HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL The second Manila Bulletin Sustainability Forum rolls out next week, Nov. 21 and 22 at the UP Diliman School of Statistics Auditorium. It’s something we’re happy to see happening; as the theme for this year, “If Not Now, When?,”...
BACOLOD CITY – Two members of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to the Army 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) following a gun battle in Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, November 8. The Army withheld the names of the two rebel returnees for security reasons....
FORT MAGSAYSAY, Nueva Ecija – A soldier was killed in an encounter with the New People’s Army in Barangay San Fernando, Laur, Nueva Ecija on Sunday, October 8. Major Gen. Andrew D. Costelo, Army 7th Infantry Division commander, identified the fatality as Private First Class Sher Nelson B....
BACOLOD CITY – Two New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in an encounter with the Army 15th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Sitio Cambaga, Barangay Yao-Yao, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, November 7. The Army has yet to release the names of the fatalities as of posting time. POLICE...
State-owned Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) invited two Italian businesses to set up or expand their operations in New Clark City. The BCDA delegation urged Italy’s top business associations, Confindustria and The European House Ambrosetti, to take an interest in investing in...
State-run Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) is seeking joint venture (JV) partners to commercialize information and communications technology (ICT) facilities in New Clark City. In a statement, BCDA said the ICT infrastructure project fund would amount to an estimate of P2.53...
MGen Renewable Energy Inc. (MGreen), the renewable energy investment arm of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) ,will be queueing up to P200 billion worth of investments for the gigantic 3,500-megawatt solar farm development that shall be integrated with 4,000-megawatt hours (MWh) of energy storage...
NEW YORK (AFP) -- Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola produced a devastating performance to win the New York Marathon in a new course record on Sunday, Nov. 5, while Kenya's Hellen Obiri pipped Letsenbet Gidey to claim the women's race. Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola poses on the podium after winning the 52nd Edition...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Along with the irony of the Philippines having to import a dietary staple such as rice, the other sad irony would be how in a nation that’s an island archipelago, we have issues about potable, drinking water. But that is a hard fact for our...
CEBU CITY – The Armed Forces Visayas Command (Viscom) did not let up in its anti-insurgency campaign last month despite the enormous task of securing the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. THE Visayas Command reported that several members of the New People’s Army surrendered and...
New Zealand showed off its maritime capacity to the Philippines through the recent port visit of its ship, HMNZS Aotearoa. Aotearoa had docked for three days in Manila on October 30 as part of New Zealand's Defence Force (NZDF)'s largest naval deployment to the Indo-Pacific, which its...
INFANTA, Quezon – Two cousins were reportedly abducted by the New People’s Army in Sitio Pinapinan, Barangay Magsaysay, this town, last month. Police identified the kidnap victims as Jojo Adoba and Noel Velasco. Velasco’s wife told the Infanta Municipal Police Station on Wednesday,...
