IT'S THE SMALL THINGS The start of the school year is rolling out. Schools are opening their doors one after the other. As children go back to school, they normally are always overwhelmed with a mix of emotions. From pure excitement to fear for first timers, anxiety, sadness, happiness – it is a...
SM Supermalls and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) have joined forces to create a beacon of hope for Micro-, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) affected by Typhoon Carina. The DTI-SM MSME Calamity Recovery Care Center offers a comprehensive suite of services designed to help businesses...
IT'S THE SMALL THINS It is August. The last before the start of the –ber months, and what we know as the holiday season here in the Philippines. While people see August to be the ghost month, August to me has always been lucky – it is a month of transition of sorts. One that I feel lays the...
ILOILO CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky, Police Regional Office-6 chief, is confident that the new Small Town Lottery (STL) operator in Iloilo will curb illegal gambling in the province. WANKY (Tara Yap) Wanky confirmed that Eagle Roar Gaming Corp. has started STL operations in...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is extending its investment interest to other nuclear technologies like small modular reactors (SMR) and conventional nuclear fleets – and that could include the planned repowering of the idled Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) if the...
State-run firms Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) and the National Power Corporation (NPC) have inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will cement their collaboration on setting up a pilot project for the rollout of hybrid systems leaning on solar and wind farms in energizing off-grid...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS I write this to my sister as she turns 31. Dearest Mic, As the sun sets on the eve of your 30th birthday, I cannot help but think about what a whirlwind of a year it has been, and how I could not have done it without you. As the universe always...
Hundreds of irrigation reservoirs should be built around the country, President Marcos said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. shares a conversation with Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. at the inauguration of the Sulvec Small Reservoir Irrigation Project (Sulvec SRIP) in...
President Marcos has inaugurated the Sulvec Small Reservoir Irrigation Project (Sulvec SRIP) in Ilocos Norte which would also be used for tourism. Sulvec Small Reservoir Irrigation Project (RTVM Screenshot) Aside from serving its purpose to elevate the state of agriculture in the province, Marcos...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS It has been five months of motherhood. It has been a blissful and blessed journey thus far, but not without its major bumps and hiccups. Having said that though, if I were to log a lesson I picked up from every month, here are the five: Miracles happen everyday, and...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS They say your child ends up becoming your greatest teacher. I never quite knew what this meant until now. Almost five months only into motherhood and I now marvel at things I probably would have only glanced past before. Indeed, having a child does not only teach you to pause...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS And just like that, it is the first day of the second half of the year on Monday. Before we know it, Christmas bells will be ringing and carols will be playing on the radio. Suffice to say, the first half just passed us by. Given the crazy start of the year I had, and...
