The supposed inauguration of the two new stations of the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) on Tuesday, June 22, has been moved to next month, the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) announced. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement on Monday, June 21, LRTA Administrator Reynaldo Berroya said...
The number of overseas Filipinos who have contracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19) rose to 20,424 on Saturday, June 19, as two new cases were recorded, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. The DFA also reported three new recoveries and no new fatality among Filipinos abroad. With no new...
The Udine Far East Film Festival in Italy will pay homage to the late multi-awarded film actor, director Eddie Garcia on its 23rd year. It will run a special tribute section dubbed "Eddie Garcia: Life as a Film Epic (Ommagio a Eddie Garcia : La vita come un’epopea cinematografica)," from June 24...
The University of the East (UE) Manila will no longer accept new enrollees for Journalism, English, Library and Science, and Mathematics degree programs this coming academic year (AY) 2021-2022. Meanwhile, current students of the four programs will be retained by the university until graduation. In...
The two additional stations of the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2) which extends the rail line further to Antipolo will finally start operation next week, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade announced. LRT-2 Antipolo Station (Photo from Jun-Andeng Ynares Facebook) "Yung...
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...
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...
Empire East Land Holdings, Inc., a unit of Megaworld Corporation, remains optimistic as it reported an 8.3 percent improvement in total booked sales to P4.26 billion last year even though net income was pulled down to P524 million by the pandemic. 11276 “Our performance for the year still...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) says the trafficking of underaged overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) continues as it revealed the interception of two young women who falsified their dates of birth to make it appear that they were qualified to work in the Middle East. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) In...
The number of overseas Filipinos who have contracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19) rose to 18,659 as a single new case was only recorded, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Saturday, May 22. (DFA) The DFA also reported no new recovery and zero fatality on the same day. The number of...
President Duterte and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday held a telephone summit to discuss among others the impending release of the JY20 billion (roughly P9 billion) Post-Disaster Standby Loan to the Philippines, the status of the subway and railway projects in Metro Manila and...
Jack Animam Filipina basketball star Jack Animam is taking her act to the United States after signing with talent management firm East West Private. The Ohio-based agency, which manages the careers of teen sensation and former University of the Philippines Maroon Kobe Paras, announced this on...
