LANDSCAPE How unfortunate that Secretary Christina G. Frasco of the Department of Tourism (DOT) should suddenly be mired in the fiasco of “Love the Philippines,” the new branding titled “GINTO, Greater Innovation, New Tour-ism Opportunities” launched last June 27 to celebrate the golden...
Residents of Barangay Astorga, Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur hit by flash floods received relief packs from representatives of AboitizPower subsidiaries Hedcor Sibulan Inc. and Therma South Inc. RESIDENTS affected by flash flood in Barangay Astorga, Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur receive relief goods...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Speaker's office, MANILA BULLETIN) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has hailed the "decisive action" of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. against the alleged onion cartel. “This is a welcome development, a...
Despite parting ways, former celebrity couple Ellen Adarna and John Lloyd Cruz were able to fairly divide their roles and responsibilities to co-parent their son, Elias. Ellen discussed the issue in a Q&A session on Instagram, focusing on the financial aspect of the matter. When asked if John Lloyd...
LANDSCAPE Did your parents ever take you to Luneta to watch the Independence Day parade? Or a reenactment of Rizal’s execution? My maternal grandfather, Dr. Alfredo Guerrero, would take my brother and I to Luneta on July 4, that was when Independence Day was celebrated in those days. I enjoyed...
By Teresita Cruz del Rosario It is the turbulent years of the early ’70s in the Philippines, over a hundred years since the execution of Dr. José Rizal. I sit in a class on Philippine History as an undergrad. We read his two novels—*Noli Me Tangere (The Social Cancer) and El...
LANDSCAPE During Jose Rizal’s 162nd birthday, Calamba Mayor Roseller H. Rizal expressed how proud he is that his constituents’ appreciate Jose Rizal’s exceptional life which was too short, but significant nonetheless. Even if there were different programs implemented in Calamba in the...
HOTSPOT There’s a raging debate online about living wages and the minimum ₱30,000 starting salary sought and expected by Gen Zs. The young ones are raising anew why the Philippines refuses to give decent pay to workers. They are revolted by the idea that while the national inflation rate, the...
LANDSCAPE As early as I can remember, it was Dr. Leoncio Lopez-Rizal, Lolo Leoncio to my generation, who was the “Cap-tain of the Guard.” His mother, Narcisa Mercado (married to Antonio Lopez) was the third child of Francisco Mercado and Teodora Alonso y Realonda. Because he was a sickly child,...
HOTSPOT “Eat Bulaga” is supposed to turn 44 this July 2023. But there’s a whole lot of trouble that could finally end the country’s longest-running noontime show. For the faction of its producer TAPE Inc., the show will go on GMA, with a new cast and crew. Their initial forays have garnered...
LANDSCAPE Very few know that one of our declared National Cultural Treasures, the mural “Filipino Struggles Through History” by Carlos V. Francisco, a worthy recipient of the Order of Filipino National Artist, was saved by the Department of Tourism when the late Ramon Jimenez, Jr. was...
Over four million tech-voc learners are set to benefit from the free online financial literacy course in collaboration with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), and BDO Foundation (BDOF), the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) said on Wednesday, June 7. According to...
