The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) deployed additional personnel and assets to help in the humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) operations in Visayas, days after it was battered by Typhoon “Agaton.” Search and rescue personnel from the...
The death toll due to Typhoon “Agaton” has climbed to 137 and this is feared to further increase as over two dozens more are still missing in landslide-hit areas in Eastern Visayas (Region 8), the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported on Good Friday, April...
After multiple landslides occurred in Leyte due to tropical storm "Agaton", the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) sent a search and rescue team on Monday, April 11, to Barangay Ga-as, Baybay City. (Photos courtesy of Philippine Red Cross) PRC said two assessment teams from their chapter in Leyte, together...
To further support consumer’s online shopping experience and enhance real-time engagement in e-commerce, L’Oréal Philippines, in partnership with Shopee Philippines, is looking for its newest live streaming stars! Top five winners shall become the official live streamers of Maybelline, Garnier...
In an effort to strengthen to financial literacy in basic education, the Department of Education (DepEd) launched a search for best supplemental learning materials. JOJO RINOZA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN In partnership with the BDO Foundation Inc. and Huawei Technologies Phils. Inc., DepEd said...
Google revealed on Dec. 9 the several local lists--trends, news, personalities, shows, and more—that topped Filipinos’ search queries in 2021. The results for the Philippines, especially the Overall Top Trending Searches of the annual Year in Search, provide an insight on what mattered most to...
Korean drama “Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha” star Kim Seon-ho is one of the top 10 overall trending searches on Google in South Korea in 2021. Google revealed the Year in Search 2021 , which summarized the trending search topics globally and by country. Kim Seon-ho in the Korean drama "Hometown...
Google has announced the Year in Search 2021, or topics that topped search queries this year. “Lists are based on search terms that had the highest spike this year as compared to the previous year,” according to Google. (Clockwise from top left) "Squid Game," BTS, SB19 and "True Beauty"...
A "high value target" who was allegedly included in the drugs watchlist of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) was arrested in a buybust operation in Buguey, Cagayan on Thursday, Dec. 2. (Photo: PDEA) The PDEA said that Romeo Cabeza, 40, of Brgy. Pattao in Buguey town, yielded P34,000...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Philip Cu Unjieng It may seem like it’s not asking for much; but given how things have been going, and because of our track record, perhaps I am asking for too much when seeking for reason, logic, and the rational in this slowly-emerging...
Anti-narcotics operatives arrested a suspected drug pusher in the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency’s (PDEA’s) high value target (HVT) list on Tuesday night, Nov. 23 in an enforced search warrant in his place in Iriga City, Camarines Sur. The operating team identified the suspect as Dennis...
CHAFF FROM THE GRAIN HECTOR R.R. VILLANUEVA “A President’s personality is an important shaper of his Presidential behavior on serious matters.” – James David Barber What this country needs today is a game-changer of exceptional integrity and ability. However, like all previous presidents,...