The University of the Philippines-Los Baños will gradually reopen the campus for the conduct of limited face-to-face classes for 98 students, the University announced. (UPLB) On Dec. 17, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) deemed UPLB to have complied with the requirements under the Joint...
Lawrence Chongson Basketball coach Lawrence Chongson passed away Sunday following a heart attack. He was 57. The outspoken mentor was known to guide the University of the East Warriors for several seasons, including their runner-up finish to the Ateneo Eagles in 2009. He also coached Boracay Rum...
While relief operations for Filipinos affected by typhoon Odette continue, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is encouraging the public to help either by donating or volunteering. (Photo courtesy of USAID) The international development agency said individuals, who want...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) disclosed Sunday, Dec. 26, that it has airdropped Christmas and relief items to residents and soldiers assigned in various military detachments and stations in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). AFP Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Andres Centino said he thought of...
Which local government unit (LGU) is the richest in the National Capital Region (NCR)? The Commission on Audit (COA) recently released the annual financial report for LGUs for the year 2020. The report listed the top 10 provinces, cities and municipalities with the biggest amount of total assets in...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares Why does adversity strike at a time so close to Christmas? This must be the question in the mind of many of our countrymen, particularly those living in the provinces in Visayas and Mindanao that stood in the path of a raging Typhoon Odette. Images of destruction...
WORD ALIVE Fr. Bel San Luis An elementary school teacher was telling her class about statistics which indicate that more twins are being born these days than in the past. "Why?" asked a little boy. "Because," replied a tiny girl, "little children are afraid to come into the world alone." * * * That...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Now that there’s an easing of our COVID restrictions, our quarantine-fatigued populace has been taking to the streets and malls with a vengeance, and I wouldn’t be surprised to find our consumer-driven economy getting the shot in the arm it needs...
The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) announced that, effective January 1, 2022, the merger with BPI Family Savings Bank (BFSB), its wholly owned thrift bank subsidiary officially takes effect. Under the merger, parent company BPI is the surviving entity, as approved by its shareholders and...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque I write this on the eve of Christmas eve. As I think about and ponder over what sparks Christmas in my life, I realized that it ended up filtering down to my senses. The sights and sounds of Christmas; the tastes and smells of the holidays, and of course, more...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Reflections today JOHN 1:1-18 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be. What came to be through him was life, and this life was the light...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid Each Christmas season, when we go through the story of the Nativity, one of the verses we love to read are the passages relating the circumstances just before the birth of Jesus Christ. In the New Testament, Luke 2:7, New King James version, it reads: “And...
