FEB 1, 2022 (1) The arrival of the Year of the Water Tiger on the Lunar calendar coincides with the classification of the National Capital Region (NCR) into Alert Level 2, meaning more businesses can open, enterprises can serve more customers, and more mobility for the citizenry. This...
E CARTOON JAN 25, 2022 The nation observes today the 89th birth anniversary of Corazon Cojuangco Aquino, the first President to serve in the Fifth Republic of the Philippines. This observance is significant because in barely two weeks, the official campaign period will begin for the national...
E CARTOON JAN 20, 2022 In the middle of what was undoubtedly the worst surge of COVID-19 cases in the Philippines, the city of Manila got a much-needed healthcare boost with the opening of the Bagong Ospital ng Maynila earlier this week. Located beside the Manila Zoo in Malate, This 10-story, fully...
As alert levels were raised to cope with the rapid surge in new COVID-19 infections, rays of optimism shone from the economic front, as reflected in the following upbeat headlines: “NEDA sees ‘promising’ 2022 despite Omicron”; “DOF still expects strong economic recovery”; and “BSP...
At the beginning of November, the Oxford English Dictionary chose its word of the year. Quite expectedly, it opted for a word that best summarizes this 2021, a year that came at the heels of a pandemic that still continues to this day. And this word is “vax,” which is short for vaccine (n) or...
Both the Senate and the House of Representatives passed this month similar bills mandating the registration of subscriber identity module (SIM) cards in order to curb fraudulent and criminal activities by users of mobile telephone devices. Senate Bill 2395 and House Bill 5793 will now be...
More than a metaphor, the Philippine eagle is evidence of the country’s riches often overlooked. The dominant theme of our self-expression, such as in our films, after all, is lack and limitation. Critically endangered as our national bird is, with only 400 breeding pairs of it remaining (exactly...
The country’s first Nobel Prize recipient Maria Ressa, together with Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov, were honored for their journalism careers and crusade for press freedom last week in Oslo, Norway. Ressa delivered a stirring speech, one for the books and one that reflected the challenges of...
