By SECRETARY OF FINANCE BENJAMIN E. DIOKNO The Philippines performed well in a very challenging 2023 and will do even better in 2024 The Philippine economy has performed well despite a challenging economic and financial environment in 2023 beset by ongoing geopolitical tensions, imposition of...
Toni Muñoz (Instagram) After headlining the 1MX concert in Sydney last Oct. 8, Ben&Ben's percussionist, Toni Muñoz, recently gave a health update that her face was paralyzed days before arriving in Sydney. In her Instagram post, Toni revealed that it took her some time to tell her...
Aureo Alonzo terno donated by Luz Magsaysay Fashion, Power, Modernity: The Ternos of the Benilde Collection , a limited exhibition on the traditional national dress by four of the most prominent names in the history of Philippine fashion, opens to the public on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. ...
The Mandaluyong City local government announced the suspension of the assessment and collection of market stall fees of rice sellers in its two public markets starting Sept. 5 to Oct. 5 following the national government's rice price cap mandate which took effect on Sept. 5. Mandaluyong City Mayor...
Illustrations by Randrian Panopio Dapithapon. I’m sure my memory is playing tricks on me, but I believe that I must have encountered this word for the first time in fifth grade while my teacher, Mrs. Gualberto, was telling us about Sisa, the unfortunate character in Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere...
The Mandaluyong City local government has passed of a resolution urging businesses in the city to hire senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) and to forge partnerships and agreements with other sectors of the community to open more jobs for them, it was announced Friday, August 18....
The Mandaluyong City local government on Monday, Aug. 14, provided all students of the city's public schools with free school supplies and uniform to gear them up for the coming school year. Mandaluyong City Mayor Ben Abalos, Vice Mayor Menchie Abalos, and Mandaluyong Schools Division Office (SDO)...
The Mandaluyong City local government started the month of August on a positive note as it announced on Tuesday, August 1, that there was no active Covid-19 case reported in the city three years since the pandemic began. "Zero active case ang naitala sa unang araw ng Agosto 2023 sa Mandaluyong City...
SYDNEY (AFP) --Â Brooklyn Nets guard Ben Simmons ruled himself out on Friday, June 30, of playing for Australia at the World Cup this year to instead focus on recovering from injuries. *Ben Simmons. (AFP)* The three-time NBA All Star was omitted from his country's squad named in May, but coach...
The Mandaluyong City local government celebrated Pride Month on Monday, June 26, by giving due recognition to members of the LGBTQ+ community in the city and throughout the world. During the city government's assembly, Mandaluyong City Mayor Ben Abalos swore in officials of the Mandaluyong Rainbow...
BORONGAN CITY – A province-wide simultaneous coastal cleanup was conducted in Eastern Samar on Tuesday, May 9, as part of the Month of the Ocean celebration. Eastern Samar Gov. Ben Evardone said Project Kalikasan Linisan Estehanon Aksyon Na (KLEAN) was launched pursuant to Presidential...
Gwyneth Paltrow opened up on her past with Brad Pitt and Ben Affleck in the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. During a game of "Brad or Ben," show host Alex Cooper asked the mother of two to compare her former flames as to who was more romantic, who made her laugh more, and which of the two she was...
