Tempered by experience over the past year and a half, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. participation in the 30th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in San Francisco demonstrated a keener appreciation of the nuances of top-level diplomacy. Although it was a brief conversation...
Love for the family and community (pagmamahal sa pamilya at pamayanan); faith (pananampalataya); attaining education (pagkamit ng edukasyon); health and wellness (kalusugan at kagalingan); resilience (katatagan); honesty and integrity (katapatan at karangalan); shared responsibility for the common...
As a popular song goes, “it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!” Along the main roads, there are pockets of traffic slowdown where local government unit personnel are putting up Christmas décor. At the commercial centers, the fairy lights already twinkle above...
Metro Manila’s single-ticketing system, officially launched in the City of San Juan on Nov. 15, 2023, is set to bring a more organized approach to traffic management in the National Capital Region (NCR). Following a successful pilot run in San Juan, as well as in Manila, Parañaque, Quezon...
Throughout history, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has often found itself at the bottom of the priority list, lagging in terms of economic growth, investments, infrastructure development, and even educational rankings among regions. This is bound to change soon as a...
Senator Mark Villar has lauded the renaming of two Quezon City roads--Agham and BIR Roads--into Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago Avenue. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Senator Mark Villar) In a statement, he stated that the renaming of the two roads after the late senator was in line with...
Vice President Sara Duterte wants Filipinos to remember the “colorful” late senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago as someone who embodied “bravery” and “conviction” in her pursuit for genuine public service. (From right) Vice President Sara Duterte and former senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago...
Survey results should be taken with a grain of salt, but in one way or another, these provide a glimpse of a society’s pulse on a variety of issues. One of the most recent surveys offering insight into the nation’s sentiment is the OCTA’s Third Quarter of 2023 “Tugon ng Masa” survey,...
The government may experience a merry Christmas this year as it prepares to face the challenges of the coming year. Congress is eyeing the enactment of the ₱5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or the proposed 2024 national budget before Christmas this year. “Our confidence is...
Jaja Santiago’s JT Marvelous prevailed over Jia De Guzman’s Denso Airybees with a hard-earned 23-25, 23-25, 25-16, 25-21, 17-15 victory in the Japan V. League on Saturday, Nov. 4, at the Park Arena Komai. The top seed Marvelous bucked a slow start before emerging victorious in the extended...
Few things are more important to Filipino families than education. The pursuit of a diploma carries such weight that parents go to great lengths to fund it, even pawning their properties or working abroad to meet the ever-increasing educational costs. In 2017, the Universal Access to Quality...
In a nation characterized by thousands of islands and extensive coastlines, the role of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is crucial for our national security. Mainly, it is tasked to safeguard our territorial waters and ensure the safety of our people as they navigate our seas. The...
