Cargo ship MV Iris Paoay has recently made history for becoming the first Philippine flag container vessel to sail nonstop between Manila and the United States in decades, a project expected to reduce shipping time and ease traders’ burdens amid the COVID-19 pandemic. United States Agency for...
The pandemic has significantly slowed down the domestic e-vehicle (EVs) industry in 2020, with EV registration dropping 35 percent versus pre-pandemic level, according to the Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines (EVAP). eVAP logo At the virtual 9 th Philippine Electric Vehicle Summit...
San Juan and Iloilo blasted their rivals to remain unscathed in five appearances in the third conference of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) online tournament Wednesday. The San Juan Predators clobbered the Olongapo Rainbow Team 7, 14-7, and the Cavite Spartans, 16-5, to...
President Duterte appealed to the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to deploy members of their medical corps to help hospitals amid the rise of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. File photos Duterte made the statement as he noted that some public and private...
Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) was named "Best Bank for SMEs" at the recent Asiamoney Best Bank Awards 2021, besting many other Philippine banks to take home the prestigious accolade for the second year in a row. The "Best Bank for SMEs" accolade is awarded by Asiamoney to banking...
The United Nations (UN) in the Philippines and French government will continue to provide meals to some 160,000 children in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) despite the closure of schools for in-person classes due to the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic....
A top official of the United States Embassy in Manila on Tuesday said the US is honored to continuously contribute to the Philippines’ COVID-19 response following the latest delivery of nearly 2.6 million Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses to the country. Newly designated US Embassy Charge...
When a horrifying 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Bohol on October 15, 2013, the province’s centuries-old heritage churches collapsed, including one of the oldest and largest in the town of Loon — the Nuestra Señora de la Luz parish or Simbahan ng Birhen sa Kasilak (The Church of Our Lady of...
The Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP) is struggling from manpower shortage after some of its health workers tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Facebook/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a DZMM Teleradyo interview on Tuesday, Sept. 21, LCP spokesperson Dr. Norberto Francisco...
The College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) welcomed on Monday, Sept. 20, the approval of the pilot implementation of face-to-face classes in areas that will be classified as low-risk for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) On Monday, Presidential Spokesperson...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Go Negosyo and LandBank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) to jointly implement Kapatid Agri Mentor Me Program (KAMMP), a nationwide mentoring program that targets to develop and sustain agribusiness in the Philippines....
The ASEAN automotive industry registered positive growths both in sales and production with all countries, except Myanmar, reporting higher sales as of July this year. Data from the ASEAN Automotive Federation showed the region’s automotive sales went up 27.5 percent to 1,507,331 units from...
