HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Today, I mark my ninth year as a Manila Bulletin columnist. Since I started writing columns on Jan. 4, 2014, I may have already written about 500 columns. Exactly how many pieces I’ve written and got published, I don’t know. What I’m sure about is that I’m grateful for...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS 2023. A new year, a new chance, a new opportunity. To many, the start of a new year is seemingly a blank canvass where we turn over a page and start anew. To others, it can sometimes be anti-climactic and seemingly (quite literally) just another ordinary day with 24 hours....
CAMP Marcelo Adduru, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Police on Friday, Jan. 6, destroyed illegal firecrackers seized in the New Year at the Police Regional Office 2 Grandstand here. Brig. Gen. Percival Antolin Rumbaoa, PRO 2 director, said 2,286 illegal firecrackers and pyrotechnics amounting to...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Health logged a total of eight firecracker-related injuries in Eastern Visayas at the end of their monitoring for the holiday season on Friday, Jan. 6. No fatality was recorded but the number of cases was 60 percent higher compared to 2021 with only five....
'TOL VIEWS Senator Francis Tolentino As we ring in the new year, I want to take a moment to reflect on the past year and to look ahead to the challenges and opportunities. As your Senator, I am deeply committed to serving the people of this great nation. I am honored to have the opportunity to work...
The decision of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to suspend implementation this month of the scheduled increase in Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) premium rate and income ceiling is a welcome development. Coming at a time when we are still reeling from the effects of the Covid-19...
Tunas are displayed as wholesale sellers and buyers attend the first tuna auction of the New Year at Toyosu fish market in Tokyo on January 5, 2023. (Richard A. Brooks / AFP) TOKYO, Japan – The top-selling tuna at Tokyo's traditional New Year auction sold for more than $270,000 on Thursday,...
CAMP BGEN OSCAR M. FLORENDO, La Union -- The Police Regional Office 1 (PRO1) had sustained a generally peaceful New Year’s revelry in the region with ‘zero’ fatal casualty. However, PBGen John C. Chua, the regional director of the PRO1, said that some cases of minor injuries caused by...
Looking for someplace to spend the last few hours of 2022? BGC has you covered. Plus, Sarah G and Morissette! Bonifacio Global City (BGC), along with the Taguig Local Government, will be leading “BGCitizens” in embracing the coming New Year 2023 with fanfare and pizzaz. The run up to “Alive!...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police logged nine firecracker-related injuries during the New Year’s revelry in Region 9 or the Zamboanga Peninsula. ILLEGAL firecrackers seized in Zamboanga City. (Zamboanga City LGU photo) The Police Regional Office-9 said one was reported in Zamboanga del Norte, three in...
The government has decided to upgrade existing facilities and replace affected equipment as the "immediate course of action" after its Air Traffic Management (ATM) system broke down on New Year's Day, affecting some 361 flights and stranding 65,000 passengers at the Ninoy Aquino International...
BACOLOD CITY -- A 22-year-old Bacoleña won a brand new car, while five others each took home brand new motorbikes from Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez during the New Year’s Day celebration. Gelline Alunan, 22, of Barangay Taculing, Bacolod City won a brand new Toyota Vios from Mayor...
