THIS part of the Ilocos Norte-Abra Road in Ilocos Norte has been cleared after the earthquake and is now passable to all types of vehicles, according to the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. (IN FB) LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte (PNA) – Work and classes in parts of this...
CITY government employees leave the San Fernando City, La Union City Hall for safety after the earthquake struck. (SFLU FB page) SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union (PNA) – Gov. Raphaelle Veronica Ortega-David suspended work in government offices and classes in schools following the magnitude 7...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Gov. Ramon V. Guico III suspended work in the provincial government at noon Wednesday, July 27, following the magnitude-7 earthquake hours earlier. Guico, in the order signed on his behalf by provincial administrator Melicio F. Patague, said this will enable employees to...
Since the beginning, ours has been a world full of labels, which exist not only to identify but to keep people in line. We are grouped based on ideas, gender, and skin color, which, rather than showing our commonality, remind us of how different we are from each other. In Marc Salamat’s...
Among the many infamous things people see on the streets of Metro Manila are the footbridges. While they are built to keep commuters safe from crossing busy roads, sometimes the engineering that backs them doesn’t make sense. We saw it just recently after one upcoming footbridge in...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has resumed his presidential activities following his week-long mandatory isolation after testing positive for Covid-19. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos swears in Ambassador Manuel Antonio Teehankee as the Philippine Permanent Representative to the...
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) on Wednesday, July 13, raised concerns that public school teachers won’t be getting enough rest after the Department of Education (DepEd) announced that the start of regular classes will be on Aug. 22. (RIO DELUVIO / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) ACT...
TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim Last week, we talked about how the internet is fast changing how work is done and how it spawned the development of the gig economy. In these trying times, gig work has become a critical survival lifeline for many people by providing livelihood opportunities. Today, we...
Senator Francis Tolentino has sought a P1,000 non-taxable allowance a month for government and private sector workers who work from home. In an unnumbered bill filed this week, Tolentino said his measure seeks to expand the coverage of the Telecommuting Act and provide incentives for telecommuting...
TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim Among the game-changing innovations that happened in the last 50 years, the internet could be considered as having the most profound impact on society today. From humble beginnings in the 1980s, it has turned our existence upside down today. In almost everything we do, we...
Palo Alto Networks Palo Alto Networks, a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Cloud Workload Security, Q1 2022, today announced the addition of Out-of-Band Web Application and API Security (Out-of-Band WAAS) to Prisma® Cloud to help organizations secure web applications with maximum flexibility. Due...
Hybrid Work World Today’s business environment is predictably unpredictable. Organizations depend on digital experiences to keep their workforces productive and ensure they are exceeding expectations for customers and partners. To build business agility and resiliency, IT teams require unified...