When reality is more absurd than art Images from UPCFA Facebook page There are so many things that make us Filipinos and make our country unique from others. There's the spirit of bayanihan , where everyone takes action to help one another achieve a goal. Salu-salo is where a family or community...
Senator Sonny Angara on Sunday said he is optimistic the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers, which seeks to uphold the rights of Filipino seafarers would soon become a law. Angara noted, the measure, Senate Bill No. 2369, has been languishing in the legislative mill for over a decade now. “We have...
Language is the road map of culture, said American writer Rita Mae Brown. (MB FILE PHOTO) The Philippines is home to 186 languages, but some of them have just a few speakers left while others are already considered extinct because there are no more people at all who converse in them. In an Agence...
A Faraway Land is a streaming surprise hit SHOOT WITHIN A FILM The reporter (Paolo Contis) shooting his subject (Yen Santos) at Faroe Islands This pandemic created new dynamics in movie making in the country. Big studios have stopped creating movies for the cinemas. Popular stars are not active in...
Senators are rallying for the passage of the bill that proposes to institutionalize a Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers. Senator Joel Villanueva (Senate PRIB) Senator Joel Villanueva, chairman of the Senate Committee on Labor, said the measure serves as a "lifeboat of rights and privileges" for the...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma More than four decades ago, an historic moment took place on a field not far from the Rockwell power plant in Makati. Outside a building of the Rotary Club of Makati, the first Health, Hunger and Humanity (3H) project of Rotary International (RI) was signed between then...
Still an epic performance! Missing the intro of your choice of song while on stage can make most shake and scared to perform, but for 10-year-old Filipino singer Peter Rosalita, it was just a small hiccup. Missing to sing the at the start of the song by Mariah Carey, Without You, he just looked...
The Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) has awarded the Mandaluyong City its fourth Selyo ng Kahusayan sa Serbisyo Publiko Antas 4 on Tuesday as it gave due recognition to the city's continuous use of the Filipino language in public service. The city government said that the award was achieved...
Teachers are considered as heroes of education amidst the pandemic When the Department of Education (DepEd) announced that “education will continue” even amidst a pandemic, teachers knew that they have a very crucial role to play in ensuring that learning will not stop. True enough, when the...
A group of manning agencies appealed to President Duterte to increase the flight passenger limit and quarantine facilities for the Filipino seafarers in order to prevent them from losing job opportunities. Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) from Afghanistan arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International...
(From left) Tim Cone of Barangay Ginebra, Chito Victolero of Magnolia and Chot Reyes of TNT As the PBA braces for its return, the 12 teams are ready for the resumption of the Philippine Cup anytime this week at the Don Honorio Ventura State University in Bacolor, Pampanga. Just like the other...
Deposit accounts opened through the Overseas Filipino Bank's (OFBank) digital onboarding system more than doubled in the first semester of the year, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. OFBank In a statement released by the DOF on Monday, Aug.30, the department reported that total deposit accounts...
