The Cultural Center of the Philippines continues to extend a helping hand ORMOC CITY - CCP BOOK DONATION Like many of the public schools in the country, the teachers and staff of Ormoc City High School have been dealing with the immense challenges brought by the ongoing pandemic, particularly the...
July 29 is certainly a day fit for a princess Anne Hathaway as Princess Mia; and Princess Diana in her wedding day Once upon a time, well, July 29, 1981 to be exact, the world saw a fairytale come to life. It was a historic day that turned a lady into a princess. That date marked the beginning of...
VIEWS FROM THE RIDGE SC Justice Catral Mendoza (ret.) JBC Member and Chair, JBC Executive Committee Instead of the retirement and much needed rest I had looked forward to, I received last July 16, 2021 the renewal of my appointment as regular member of the Judicial and Bar Council representing the...
The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) and the Mental Health Research Advisory Group (MHRAG) have launched a 102-page manual which seeks to streamline mental health research in the country. (DOST-PCHRD) The "Quality Mental Health...
The close and blooming ties between the Philippines and Japan were foremost in the mind of Ana Liezl Quibrantar when she decided to join the Food and Friendship: The Japan-Philippines 65th Anniversary Online Cooking Contest launched by the Embassy of Japan in Manila early this year. Ana Liezl...
Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian has paid tribute to General Ye Fei, also known as Sixto Mercado Tiongco, who fought for China’s independence and helped in the founding of a “new China.” Monument of Chinese-Filipino Gen. Ye Fei or Sixto Mercado Tiongco at a memorial park in...
The Commission on Audit records has revealed that former Senator Freddie Webb continues to fail to return to government the P112,928.30 unspent office rental deposit for an office space reportedly “refunded” to him during his incumbency as senator in 1998....
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE - OUR NEW ABNORMAL On July 4th, this column talked about my pipe dream that one day we’d send an all-female contingent to the Olympics. At the risk of being branded a traitor to my gender, I observed how these Filipina athletes seemed to have real drive and...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Perhaps not too many people know that before we became a pioneering businessman in the Middle East and North Africa in the 1970s until the early 1980s and then, with God’s blessing, a five-time Speaker of the House of Representatives, we...
Fortifying the Armed Forces of the Philippines' (AFP) defense posture will help the military to better defend the country's territory from internal and external threats, including its maritime interests in the hotly-contested West Philippine Sea (WPS). Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary...
The Intellectual Property of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has granted a copyright registration to YouTube lesson videos created by a math teacher at the Philippine Science High School (PSHS)–Main Campus in August 2020. (PSHS Facebook page) In a Facebook post, the PSHS System congratulated Leo Andrei...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex M. Eduque What a week it has been! A roller coaster ride of emotions to say the very least. A lot of us were shaken by the earthquake over the weekend, and then the continuous rains and floods. President Rodrigo Duterte delivered his last State of the Nation Address,...
