Filipino adolescents were among the most physically inactive in the world, with only 15.4 percent meeting the global physical activity recommendation. This was revealed in the Youth Physical Activity Report Cards released by The Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance (AHKGA), raising an alarm for...
Hyperscalers and investors are seeing heightened interest in Manila as location for their projects, a report by real estate management and consultancy firm showed. The Q3 2022 Data Center Report published recently by Knight Frank in partnership with DC Byte, the leading data center research and...
The Philippines remained the best performing country in Asia in terms of gender parity, but the country’s ranking slid down from 17th in 2021 to 19th in 2022 based on World Economic Forum’s latest Gender Gap Report. The Philippines ranked 19th in the Global Gender Gap Index 2022 (Image courtesy...
Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th District Rep. Ralph Recto on Wednesday, Aug. 10, called on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to dismantle the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the Philippine International Trading Corp. (PITC) for their involvement in anomalous...
The Philippine National Police-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region has attributed to human error a mistake in a Lamitan City, Basilan PNP spot report which identified a shooting victim to be related to murder suspect Dr. Chao Tiao-Yumol. In an interview, PNP Bangsamoro Public Information Officer Police...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, Aug. 5, maintained that questions related to the price of laptops pointed out in the 2021 report of the Commission on Audit (COA) would be best addressed by the procuring entity for the said units. (DepEd / FILE PHOTO) “The Department only received...
The Department of Education (DepEd) maintained that the findings of the Commission on Audit (COA) on alleged deficiencies involving the department are “not yet conclusive.” DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN In a press conference on Thursday, Aug. 4, DepEd Spokesperson Michael Poa addressed the findings...
The Taguig City government exceeded its revenue target in 2021 despite the pandemic but the Commission on Audit (COA) said it could have done better. Based on COA’s annual audit report for Taguig, the city government collected a total of P10.8 billion in revenues in 2021, an increase of P4.41...
Smart Communications, Inc. delivered the Best Mobile Coverage in the country for the first half of the year, according to the latest independent report by Ookla®, global leader in mobile and broadband network intelligence. Based on user-generated tests and scans in 2.3 million devices across...
CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia's national science agency has identified a list of global megatrends that will shape the next 20 years. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) on Wednesday published the latest edition of Our Future World, a once-in-a-decade report...
ONE FOR THE ROAD James Deakin So its been two months since I picked up my new car – the 1.5 liter MG HS trophy – and since then, I’ve received countless messages asking me about my experience with the car, the brand, and of course the dealership. So I thought I’d come up with a mid-term...
The United States government cited the Philippine government for its relentless efforts in fully achieving the minimum standards against trafficking in persons (TIP) amidt the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) disclosed on Saturday, July 23....
