PHILIPPINE POST OFFICE I saw the Philippine Post Office almost every day during my university years. It was in front of the Post Office, in Liwasang Bonifacio, where I waited for the bus going to Cavite. It was the 80’s and the Post Office was a beehive of activities. From outside, I could see...
Two Baguio institutions, with 90 years between them, come together to make the holidays more merry and bright for children with cancer and at least 105 Baguio City scholars PURPLE YAM MAGIC Fudge-like cookies, the ube crinkles Everything Nice has just made everything nicer this Christmas. The...
The Department of Transportation has committed to look at opportunities to collaborate with other countries to strengthen Philippine maritime capabilities, saying it is a crucial component in the country’s socio-economic rebound from the global pandemic. In a statement during the Pilipinas...
The mayor of Malay town in Aklan province where Boracay Island is located said all tourists have to pay a P100 travel insurance each prior to entering the country’s most popular resort-island for their “safety.” TOURISTS enjoy the sunset at world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan...
Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista said the goal now of his agency is to make the Philippines "the Maritime Capital of the World by supplying the "seafarers of choice for the global maritime industry." Bautista, who announced his department's goal Wednesday, Nov. 23, noted there over 600,000...
Every year, road crashes kill 12,000 Filipinos, Department of Transportation's (DOTr) revealed Tuesday, November 22, during the agency's first Road Safety Symposium. However, road-related injuries and deaths can be prevented, he underscored. "We have a shared responsibility to protect every...
The Philippines is now gearing up to be a major maritime nation, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista announced Monday, November 21, 2022. For this reason, the DOTr seeks to strengthen maritime sector agencies, such as the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) and the Maritime...
The first of the three bays of the Ayala EDSA Busway Station, which Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) built inside its One Ayala building, officially started operating today, Saturday, November 19. By April 2023, all bays of the station will be operating. "The EDSA Ayala Busway Station will benefit mall...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) forged an agreement with fiber broadband network provider Converge, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, to provide free public Wi-Fi services in passenger terminals of nine international and domestic airports across the country. The DOTr-Converge agreement will improve...
GT Capital Holdings, Inc., the Ty family’s investment arm, posted a 72 percent jump in consolidated net income to P15 billion in the first nine months of 2022 from P8.7 billion in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said its core net income...
Coming from the successful Threelogy US Tour that was sold out in six cities in April, Starmedia exclusively brings back Asia’s Romantic Balladeer Christian Bautista, Asia’s Phoenix Morissette, and Pop Ballad Royalty and King of OPM theme songs Erik Santos for Threelogy 2.0 happening in four US...
The Metro Rail Transit (MRT 3) is not for sale, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) categorically stated Wednesday, November 9. “Railway systems should remain the most affordable and safest mode of mass transit in the country,” Transportation Secretary Jaime J. Bautista stressed. However,...
