UNITED NATIONS, United States – An estimated five million children under the age of five died in 2021, the United Nations said Tuesday, urging health care investment in underserved communities around the globe to avoid this "immense, intolerable and mostly preventable loss of life." Children...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo In the span of two weeks, more than 16 million subscriber identity modules (SIMs) have been registered following the implementation of the SIM Registration Act. Currently, we are on track because our target is to register at least one million SIMs per day to complete...
A device worth just P10,000 ended up causing P100 million in damages on New Year’s day when the operations of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) was paralyzed by a "trip" within its Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Systems for Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM). (Noel...
Ranking members of the House of Representatives led by Speaker Martin Romualdez have extended assistance to flood-stricken Filipinos in Davao del Norte in the form of food packs and cash aid. From left to right: House Speaker Martin Romualdez, Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Romualdez, and Tingog...
Building on its culture of excellence and providing financial professionals with opportunities for personal and career growth, MDRT (Million Dollar Round Table) is expanding its family of brands with the introduction of MDRT Global Services. MDRT Global Services opened for membership to financial...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. called on those responsible for the killing of Davao City businesswoman and model Yvonette Plaza to surrender to authorities. He warned that there is already a reward for the capture of those whose...
The government will continue breaking ground for its goal to provide Filipinos with decent housing units complete with basic amenities and facilities. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr leads the ground breaking ceremony of the 11-hectare Palayan City Township Housing Project in Barangay...
A sinkhole is a hole in the earth's surface caused by the erosion of the ground layer beneath, according to the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER). This hole grows over time and can have a diameter ranging from one to 600...
Cauayan City, Isabela -- In support of environmental protection, employees of SM City Cauayan joined the biggest tree-planting activity of the provincial government of Isabela, the One Million Bamboos in One Day Project. SM showed its support to environmental protection by donating 10,000 bamboo...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) distributed on Monday, Dec. 19, a total of P11,209,089.85 in cash rewards to its civilian informants. PDEA top officials commended the informants identified through their codenames Mala, Denver, dream and Mambo for providing vital tips leading to the...
DOH Fifty million Filipinos have yet to receive their first booster shot of the Covid-19 vaccine, the Department of Health (DOH) said. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire once again urged eligible individuals to get their booster shots to better protect themselves against the viral...
A measure aiming to grant cash incentives plus other non-monetary benefits to filmmakers, literary writers and performing artists who have won formal international acclaim has moved forward in the House of Representatives. (Mari Gimenez/ Unsplash) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte, a...
