Businessman Eusebio Tangco’s STI Education Systems Holdings, owner of the largest network of private schools in the country, has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Philippine School of Business Administration (PSBA) and CPA Review School of the Philippines (CPAR) to revolutionize...
DAVAO CITY – Youth leaders across different grassroots communities of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) are in favor of amending the Charter's economic provisions. In a statement released to the media, several Moro youth participants of the consultative session on...
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) announced on Saturday, April 20, that Auxiliary bishop-elect Reynaldo Bersabal has been appointed as the fifth Filipino to be appointed as a bishop in the United States (US). (Auxiliary bishop-elect Reynaldo Bersabal / Screengrab from...
The Japanese Embassy in Manila has announced the opening of job applications for 50 nurses and 300 careworkers to be sent to work to Japan for three to four years. The announcement was made through an advisory by the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), which detailed the qualifications for...
Students from the University of the Philippines Diliman College of Science (UPD-CS) and the Republic Polytechnic in Singapore (RP) joined forces for a monthlong leadership exchange program. In a statement on April 19, the UPD-CS noted that this initiative is called the Temasek Foundation...
BACOLOD CITY – The Technological University of the Philippines (TUP)-Visayas announced that an alumnus who topped the April 2024 Electronics Engineering Licensure Examination (ECELE) will receive a cash incentive of P200,000. BANAS (FB) Niele Shem Bañas of La Carlota City, Negros Occidental...
Consumers can expect more savings with refills over sachets. (Photos from Greenpeace Philippines) Earth Day this year is calling for a plastic-free planet. Environmentalists have been sounding this alarm to society like a broken record, yet to this day, we haven't fully heeded their call, as...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa said that the government should think one step ahead and investigate the reported increase in the number of Chinese students who have enrolled in Cagayan. "Dapat advance yung pag-iisip natin. Dapat tayo'y magdududa talaga. Dapat one step ahead tayo (We should think...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada has filed a resolution seeking to investigate the March 17 ambush on four Army soldiers in Datu Hoffer, Maguindanao del Sur in an effort to assess the peace and security situation in the southern part of the country. “Despite immense government resources being put...
Senator Raffy Tulfo stressed the need for intensified monitoring from the Department of Energy (DOE), National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), and generation companies of power plants to avoid recurring brownouts. Tulfo, who chairs the Senate Committee on Energy, mentioned this as he...
Wheeling of generated capacities from power plants sited in the southern part of Luzon could be impeded if delays in the 500-kilovolt (kV) Tuy-Dasmarinas transmission line project of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) could not be avoided due to pending legal hurdles, primarily...
The advocacy arm of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines’ (CBCP) on Friday, April 19, asked for immediate attention from the government regarding the issue of political prisoners in Negros Island. (Photo from Caritas) In a statement, Caritas Philippines Vice President Bishop...
