IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex M. Eduque Beneficence is defined as an act of kindness or charity. A good deed, if you will, with a strong essence of doing good for others. This has entirely encapsulated the very core of my partnership with a good friend of mine, Macky Fäh over the last six years. A...
Photo by AC Energy Country now in state of climate justice, passing mitigation The Philippines’ energy industry has to make and carry out firm decisions to become more independent and resilient as it has now arrived at a state of climate justice, which is well beyond mere mitigation. ...
Four specialty hospitals put up by government in Quezon City will suffer nearly P1 billion total cuts in their 2022 budget amid the continued onslaught of the COVID-19. Hospital scene COVID-19 QC Second District Rep. Precious Hipolito Castelo lamented the government decision to slash the 2022...
President Duterte urged the public to not get more than the prescribed coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine shots, saying not only are they depriving the people who are yet to get vaccinated, it is bad for the body. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang file photo) Duterte made the statement as the...
The Department of National Defense (DND) welcomed Thursday, September 30, the passage of a Senate bill which will provide fixed terms for military officials holding senior positions and ranks in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and remove the "revolving door policy" within the...
President Duterte again found "colorful" ways to verbally attack Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chairman, Senator Richard Gordon, during the former's "Talk to the People" public briefing on late Thursday night, Sept. 30. President Rodrigo Duterte (left) and Senator Richard Gordon (Photos from...
EDITORS DESK Robert Requintina Expect some star power as some movie and television personalities join the race in the national elections 2022. These celebrities are vying for positions ranging from congressman to mayoral, senatorial and gubernatorial posts, to party-list representatives. It's not a...
The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Philippines is celebrating Korean National Day on the 3 rd of October this year, but due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the event will be held online. Utilizing the convenience of technology, the Embassy aims to promote participation from Filipinos nationwide,...
A community library bucked the pull out of books and documents published by the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in at least three state university libraries. (Unsplash) The Kalinga State University (KSU), Isabela State University (ISU), and Aklan State University (ASU) removed...
Balik Scientist Dr. Deborah Tangunan is among the 15 candidates who will compete for a spot at the global Falling Walls Lab Finale in Berlin, Germany, and become the “Breakthrough Winner of the Year”. (Falling Walls Lab Finale MSCA-European Union website) The Department of Science and...
Laguna dealt San Juan its first loss in the Northern Division while Iloilo remained flawless in the Southern Division of Professional Chess Association of the Philippines’ (PCAP) third conference online tournament Wednesday. The Laguna Heroes pulled off a 12.5-8.5 victory over the San Juan...
The nation government’s debt stock advanced at a much slower pace in August as debt repayments to foreign creditors softened the increase in domestic borrowings, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed. The national government's outstanding obligations reached P11.642 trillion as of August...
