PAGBABAGO June is an important holiday and awareness day month in the country. June 5, World Environment Day, the day to protect Mother Earth, is important to all countries of the world because of the threat of climate change. It is also World Ocean Day, a focus on ocean conservation and...
PAGBABAGO I am primarily an academic even if I did dabble with the brush and acrylic for a period of four years before Covid-19, and which yielded a total of 175 paintings. How I did this was through a disciplined adherence to a weekly schedule at our workshop place, the Sunshine Recreation...
PHINMA Corporation subsidiary Philcement Corp. has signed joint venture (JV) agreement with the Floirendo family’s Anflo Group management and investment company ANFLOCOR to build a P2 billion modern cement manufacturing plant in Davao del Norte. “The earlier signing is a testament...
PAGBABAGO During the recent times, and perhaps because of challenges in the West Philippine Sea, our educational system, and food security, I again started to mull over our strengths and weaknesses and how we can survive or compete with several of our ASEAN neighbors. This continuing...
PAGBABAGO I think that legislative rotation or turnover is a practice that is more common in our country than in neighboring countries. It again happened recently when Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri stepped down a few days ago. “I was not following instructions,...
Funds managed by leading global investment firm KKR is investing a yet undisclosed amount in the Del Rosario’s PHINMA Education Holdings Inc., a leading private higher education group and the education arm of PHINMA Corporation. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), PHINMA said...
Beyond the Game Ex-Azkals face off in rare 7s Football All-Star Game By Brian Yalung It was with the Manila Bulletin when former Philippine Azkal Anton Del Rosario revealed plans about putting up a 7’s football league in the Philippines back in 2019. The league has since grown with Del...
PAGBABAGO The month of May is National Heritage Month, established through Presidential Proclamation 439 in 2023 for the purpose of “creating among the people a consciousness, respect, and love for the legacies of the nation’s cultural history.” The purpose is not merely to make people...
Del Rosario-led PHINMA Corporation reported that its consolidated net income inched up 1.3 percent to P490.9 million in the first quarter of 2024 from the P484.56 million earned in the comparative period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said core consolidated...
PAGBABAGO Last Wednesday, my two nieces, Mayette and Leah, and their mom, my sister Lynn surprised me with a visit. It turned out to be an advanced Mothers’ Day treat – a sumptuous take-out lunch of Pampanga cuisine! One of the desserts, maja blanca, which was made of rice flour and...
PAGBABAGO Yesterday was the 31st anniversary of the declaration of press freedom by the United Nations. At the beginning, the annual themes focused on violence perpetrated on journalists. The Philippines, having been for several years “one of the most dangerous countries for journalists according...
PAGBABAGO My column, “Letting go” where I described my efforts to whittle down my earthly belongings elicited more comments than previous pieces. I suppose people within my age and social group empathize with my attempt to re-organize my life by decluttering – either by selling or...
