124th Philippine Independence Day Celebration, National Day Fiesta in Geneva 124th Philippine Independence, June 12, 2022 124th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence Cultural Program H.E. Evan P. Garcia, ambassador and permanent representative of the Philippines, Philippine...
The Philippines’ Shane Tormes was crowned Miss Global 2022. She is the first Filipina to win the title. The pageant was held Saturday, June 11, at the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center in Indonesia. Honed by the Kagandahang Flores beauty camp, Shane is a pageant veteran who has competed in the Bb....
As e-sports participants and viewers continue to surge in the country, PLDT Global Corporation (PLDT Global) and OneQode, a high-performance gaming infrastructure provider, have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen the gaming experience of the eSports community. Specifically, they...
PARIS, France -- With the spread of monkeypox across the world coming hot on the heels of Covid-19, there are fears that increasing outbreaks of diseases that jump from animals to humans could spark another pandemic. While such diseases -- called zoonoses -- have been around for millennia, they...
“Stranger Things 4” topped Netflix’s Global Top 10 chart for the second straight week and set three new records. The sci-fi horror series was watched 335.01 million hours from May 30 to June 5 to become the most watched season of English-language TV in one week on Netflix. According to...
PARIS, France -- Negotiators from almost 200 countries met in Germany Monday for climate talks tasked with reigniting momentum on tackling global warming, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine overshadows the threat from rising emissions. The conference will set the stage for a fresh round of major...
A taxi driver who robbed his passenger in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig was killed by the police in an armed encounter on June 5. Southern Police District director Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg identified the suspect as Ryan Guanieso, 36, resident of Pasay City. The suspect's gun and taxi...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in May were 50 percent higher than during the pre-industrial era, reaching levels not seen on Earth for about four million years, the main US climate agency said on Friday. Global warming caused by humans, particularly...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The famous snow-capped peaks of the Alps are fading fast and being replaced by vegetation cover -- a process called "greening" that is expected to accelerate climate change, a study said Thursday. The research, published in Science, was based on 38 years of satellite...
Recognizing the importance of advancing global citizenship education, the Department of Education (DepEd) has relaunched a learning series that aims to provide a platform to raise awareness and strengthen the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Global Citizenship Education (GCED). JOJO RINOZA /...
SMC Global Power Holdings Corporation is planning to raise up to P40 billion from the issuance of bonds consisting of a P30-billion float with an oversubscription of up to P10 billion. This is the initial tranche of the company’s new three-year Shelf Registration program amounting to P60 billion....
The local manufacturing sector registered a further improvement in operating conditions in May as both output and new orders grew at solid rates, the latest survey from S&P Global showed on Wednesday, June 1. The S&P Global Philippines Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)...
