PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Our foray into entrepreneurship began in the 1950s, when we were lured by the romance of oil exploration and subsequently joined our friend, the late Jose Tiong, founder and president of the old oil company Redeco and a leader in the...
The National Water Company, Saudi Arabia’s state-run water agency, awarded the Management, Operations and Maintenance Contract (MOMC) to the consortium of Manila Water Company Inc., French water distributor Saur Group, and Saudi’s Miahona Company. Manila Water In a statement, Manila Water said...
The University of the East (UE) will implement a two-day academic break from Sept. 27 to 28. (Unsplash) According to a memorandum released by UE President Ester Garcia, only asynchronous classes must be held during the two-day academic break, but quizzes and submission of activities are not...
Student councils from eight schools from the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) is calling on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to extend voter registration until year-end. (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) In a joint statement, student councils from the University...
Motorists from Laguna can now drive to Silang East in Cavite using the Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX). NEW ROUTE -- A five-kilometer segment of the Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) opens Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. The expressway from Laguna is now extended up tp Silang in Cavite, (Photo courtesy of...
The fourth section of the P56 Billion, 45-kilometer, Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX), the Silang East Interchange, is now open to motorists. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), together with MPCALA Holdings Inc. (MHI) today (August 24) inaugurated the interchange which extended the...
ASEAN Community Pantry organized by the PH launches in Dili SCENES FROM THE PANTRY The Philippine Embassy-organized Community Pantry in Timor-Leste gathered the ASEAN resident missions in Timor-Leste—Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and the Thailand—over very Filipino things such...
The East Avenue Medical Center's (EAMC) hospital bed utilization rate as of Tuesday, Aug. 3, is between 75 to 80 percent. East Avenue Medical Center (Photo from EAMC) The EAMC is seeing an increase in admissions due to COVID-19. "Two weeks ago our bed utilization rate was at 40 to 50 percent, now...
A five-kilometer diversion road traversing Rosales, Pangasinan will soon be accessible to motorists headed to other parts of eastern Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, and Nueva Vizcaya. NEW LINKAGE--A five-kilometer diversion road in Pangasinan dubbed the Carmen East-West Diversion Road will soon offer a...
Overseas Filipino worker (OFW) rights defender and advocate Susan "Toots" Ople raised concern Wednesday, July 28 over human traffickers' potential preying on stranded Filipino workers abroad. Susan Ople speaks during a July 28, 2021 virtual press briefing (Screengrab from Zoom meeting) In a virtual...
The government will call for the pullout of Filipino workers if the kafala system implemented in some countries in the Middle East will not be dismantled. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his sixth State of the Nation Address (SONA) before a joint session of Congress on July 26, 2021. (RTVM...
A better travel experience awaits motorists going to Bulacan as the Department of Transportation (DOTr), through the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) signed an agreement to start the construction of a service road in Marilao town. (Photo from the Department of Transportation) Transportation Secretary...