The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) started training the first batch of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from the Mimaropa (Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan) region to set up their own technology-based enterprises. (Photo from DOST-MIMAROPA) DOST...
TXT (Twitter) K-pop boy band TXT (Tomorrow X Together) debuted at No. 5 on Billboard 200, their highest ranking on the chart since debut. Billboard reported on June 13 that TXT grabbed the “first top 10 album on the Billboard 200, as ‘The Chaos Chapter: Freeze’ debuts at No. 5 with...
Several offshore mining companies from Switzerland, Australia, Japan, and other countries have expressed interest to invest in the Philippines following President Duterte’s lifting of the country’s nine year ban on new mining projects. In a statement, the Offshore Mining Chamber of the...
State-run Land Bank of the Philippines has ramped-up efforts to bring more unbanked Filipinos into the formal banking system to support the national government’s financial inclusion program. The country’s second largest bank in terms of assets reported that it has onboarded more than 3.7...
The delivery service riders are now a regular sight around commercial and residential areas around the country. They are the frontliners who connect people in quarantine to the essential things they need. During the strict lockdowns until today when restrictions have been eased, the delivery riders...
OFW Forum Jun Concepcion Kaisylyn Cuya Lopez, a Filipino domestic helper in Saudi Arabia and a single mother of a four-year old boy, desperately needs help. While safe for now under the care of Philippine embassy staff, she constantly fears getting jailed or even beheaded under stringent Muslim...
VIEW FROM THE RIDGE Justice Arturo D. Brion, Chancellor, Philippine Judicial Academy From his very first public appearance during the Court’s 120 th founding anniversary last June 11, 2021, Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo signaled in unmistakable terms his resolve to kickstart the process of...
Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla, Jr. on Sunday, June 13 renewed his call for the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) and the Department of Health (DOH) to stop requiring the public to use face shields. saying there is no solid medical evidence that it is effective against community transmission of the...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS, EXO, NCT, Highlight and Seventeen (Twitter / Big Hit Music / SM Entertainment) K-pop superstars BTS maintained their top ranking while EXO surged to second place followed by NCT, Highlight and Seventeen in the latest brand reputation rankings for K-pop boy bands for...
THE WEEKEND READER : A grandmother of four recalls why she ❤️ Paris By Sally Velarde (Manila Bulletin/Unsplash) At the break of dawn, I hopped on the bus, bleary-eyed. We travel mates were to get out of the city to see two tourist monuments, and where the Loire river runs—yes, Virginia, there...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House In our previous column, we said we experienced up close some of the most devastating wars in the world. The first was the Pacific War and the subsequent invasion of Manila by Japan in 1941 when we were five years old, and then the Vietnam...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares Every year, Rizaleños celebrate two successive “Independence Days.” Every 12 th of June, they mark the Nation’s Independence Day together with the rest of our countrymen. A day before that, June 11, Rizaleños celebrate another “Independence Day” –...
