Members and partners of the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law, and Development (APWLD) decried the exclusion of feminists and grassroots women at the 26th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) held in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo from APWLD) APWLD...
The Philippine economy may likely outperformed pessimistic forecasts for the third-quarter following the the sterling performance of the manufacturing sector, First Metro Investment Corp. (FMIC) and the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) said in a joint report. In the October issue of...
A total of 15 universities in the country was listed among the best higher education institutions (HEI) in Asia in the 2022 university rankings of global higher education think-tank Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). An additional university made the cut this year, compared to last year's turnout of 14....
President Duterte expressed concern Wednesday, Oct. 27 over what he described as the "brewing rivalry" among the world's big powers, saying it threatens peace and stability among nations. (Photos from Unsplash) "Peace and stability are preconditions for growth and prosperity. For decades following...
President Duterte has appealed for "climate justice" for the Philippines during the 16th East Asia Summit (EAS), which was attended by United States (US) President Joe Biden and Japan Prime Minister Kishida Fumio. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) "Competition for domination is a futile...
AirAsia_2020_01_22_12_45_27 AirAsia Philippines remains "cautiously optimistic" on the strong return of the demand for air travel despite the discovery of a new strain of the more contagious COVID-19 Delta variant. “Although the discovery of the more contagious variant of Delta is definitely not...
• 46-year-old Manila National Planetarium decommissioned; no date of re-opening yet • The Planetarium was opened in 1975 and had four major renovations • In 2019, it featured a new exhibition on the ethno astronomy of indigenous Filipinos which shows how pre-colonial Filipinos were guided by...
Embattled Korean actor Kim Seon-ho is leading the votes in the popularity award for actor in the 2021 Asia Artist Awards (AAA). AAA “is the first-ever award which selects artists from both K-Pop and K-Drama and K-Movie for the year, based on their performance who excelled in Korea as well as in...
Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) vice presidential candidate Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Sunday welcomed the results of a survey that shows him to be ahead of other vice presidential candidates in the upcoming May 2022 elections, saying he is thankful for the continued...
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. We Filipinos should take pride that a fellow Filipino now shares the Nobel Prize stage with some of the world’s great men and women, like Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Theresa, Nelson Mandela, Winston Churchill, Ernest Hemingway,...
The Philippines won in the 7th Asia Packaging Network (APN) International Packaging Symposium held in September. (DOST-ITDI) The Department of Science and Technology-Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI) bagged silver and bronze awards at the APN International Packaging Symposium...
As she formally received the prestigious Lifetime Contributor Award at Asia CEO Awards 2021, Education Secretary Leonor Briones expressed hope that there will be greater collaboration between the private and public sectors in the future. (Photo from DepEd) “We used to think of each other...
