For the second year since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the European Union Delegation to the Philippines, in collaboration with the EU member states embassies, education services and institutes, will hold the Virtual European Higher Education Fair (EHEF) 2021 from October 1 to 2. European Union By...
Before the pandemic, people did not know about the existence of the ‘new normal’. It wasn’t in everyone's vocabulary and businesses were thriving in an environment nobody expected would eventually shift into a new business landscape that we see today. Businesses quickly adapted to the new...
WORD ALIVE FR. BEL SAN LUIS, SVD The theme of this 23 rd Sunday gospel relates about Jesus’ compassion on a deaf-mute man (Mark 7:31). However, in this time when the health workers are treated unjustly, deprived of their wages and benefits, Jesus would surely sympathize with these poor...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Ever since this (place your most vilifying adjective here) pandemic began, a plethora of words, phrases and acronyms have cropped up and become part of our everyday vocabulary. Social distancing, pivot, PPE’s, and ECQ immediately come to mind. In...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares Last week, the Department of Health (DOH) reported the highest ever number of new cases of COVID-19 infections in a single day. The count hit a record-high 22,300-plus new cases in August 30, up from the recent peak of 19,000-plus in August 28. The report was...
Labor groups urged the national government to speed up the rollout of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program of workers. (JUAN CARLOS DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) In a joint statement, the Metal Workers Alliance of the Philippines (MWAP) and the Institute for Occupational Health...
The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) has filed a string of criminal charges against Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison and three members of what the authorities referred to as the communist rebels’ legal front organizations for allegedly...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex M. Eduque Tomorrow, I turn 31. Not quite a milestone year, an ordinary birthday, if you will, but these days, we celebrate the smallest and most mundane of matters. I remember how I welcomed my 30th last year – what was a milestone birthday celebrated at my parent’s...
Vice President Leni Robredo said she was "shocked" to hear straight from President Duterte that his bases for appointing people in high posts in government were favors and friendship. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) "Na-shock nga ako na (I was shocked that) the President himself admitted na...
She teamed up with an international fashion brand for her fresh look A month had already passed when we last saw skateboarder Margielyn Didal in Tokyo Olympics skating her heart out while in a loose white shirt with three stripe sash bearing our flag’s colors and baggy orange pants matched with a...
The House Committee on Appropriations quickly terminated on Friday, September 3, its deliberations on the P8.18-billion proposed 2022 budget of the Office of the President (OP) -- a move objected and questioned by opposition lawmakers. President Duterte (Malacañang photo) The committee was only...
The United States has delivered an additional 188,370 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines on Thursday, Sept. 2, as part of its worldwide effort to help the country in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. US Embassy officials join Philippine government officials in...
