CAIRO, Egypt – Egypt announced Monday the recovery of a sarcophagus lid dating back nearly 2,700 years that it said had been smuggled out and put on display at a museum in the United States. Mostafa Waziri, the head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, uses a magnifying glass to inspect...
TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim By the time this article gets published, 2023 would have started. Happy New Year everyone! Several weeks back, I had written about an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool that has become a viral sensation and is continuing to hug the limelight in the tech space, ChatGPT....
BACOLOD CITY -- A total of 16 firecracker-related incidents, with no fatalities, were reported here and Negros Occidental during the holiday season. Fourteen were reported in the province from Dec. 21 to New Year's Day. Lt. Judesses Catalogo, spokesperson of the Negros Occidental police, said that...
ILOILO CITY – The New Year celebration in Western Visayas region was generally peaceful, police said. TOURISTS watch the fireworks display ushering in the New Year at the beach front of world-famous Boracay Island. (Malay-Boracay Tourism Office) "The peaceful celebration is attributed to the...
CEBU CITY – At least 37 firecracker-related incidents were recorded in Central Visayas from Dec. 2 to New Year’s Day. Data from the Department of Health-Central Visayas showed that two persons were wounded by stray bullets in Cebu province and Lapu-Lapu City. Most of the firecracker-related...
The country's top two leaders said they were praying that the Philippines would be stronger and more stable, and that Filipinos would unite and have better lives this 2023. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and VIce President Sara Duterte (Bongbong Marcos YouTube channel) President...
As the country welcomed the new year, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte revealed their wishes for the year 2023, including having enough time for sleep for their families, and acquiring new skills. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and Vice President...
The breakdown of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP)'s old Air Traffic Management (ATM) system plus its backup on New Year's day affected 244 flights and 24,000 passengers of the Philippine Airlines PAL Group alone. The 244 flights affected comprise 60 percent of PAL's total...
Construction of the Bulacan high impact projects are being expedited by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in a bid to further enhance cost-efficient economic activities in the province and neighboring areas. The projects include the P2,004,728.13 Bypass, Malolos Circumferential...
K-pop artists BTS’ J-Hope and Tomorrow X Together (TXT) ushered in the New Year in the US with performances at the iconic Times Square in New York City and Disneyland Park in California. J-Hope and TXT were invited to perform at the annual Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve celebration on...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board chaired by President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., approved last December 16 the Philippine Development Plan for 2023-2028, with the following key macroeconomic targets: gross domestic product (GDP) growth ranging from 6.5 to 8.0 percent;...
QUIRINO – Firecracker ban paid off, at least in the province of Quirino which recorded zero casualties in the entire Region 2 during the celebration of New Year’s Day. The Quirino Philippine National Police said the Department of Health (DOH) had not recorded any case of firecracker-related...
