Ellen Adarna wants another baby now that her son with former partner John Lloyd Cruz is already four years old. And soon. How soon? Well, within the year, she said. "Yeah, this year, (and) sana girl,” she related. "I always wanted a girl." Another reason for Ellen not wanting another boy is...
HOTSPOT In 1902, the colonial legislature listed a grand total of nine public holidays in the Philippines. In its Act No. 345, the Philippine Commission designated “the first day of January, the 22nd of February, Thursday and Friday of what is commonly called Holy Week, the fourth of July, the...
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), said on Friday, April 28 that it will accept scholarship applicants through its biometric-enabled Scholarship Registration System for workers on Labor Day. In a statement, TESDA said that in the National Capital Region (NCR), the...
LANDSCAPE By July, it will be seven years since the Philippines took the world by surprise by winning its case against People’s China at the Arbitral Tribunal in The Hague. Our team of diplomats and lawyers was headed by Mr. Albert F. del Rosario, Department of Foreign Affairs secretary during...
HOTSPOT Twitter removed en masse on Friday the blue checkmarks for organizations, celebrities, personalities and journalists which were verified under its "legacy" verification process. By "legacy," we mean the time before Elon Musk bought Twitter. The blue checkmarks meant the accounts were real,...
LANDSCAPE More accurately, it has been six centuries, but if you start counting from 1953 when the Philippine Legation opened in Mexico City, it is indeed a 70-year relationship, a Platinum anniversary the legation was elevated to an embassy on July 25, 1961, and in 1964, Mexico and the Philippines...
HOTSPOT Straight from the quiet time of Holy Week, tempers exploded on Twitter after somebody lamented that Metro Manila supposedly had “no culture” compared with other metropolitan centers abroad. The fury was completely understandable because “culture” refers generally to a people’s...
LANDSCAPE Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist, astronomer and polymath declared that the earth revolves around an immovable sun and not the other way around. In the 15th century, that was definitely heretical because it contradicted what was written in the Holy Scriptures. Poor Galileo was almost...
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) announced on Tuesday, April 11 that it aims to train around 2,000 fisherfolk in the municipalities of Mindoro which were affected by the recent oil spill. In coordination with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), TESDA said...
HOTSPOT Holy Week used to present an opportunity for total rest of the senses and contemplation. If one would not attend church services, or is simply far from the loud and ardent singing of the Pasyon at the neighborhood Pabasa, one could really take a pause from everything. No TV and radio, and...
LANDSCAPE Malaya, Philippines, Indonesia–MAPHILINDO– was formed in Manila by virtue of an eponymous declaration signed in 1963 by Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman of the Federation of Malaya, President Diosdado Macapagal of the Republic of the Philippines and President Sukarno of the Republic...
A passenger expressed disappointment recently via social media against an airline company which supposedly "off-loaded" their group to accommodate what she described as a "celebrity family." Several netizens reacted to the post, initiating a guessing game of sorts as to the identity of the supposed...
