Are we endemic yet? CLINICAL MATTERS Six hundred thousand new Covid-19 cases in one day in South Korea! Nearly 300,000 in Germany! Almost 200,000 in Vietnam! These numbers almost sound made up. Unimaginable. While many people were apoplectic at the nearly 39,000 cases we had in January 2022, the...
On the fourth day of the “Caravan of the Landless,” farmers and rural sectors from various Bicol provinces called on the release of political prisoners in Camarines Norte. The caravan, which will be held until the end of the month, aims to highlight the “most urgent issues” faced by farmers...
Senators on Monday said it is imperative for the government to go after the so-called “untouchables” who are behind the large-scale food smuggling in the country, affecting the livelihood of locals farmers and fishermen in the Philippines. “Merong (There are) untouchables. May mga (There are...
Investors continued to press for an increase in Philippine benchmark interest rates for short-term loans. At Monday’s auction, March 28, the yield on the 91-day Treasury bill, which banks use in pricing their loans, rose to 1.587 percent from 1.536 percent a week ago. The government accepted P5...
The University of the Philippines men's basketball team and telecommunications company Converge ICT Solutions Inc. have inked a two-season deal as the Maroons began their University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 84 campaign last Saturday, March 26. Ricci Rivero (UAAP Media...
Senatorial candidate Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro on Monday said the government should ease the requirements and processes for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that seek loans in state-owned banks such as the Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) and the Development Bank of the...
After being postponed and scaled down in the past two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the “Balikatan” Exercise was formally launched by the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the United States military at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Monday, March 28. BALIKATAN OPENING -- Gen. Andres...
Presidential candidate and survey frontrunner Bongbong Marcos says Filipinos will always be grateful for what President Duterte has done for the country. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (left) and President Rodrigo Duterte (Photos from LAKAS-CMD, Malacañang) “We wish him a very happy...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Eric Go Yap achieved a milestone in his budding political career as he became a recipient of Nation Builders and Mosliv Award. Go, who has been party-list representative for ACT-CIS since 2019, was awarded Congressman of the Year by the NBMA last March 19 in Parañaque...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye (On March 1, 2022, Muntinlupa City observed its 27th anniversary as a highly urbanized city. In this 3-part article, the author, who served as Muntinlupa Mayor from 1986 to 1998, relives Muntinlupa’s journey to cityhood.) I grew up in the ‘50s when Muntinlupa was...
WALA LANG This month we commemorate the 501st anniversary of Ferdinand Magellan’s arrival, highlighted by an exhibition in the National Museum, El Viaje mas Largo – La Primera Vuelta del Mundo. The festivities center on “the longest journey, the first circumnavigation of the globe.” Nothing...
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said taking advantage of the poverty and vulnerability of people in order to acquire votes or advance one's selfish gain is a serious offense against God. CBCP/MB The CBCP said this in a Pastoral Letter on the 2022 Election released late...
