A group of senior citizens on Monday, January 20 trooped to the Senate to rally for the passage of a bill that aims to grant social pension to all senior citizens in the country. The United Senior Citizens (USC) Party-list led by Rep. Milagros Aquino-Magsaysay urged the Senate to expedite...
TACLOBAN CITY – Interfaith leaders gathered in the groundbreaking ceremony of the Tacloban City Philippines Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints here on Saturday, Jan. 18. LOCAL officials and interfaith leaders attend the groundbreaking of the first temple of The Church of...
Ambassador Endo Kazuya of the Embassy of Japan delivers his welcome remarks. On Jan. 14, 2025, the Ministry of the Environment of Japan and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) jointly held the “2nd Philippines-Japan Environment Week” in Makati City. Ambassador Endo Kazuya...
Mondelēz International in the Philippines has been a prominent name in the snacking industry for over 60 years, offering beloved brands like Oreo, Tang, Toblerone, Cadbury Dairy Milk, Eden Cheese, and Cheez Whiz. Recently, Mondelēz International announced a significant milestone in its...
REFLECTIONS TODAY The only fast prescribed in the Torah of Moses was that of the Yom Kippur or the Day of Atonement (Lv 16:31). Regular fasting became common in later Judaism when pious Jews fasted twice a week out of devotion. Some occasionally fasted out of grief. However, some fasted for a...
FROM THE MARGINS Last week, I wrote about two remarkable winners of the 3rd Digital Financial Inclusion Awards (DFIA), an initiative celebrating microfinance clients who have harnessed digital solutions to revolutionize their small businesses. There is special kind of joy in writing our...
Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Ralph G. Recto said that key borrowing costs are unlikely to drop to pre-pandemic level amid expectations that the US Federal Reserve (Fed) will slow down its policy rate reduction. According to the finance chief, the market expectation for 2025 is for...
Philippine Navy's offshore patrol vessel BRP Andres Bonifacio (PS17) participates in the fifth PH-US Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) from Jan. 17 to 18, 2025. (Photo: Armed Forces of the Philippines) The Philippines and the United States (US) completed...
PEACE-MAKER In previous columns, we shared stories of our visits to Lebanon — first in the early 1970s, during our time as a young entrepreneur in the Middle East and North Africa, and later in 2019, where we engaged in discussions with senior leaders of parliament and of political parties...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Gospel • Matthew 18:1-5, 10 Bible scholars note that Matthew had gathered Jesus’ teachings in five discourses or “books,” probably after the “five books” of Moses or the Pentateuch. The fourth book is often called the “Church Order” discourse, but rather than...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE (Part 2) When my eldest son graduated from university in 2013, his first job was with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP); and when I attended one of the Festivals that the FDCP mounts, I met a guest who worked with the Royal Film Commission...
State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) was honored by the chief regulator of government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) for its consistent adherence to good corporate governance principles, top officials said. DBP President and Chief Executive Officer Michael O. de...
