Love scam is a popular topic today because it’s Valentine’s month and because it continues to victimize so many people. From an innocent message in social media, a love scam progresses to earn the victim’s trust – and love – and the result is not only a broken heart but also the...
Climate change is real and has impacted the life of everyone in the country and around the world. We now experience more frequently rising temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns, and extreme weather — the latest of which were the severe flooding in the Davao Region and massive landslide...
The law granting discounts and other privileges to senior citizens, which has already been amended twice, was crafted to give full support to the improvement of the total well-being of the elderly and their full participation in society. The law is a testament to the desire of the state to care for...
It is important to understand the factors that account for the slower growth of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023 at 5.6 percent compared to 7.6 percent in 2022, and below the six to seven percent level projected previously by the government’s economic management team....
The Philippines leveled up its bilateral ties with Vietnam following President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.’s state visit last week. In 2015, the two countries forged a strategic partnership. Their diplomatic ties date back to 1976 during the incumbency of the President’s father; his mother, former...
Yes, the Philippines is beautiful! Those who have made time to see the country know that it was not a waste of time to go see the Philippines, perhaps one weekend of the year at a time. Recently, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) called attention to five...
It is quite ironic that the children of fishermen who provide us with food have a higher rate of malnourishment and stunting. This is according to the Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) data from a National Nutrition Survey. Citing a study...
Where does our garbage go? That’s a good question to think about after Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur’’ Abalos Jr. disclosed that only 1,107 out of the 1,634 local government units (LGUs) all over the country have access to...
Traffic congestion in Metro Manila remains a big problem. The 2023 TomTom Traffic Index released recently showed that Metro Manila has the distinction of having the worst traffic congestion among 387 metropolitan areas in the world. It took motorists in Metro Manila 25 minutes and 30 seconds to...
Four years ago, on Jan. 30, 2020, the Department of Health recorded the first Covid-19 case in the country, a Chinese national. After the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared “an end to Covid-19 as a public health emergency on May 5, 2023,” the total death toll stood at 66,453....
Sustainable growth that brings about prosperity for all Filipinos — with no one left behind — is the strategic vision that underpins the socio-economic development programs of the national government. Since the launching of AmBisyon Natin long-term development program in 2015 during the...
The new face of the learning system has started to appear in the classrooms of Makati public schools. They call it the “smart classrooms” where learning tools are today’s essential gadgets for information, entertainment and communication. In these smart classrooms, the blackboard is a...
