Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said he is confident that the creation of the Philippine’s own Virology Science and Technology Institute would help the country prepare and be one-step ahead of future public health emergencies. Go has refiled the bill proposing the establishment of the Virology...
There has been a strong interest in cultivating home gardens, especially those that grow food, ever since the strict restrictions of the pandemic kept people at home for long periods. Many research studies have documented this trend and have even counted as benefits the stress relief, improved...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Our wife Gina and we are in south of France, on invitation from the celebrated couple, Christian Baverey, scion of an industrialist French family from Lyon, and his Filipino wife, Tetta Agustin, who is highly-regarded in Europe’s...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL When SM Investments Corp., SM Supermalls, and SM Retail sent out their invitations for a special media event that would highlight their ongoing #SMGreenMovement, we weren’t immedi-ately aware of just how special the afternoon would be, and how...
The “2022 Pinoy K-pop Star: Hail the Icons” contest that was being held at a mall in Pasay City on July 16 was cut short by the organizer. “The 2022 Pinoy Kpop Star was interrupted due to unexpected safety reason and ended for safety of audience. We would like to ask everyone in the...
After more than two years of remote learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the University of the Philippines (UP) announced that it will be implementing blended learning, a method of teaching that integrates technology and digital media with traditional classroom teaching, for the upcoming academic...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has introduced a master's degree program in public administration with a special focus on Regulatory Management System (RMS) and Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA). Photo from ARTA The agency also launched on July 15 a diploma course in public management. In a...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS My social media feed lately has been filled with graduations left, and right. It is also heartwarming to know that this year’s graduates are once again able to physically walk across stage to get their diplomas, after two school years of virtual graduations. A whiff of...
After undergoing a seven-day mandatory isolation, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. carried on with swearing in officials he picked to lead certain posts under his administration. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and Ambassador Manuel Antonio Teehankee. (Photo courtesy of Bongbong...
Australia believes that the Philippines will have a "very bright" future in terms of business opportunities if the new administration under President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. continues the reforms initiated by the Duterte administration. Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Steven...
A team composed of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) personnel seized an estimated P1.5 billion worth of various smuggled goods, fake luxury items, and cigarette-manufacturing materials from a warehouse located in Valenzuela City, authorities revealed Friday,...
Gabriela Women’s Partylist filed a resolution seeking House probe on alleged sexual, verbal, and emotional abuse in the government-run Philippine High School for the Arts (PHSA) in Los Baños, Laguna. (Image courtesy of Philippine High School for the Arts) “The recent revelations about...
