It's The Small Things As I was on my YouTube explore page this morning, all the suggested videos in channels (or accounts) I subscribe to, or regularly view all contained either interviews, or some sort of vlog with, or involving, a presidential, vice-presidential, or senatorial candidate....
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque It is hard to believe that we are entering the last week of the first month of the year. In as much as the holidaze caused frenzy and pandemonium, this month seems to have once again flown us by. For many, this first month of the year was a most stressful one...
President Duterte shared a light moment with members of the government's pandemic task force on Monday evening, when he caught Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officer-in-charge (OIC) Director-General Oscar Gutierrez by surprise and asked him if he really did love him. President Rodrigo Duterte...
A non-profit advocacy group has launched talks with suppliers of Molnupiravir to help small businesses, whose frontline workers have been infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19), gain access to the anti-viral drug. Molnupiravir (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) “This is our way of helping MSMEs and...
Former Vice-President and senatorial candidate Jejomar Binay has grants for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME) which were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic so they can continue giving salaries to their workers even when alert levels are raised. Binay said the money can be given directly to...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS A week into the new year, and just when we all thought we had the hang of things, omicron has seemingly taken us on a wave of surprise. Numbers are doubling (even tripling) overnight, and despite the fact that we have been living in a pandemic for two years, we still find...
It's the small things Alex Eduque It is hard to believe that this is the last piece I am writing for 2021. It is also harder to believe that while things have picked up quite a bit as compared to last year, COVID-19 is still around, and though vaccines are here, there are also variants. Perhaps it...
A new Minahang Bayan area was allowed to operate in Benguet Province amid government efforts to increase the country’s gold and silver output especially with the declaration of mining areas where small-scale miners could legally operate in. A statement from Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB)...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque I write this on the eve of Christmas eve. As I think about and ponder over what sparks Christmas in my life, I realized that it ended up filtering down to my senses. The sights and sounds of Christmas; the tastes and smells of the holidays, and of course, more...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque Christmas is a week away, and we are very well into the heart of celebrating the Yuletide season. As the Christmas carols play more frequently, we find ourselves singing along more merrily. After all, that is what the Christmas spirit never fails to do – at...
Senatorial aspirant and Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Monday urged banks to ensure that 10 percent of their loan portfolio goes to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) financing. Escudero, who used to head the Senate committees on finance, and banks and financial...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque I can almost bet that as you read the title of this piece you broke out into tune. And I felt no other title could be more apt given that another (pandemic) year has just passed us by. I remember at this same time last year, though we tried our very best to keep...