The expansion of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the Philippines and the United States (US) is practically transforming the former into an "American colony" once again. Thus, said House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro in a statement on...
For its April issue, Vogue Philippines sheds a light on the country’s age-old tattoo heritage by putting Kalinga’s Apo Whang-Od on its cover. As a result, the Filipino fashion magazine makes history by having “Vogue's oldest ever cover model,” as reported by...
Officials from the Philippines and China will meet in May to discuss the parameters and terms of reference of the two countries' possible joint oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the meeting will prepare Manila and Beijing for their...
Inhumane workload, low salaries, delayed benefits, lacking teaching and learning needs, and red-tagging. For a group of education workers, these are the “crosses” that Filipino teachers carry every day that hinders education recovery from the learning crisis. To call the attention of the...
A British ministry official has concluded her trip to the Philippines with hopes that the partnership between London and Manila will further strengthen amid various demands of time. United Kingdom (UK) Minister for Indo-Pacific Anne-Marie Trevelyan said she was delighted to visit the country as she...
Volume of intellectual property (IP) applications at the IP Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) in 2022 registered a new record-high, exceeding the pre-pandemic level, as the Philippine economy showed a strong growth momentum where IP is leveraged as a capital for resilient growth. IPOPHL Director...
Denmark and the Philippines have entered into a deal worth $5 billion that will develop offshore wind assets in at least five different Philippine provinces. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday that the Copenhagen Infrastructure New Markets Fund (CINMF) signed on March 30 three...
The University of the Philippines Board of Regents (UP BOR) on Monday, April 3, elected UP College of Law Dean and lawyer Edgardo Carlo Vistan II as the next UP Diliman chancellor. Courtesy of Philippine Collegian This was announced by UP President Angelo Jimenez after the board's four-hour...
The consul general of the United States (US) Embassy in the Philippines said that the visa application processing was “almost” back to normal levels after several months of backlogs created by the Covid-19 pandemic and other factors. Mark McGovern, consul general of the US Embassy in Manila,...
Dynamic Herb Cebu FC bucked the absence of in-form midfielder Daniel Gadia to subdue Mendiola FC 1991, 3-1, last Saturday, April 1, and grab top spot in the Philippines Football League brought to you by Qatar Airways at the PFF National Training Centre in Carmona, Cavite. The Gentle Giants scored...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has urged Malacañang to thoroughly study the proposed reforms in the military pension saying it should only apply to new entrants or those who will join the military in the future. Go made the appeal as the Marcos government’s finance managers expressed...
Wearing face masks as well as observing physical distancing will no longer be mandatory for those who will attend graduation and moving ceremonies this school year, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced. “The DepEd moves to allow and encourage the full face-to-face conduct of the moving up...
