The League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) has expressed reluctance in permitting fully-vaccinated individuals to freely travel across the country. In an interview over Dobol B TV, LPP national president and Marinduque Governor Presbitero Velasco Jr. insisted that the risk of having the...
DRIVING THOUGHTS This will be a good time for local government units to document the best practices of their barangays in the prevention of the spread of COVID-19. These can be shared with other LGUs which can localize the practices to fit their communities. More than a year after the World Health...
The Gymnastics Association of the Philippines (GAP) talks about the campaign of world champion Carlos Yulo in the coming Tokyo Olympics in the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum online edition this Tuesday (July 6). GAP President Cynthia Carrion will give an update on the training and...
The House of Representatives is giving a blast for the last as it shifted preparations for President Rodrigo Duterte’s sixth and final State of the Nation Address to high gear. Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said the Lower Chamber had laid out plans to highlight the legislative accomplishments of the...
The Philippines breached the P11 trillion debt level in May this year as loans made by the national government amid the pandemic continued to grow. The Bureau of the Treasury reported on Monday, July 5, that the government's outstanding financial obligations rose 24 percent to P11.071 trillion in...
The realization of non-traditional collaborations within art genres, between arts, and other fields Seven arts and cultural organizations qualify for the Innovation Grants Project, a special program implemented by the board of trustees of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP). Among the...
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has condemned criticisms which put the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) at fault in the tragic military plane crash involving a C-130 cargo plane of the Philippine Air Force (PAF). Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (Photo courtesy of Department of National...
The United States government has conveyed its “deep condolences” to the Philippines following the crash of a C130H plane that killed 50 people, mostly army soldiers, and injured several dozens of others in Patikul, Sulu on Sunday, July 4, 2021. Office of the President of the United States (via...
A raw footage taken moments before a Philippine Air Force (PAF) C-130 transport aircraft crashed in Patikul, Sulu on Sunday, July 4, made rounds on social media and sent chills to netizens who have watched it. Maj. Gen. Edgard Arevalo, Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesperson, holds a virtual...
It won’t be their last The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) together with the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp., (PAGCOR) launched a project series called “Kanto Kultura,” a celebration of culture and the arts featuring Filipino artists that came into fruition on Feb. 15, 2021....
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has concluded the retrieval operation on the crashed C-130 cargo plane of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) in Patikul, Sulu on Sunday night, July 4, which left 50 individuals dead and 53 others injured, making it one of the worst aviation accidents in the...
VIEWS FROM THE RIDGE Justice Arturo D. Brion, Chancellor, Philippine Judicial Academy In contemplating judicial reforms, the questions that one inevitably encounters relate to the “what, when, where, and how” of the reforms or changes to be introduced. These questions themselves unavoidably...
