The decision of the Supreme Court to void the 2005 Tripartite Agreement for Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking (JMSU) among China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), Vietnam Oil and Gas Corporation (PETROVIETNAM), and the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) is a welcome development. The...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo According to the United Nations, overcoming the digital divide is key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The aim is to achieve universal, safe, inclusive, and affordable access to the Internet for all by 2030. The pandemic showed us how we can leapfrog...
Whoever knew that President-elect Bongbong Marcos had a pet name for former President Joseph "Erap" Estrada? (Screenshot from Facebook live) Marcos revealed his term of endearment for Estrada Friday afternoon, June 10 during his speech at the Award for Promoting Philippines-China Understanding...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House News reports noted the confluence of Christianity’s Easter Sunday, Judaism’s Passover, and Islam’s Ramadan last weekend, a rare event which purportedly happens only every 33 years. An article by reporter Jake Thomas in Newsweek...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Leni Robredo is in a unique position among all presidential candidates. She is not just a candidate. She is the incumbent vice president. The Constitution provides that if the president dies, resigns or is removed from office, the vice president takes over the presidency and its...
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. de Venecia Jr. The United Nations general assembly commenced its 76th session last Sept. 14, amid the still raging COVID-19 pandemic, which has infected some 226 million people and claimed more than 4.6 million human lives worldwide, and increasing,...
One out of five Filipino pregnant and lactating women exhibited insufficient iodine nutrition, based on the results of the Department of Science and Technology–Food and Nutrition Research Institute’s (DOST-FNRI) 2018-2019 Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)...
The Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) said adolescents living in the urban areas are more likely to be obese and overweight due to nutrient-poor diet and unhealthy lifestyle. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Citing the result of its study on...
The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) has funded a project seeking to look at the socio-cultural determinants of the four leading mental health illnesses such as anxiety, depression, self-harm, and suicidal ideation, among...
One out of 10 or 10.3 percent of Filipino children aged 6 to 12 had vitamin D deficiency, with highest prevalence recorded in the National Capital Region (NCR), based on the 2018 Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS) of the Department of Science and Technology- Food and Nutrition Research...
The top Google-searched games that are kid-appropriate—or not Google recently released its list of top trending searches in the Philippines. The list acts as a chronicle of the newsworthy things that took place during this very interesting year. As most Filipinos spent more time at home...
Photo from Carlo "Kuku" Palad's Facebook page Filipino pros Carlo "Kuku" Palad and Abed "Abed" Yusop's ragtag team Among Us settled for a runner-up finish against Thailand's Motivate.Trust in the Dota Summit 13 Online: Southeast Asia. Among Us suffered a 0-3 sweep to Motivate in the...
