More than 200,000 individuals were affected by the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit Abra and other areas in Northern Luzon this week, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Saturday, July 30. A day after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Northern Luzon, troops from...
Awwww... we're not crying! We've got to hand it to Quezon City Congressman/actor Arjo Atayda for pulling off one romantic proposal—making Maine Mendoza cry happy tears, too! His team who helped him pull it off? Part of it is Mendoza's glam team. Apparently, Mendoza thought it was an ordinary...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) expressed support for the commitment of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to push for the Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines (VIP). President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) In a statement, DOST said that...
The University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) is set to hold its 1st face-to-face commencement exercise on July 31 after two years of conducting virtual graduation rites due to Covid-19. University of the Philippines Diliman (Website) According to UPD, the ceremony will strictly observe health...
The Medical City and the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development are working together to reach this goal Health researchers are all the more essential, especially with the re-emergence of various transmissible and infectious diseases globally and in the Philippines. But with the...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid For an hour and 14 minutes, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. gave what was a much appreciated address to the 19th Congress, the audience inside the Batasan, and to the business community. But not so with advocacy groups and the 5,000 or so rallyists outside the...
In his first State of the Nation Address, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. dedicated a considerable portion to education. Specifically, he mentioned the need to “end” the “horror stories” in educational materials. The President was quick to add that this does not refer to...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS “I know in my heart, and in my soul that the state of our nation is sound.” The closing of President Ferdinand R. Romualdez Marcos’s first State of the Nation Address (SONA) went along those lines. It was promising, in as much as it was hopeful. Again, many people have...
Union Bank of the Philippines reported a 27 percent drop in net income to P6.1 billion for the first six months of 2022 due to extraordinary trading gains recorded in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the bank said its net revenues, excluding trading...
Globe Telecom, Inc. is digitalizing Filipino homes and will be among the first Southeast Asian providers to launch fiber-to-the-room (FTTR) technology after successful testing, the telco announced Friday July 29. FTTR claims to be the first choice for digital transformation in homes. It provides...
From left: CPF Philippines Vice President, Phaisarn Rewriab; CPF Philippines Chief Finance Officer, Supakitti Bunvet; CPF Philippines President, Udomsak Aksornphakdee; DBP Senior Vice President, Carolyn I. Olfindo; and DBP Assistant Vice President, Rallen O. Verdadero. State-owned Development Bank...
REFLECTIONS TODAY There is a common opinion that Mary fares better than Martha, for we are more familiar with the story about Martha who busies herself with menial jobs, while Mary chooses to stay with Jesus to listen to his words, when he visits them at Bethany. Jesus himself affirms Mary. But in...
