OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo This broadsheet bannered last Monday that defeated Senator Manny Pacquiao was still the “People’s Champ.” Despite his disheartening loss to Cuban boxer Yordenis Ugas who retained his super WBA welterweight crown, Pacquiao remained the crowd favorite....
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) reminded on Tuesday, August 24, companies planning to import, sell, and/or purchase controlled substances like morphine and fentanyl are required to first secure the appropriate license from the agency. In a statement, the PDEA Regional Office (RO) VII...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo We were pleasantly surprised to hear the announcement by the Philippine Statistics Authority last Tuesday that the Philippine economy expanded by 11.8 percent during the second quarter 2021, coming strongly from first quarter contraction of 3.9 percent and...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo By the dictates of the health protocols, the Batasan hall was half-empty. It was desolate. Upon his arrival by a chopper, President Duterte looked weak and disoriented, and was politely escorted through a brief military review. Inside the Batasan, the...
DepEd Webinar on drug education program (Photo courtesy DepEd) The Department of Education (DepEd) has launched a webinar series for its personnel in order to impart to their learners the dangers of drug abuse. The DepEd said that the webinar will be in five parts. The first part was conducted last...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo We don’t know about our readers but we like adobo the way we prepare it in Bulacan. Pork belly is braised in vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, bay leaves, pepper and salt until it is tender. Pork is seared in its own, copious fat and cooked slowly in lots of...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo As expected, many economists and analysts missed on their forecasts of the Philippine inflation rate of 4.1 percent for June 2021. Public announcement of the monthly inflation rate is highly awaited by the market because it is both a history of price...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo Seals of approval for sovereigns like the Philippines are difficult to obtain. International financial institutions (IFIs), credit rating agencies (CRAs) and foreign investors would usually scrutinize our ability to withstand global shocks. While...
The first national forum on national substance use science policy and Information will be held on Tuesday, June 15, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has announced. (NAST PHL Facebook Page) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said the forum will be hosted by the National...
Of substance and spirit Diwa C. Guinigundo Last January 2021, World Health Organization (WHO) head Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was quoted by BBC News saying that it was not fair for younger, healthy people in richer nations to be vaccinated before the older, more vulnerable people in poorer...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo It was good for the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to shift the release of Financial Stability Report (FSR) from annual to semestral beginning second semester of 2020. There is a dearth of reliable and timely information that the Filipino public could trust,...
Of substance and spirit Diwa C. Guinigundo One of the health protocols imposed last year was the prohibition of face-to-face church gatherings regardless of faith. A great collateral damage of this policy made our heart bleed. At the height of the pandemic last year, many church pastors and...
