The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has issued a heat index forecast of dangerously high temperatures in at least 19 areas nationwide on Sunday, May 25, with Dagupan City, Pangasinan expected to experience a sweltering 46°C. According to PAGASA...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) bagged the coveted best national government agency by the Career Executive Service Board (CESB). It was the fifth time the DILG received the coveted plum as it also received the Career Executive Service Performance Evaluation System...
Outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo is ending her six-year term with a bang after the Office of the Vice President (OVP) received an unqualified opinion, the highest audit rating given to a government agency, for the fourth straight year from the Commission on Audit (COA). Vice President Leni...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has garnered an unmodified opinion, the highest audit rating given by the Commission on Audit (COA) for the "fair presentation" of its financial reports and records. PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva (Photo courtesy of PDEA) PDEA Director General...
As the canvassing of votes for senators and party-lists nears completion, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, May 17, highlighted the highest voter turnout in the country and the consistent canvass reports reaching the 83.83 percent mark. Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex C....
With 34.88 percent voting turnout, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said the 2022 polls has the highest overseas voting turnout compared to past elections. Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex C. Laudiangco (JEL SANTOS/MANILA BULLETIN) Per Comelec data, there is a total of 1,697,215 registered...
K-pop superstars BTS, NCT, EXO, Seventeen and TWICE emerged as the top five K-pop artists with the highest album sales in the last 11 years from 2011 to 2021. This is based on the annual cumulative album sales data released by Gaon Music Chart covering the period January 2011 to November 2021,...
Shoppers flock along Ylaya in Divisoria Market on Oct. 17, 2021 at a time when Metro Manila was under alert level 3. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) The number of active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines further increased after 26,458 new infections were logged on Saturday, Jan. 8—the...
Muntinlupa emerged as one of the 10 top performing cities in local revenue generation in the country in 2020. The Bureau of Local Government Finance under the Department of Finance issued the list of the national top performing provinces, cities and municipalities in local revenue generation for...
Who are the highest paid Korean actresses? Song Hye-kyo and Jun Ji-hyun command 200 million won ($170,000) per episode for a drama project, according to a report by Korean media outlet Hankook Ilbo. Korean actresses Song Hye-kyo (left) and Jun Ji-hyun (SBS, iQiyi) According to the report, the two...
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...
media Increased cashless payments in Asia Pacific (APAC) during the pandemic made the region a hotspot for banking Trojans, one of the most dangerous malware used to steal money from users’ bank accounts. And the Philippines logged the highest number of unique users attacked in APAC by all...
