In time for the Christmas season, the government has further cut the quarantine period for fully vaccinated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who will return to the Philippines including those arriving from countries under the “yellow list,” the Department of Tourism (DOT) confirmed Friday, Nov....
More local government units (LGUs) are now accommodating walk-in coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccine applicants, particularly those under the A2 (indigent senior citizens), A3 (adults with comorbidities) and A4 (essential frontline personnel) categories, Department of the Interior and Local...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara In the past week, we sponsored the Senate Finance Committee’s version of the proposed national budget for 2022. Interpellations on the different agency budgets have since started and are expected to wrap up within the coming weeks. Notably, what we’re debating...
Korean actor Kim Seon-ho, star of the hit drama “Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha,” will not be returning to his former TV show “2 Days & 1 Night.” Kim Seon-ho’s career turned upside down last month due to accusations by her former girlfriend that he forced her to abort their baby last year under...
The Catholic Church honors Wednesday, Nov. 10, the memory of Saint Leo the Great (San Leo Magno), a Doctor of the Universal Church, and one of the greatest pontiffs in Church history. St. Leo the Great (Catholic Online) Considered by Pope Pius XII as “the greatest among the great,” St. Leo...
Better Days Senator Sonny Angara During our recent hearing on the 2022 budget of the Department of Trade and Industry, Sec. Mon Lopez noted that 16 percent of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) were closed due to the pandemic — a significant portion coming from the National Capital...
President Duterte signed on Friday, Oct. 29 Proclamation No. 1236, which identifies the dates of regular holidays and special working and non-working days for the upcoming year of 2022. (Behnam Norouzi/ Unsplash) Under the directive, All Souls' Day (Nov. 2, Wednesday), Christmas eve (Dec. 24,...
Embattled Korean actor Kim Seon-ho is leading the votes in the popularity award for actor in the 2021 Asia Artist Awards (AAA). AAA “is the first-ever award which selects artists from both K-Pop and K-Drama and K-Movie for the year, based on their performance who excelled in Korea as well as in...
After turning Korean actor and “Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha” star Kim Seon-ho’s life upside down, his former girlfriend revealed that he has apologized to her and that she felt bad about what happened to him through her exposé. Kim Seon-ho’s career is in tatters after the woman posted online last...
The Korean reality TV show “2 Day & 1 Night,” which airs on channel KBS, has removed Korean actor Kim Seon-ho as a regular cast member after he admitted to forcing his former girlfriend to have an abortion last year. "We've decided to remove Kim. We will cut out takes of him from upcoming...
Netizens are demanding that Korean actor Kim Seon-ho be removed from the TV reality show “2 Days & 1 Night” over allegations that he forced his former girlfriend to have an abortion last year. On Oct. 17, a woman posted on the Pann Nate website about “popular actor ‘K,’” claiming...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara A September 2021 Bloomberg article on what the next six months of the COVID-19 pandemic will bring provides a very sobering reminder that is especially critical now as the Philippines takes steps to gradually reopen the economy and relax the tight restrictions of...
