The Roman Catholic Church marks Tuesday, January 25, the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, known as the Apostle of the Gentiles, in thanksgiving to God for the miraculous conversion of the revered saint - from a life of sinfulness to holiness. Photo RCAM A fiesta mass will be celebrated...
After three weeks of being under critical risk case classification for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the country and the National Capital Region (NCR) has gone down to high-risk case classification, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Monday, Jan. 24 Shoppers flock to bargain stores...
Benchmark interest rates declined anew as investors await the US Federal Reserve's meeting. At Monday's auction Jan. 24, the yields on short-term government debt papers, which banks use in pricing their loans, went down, with the returns on the 91-day Treasury bill fell to 0.693 percent from 0.875...
The University of the Philippines (UP) has relaunched on Monday, Jan. 24, Tsek.ph, the country's pioneering fact-checking collaboration in time for the May 9 elections. Tsek.ph Initiated by UP in 2019, Tsek.ph is a project under the University's Office of the Vice President for Public Affairs and...
The National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) called on the education sector to heed students' calls for a "genuine" health break as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases continue to rise. (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) Citing the record-high resurgence of COVID-19 infections and...
OFW Forum Jun Concepcion Ending the continuing physical and sexual abuses of Filipino women across the Middle East doesn’t require rocket science. Even in the absence of comprehensive empirical data, it is fairly easy to deduce and conclude what should have been clear as daylight to the...
THE LEGAL FRONT Atty. Arturo D. Brion, Ll.B, Ll.M. The Court shall finally conduct its long-awaited 2020-2021 Bar examinations in the first week of Feb. 2022. Beyond its COVID-imposed delay, this Bar Exam is historic in many respects, among them, as the first computerized and multi-location Bar...
Diego Loyzaga and Louise delos Reyes Louise Delos Reyes and Diego Loyzaga star in an emotionally draining drama, "The Wife," with a focus on grief and guilt. "Kakaiba siya in a way na every after shoot namin, kailangan naming bumitaw sa character. Kailangan mong magpagpag ng emotions kasi ang bigat...
Debt servicing by the Philippine government jumped 203 percent in November due to higher interest and principal payments, data from the Bureau of the Treasury revealed. The national government's debt payments hit P81.34 billion in November last year, that is 203 percent more than the P26.79 billion...
The National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) called the proposal of vice-presidential aspirant Sara Duterte-Carpio's to require military service for all young Filipinos "unnecessary." (Unsplash) In a statement, NUSP criticized Duterte's proposal, saying it's "delusional, unnecessary,...
Bayan Muna partylist Rep. Ferdinand Gaite on Sunday asked the public if presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. cannot defend himself in interviews, then how he can do the same to the Filipinos should he win in the upcoming elections. "Paano niyo aasahan ipagtanggol at ipaglaban tayo...
Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Director-General Jeremiah Belgica lauded the collaborative efforts of the government and the telecommunications companies in providing streamlined guidelines for the processing of documents that led to the improvement of the country's internet services. Anti-Red Tape...
