Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri lamented on Friday, July 30, the "unnecessary" bureaucracy in the government's Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) Modernization Program. Jeepney driver Ricardo Legaspi lives inside his vehicle with his family after the lockdown triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic...
The Blas Ople Policy Center (Ople Center) believes that the Duterte administration will be appreciated retrospectively for its efforts against modern slavery, particularly on how it has affected overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. President...
Hong Kong-based Filipino jeweler Mirabel Rosar reimagines the classic Golden South Sea Pearl LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE Solana pendant, Dawn earrings, and Alina bracelet Arao is a fine jewelry brand dedicated to creating modern classics. The brand reimagines South Sea pearls into understated yet chic...
Twenty-three units of modern public utility jeepneys (PUJs) were launched on over the weekend by the Department of Transportation (DOTr) in Ilocos Norte to ply the Laoag City–Bacarra–Pasuquin route. (Photo from DOTr Secretary Art Tugade's Facebook) Transportation Secretary Arthur P....
As he wraps up his four-year stint in Manila, the Italian ambassador pays homage to the beauty, hospitality, and homeliness of our country through the limited-edition modern art portfolio 7,000 Islands DONO DI BUONA VOLONTÀ Italian Ambassador Giorgio Guglielmino handing over the 7,000 Islands...
It's always a blessing to be with someone you can spend your whole life with. Davao-based fashion designers Dodjie Batu and Aztec Barba have been together for 31 years, celebrating 11 years of marriage. As their 20th anniversary got closer, the same-sex couple decided to get married as a way of...
Following the President Duterte's order, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) vowed on Thursday, May 27 to have the barangay captains arrested in addition to being suspended for failure to stop mass gathering activities in their areas in the midst of the pandemic. In an interview...
It’s good to be gay, at least on TikTok, where hetero-boys are not only pretending to be gay, but doing gay acts, such as grinding against each other in hotel rooms, while likes, complemented by tens of thousands of comments that go from “ hawwt ” to “slide into my DM maybe,” pile up in...
SEA Games gold medalist Princess Honey Arbilon wins the bronze medal in the first edition of Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) Laser All-Stars at the Ormoc City Sports Complex. (Photo courtesy of City Government of Ormoc) TACLOBAN CITY – Southeast Asian Games gold medalist...
We salute these modern-day heroes Looking back on all the madness that happened the past months, we all owe food delivery riders as much as medical workers in keeping us protected from the pandemic. These riders alleviate our fears of going out and running out supplies by risking their lives as...
“She must be getting poor! Kawawa naman (Pity her),” says one netizen, who obviously is not aware that selling properties is not “equal” to experiencing poverty. For ages, buying and selling a property is part of the economy. Majority of the world’s population have experienced...
