OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Elma dela Cruz, 39, a domestic helper in Hong Kong and a single mother, is battling Stage 4 brain cancer... and she needs help for support of her two children and aging parents. She now awaits an imminent major brain surgery at Pamela Youde Hospital in Hong Kong’s Chai...
Our voice is powerful and should not fall on deaf ears. Protests by the youth are often seen as a nuisance despite being responses to underlying problems. Demands delivered on the megaphones or written on placards are not created on a whim but are borne from countless discourses among...
Filipino students (DepEd file photo) To discuss the ongoing reform initiatives for basic education in the country, the Department of Education (DepEd) is set to hold a virtual forum series starting this week. In collaboration with the Philippine Forum for Quality Basic Education (Educ Forum), the...
Denice Zamboanga (left) and South Korean opponent Seo Hee Ham (ONE Championship) Mixed martial artist Denice Zamboanga is drawing inspiration from Filipino Olympic medalists in Tokyo when she squares off with South Korean veteran Seo Hee Ham in ONE: Empower event on Sept. 3 in Singapore. “Ang...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion When extremist Taliban forces took control of the Afghanistan capital city of Kabul on August 15, over 100 Filipinos were trapped in the war-torn country. Since most of them worked for American and British military contractors, deemed by the Taliban as among their worst...
Monico Puentevella Weightlifting president Monico Puentevella is confident they can sustain their Tokyo Olympics success in the 2024 Paris Games. “I can foresee na magme-medal tayo sa Paris Olympics sa babae,” Puentevella said in Tuesday’s Philippine Sportswriters Association Online Forum....
Weightlifting chief Monico Puentevella Hidilyn Diaz is planning to return to Malaysia by September to resume her training for the World Championship in Lima, Peru scheduled in November. Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas President Monico Puentevella disclosed this Tuesday, adding that Diaz and her...
Screen shot from Philippine Sportswriters Association Online Forum Members of the Philippine Paralympic team are drawing inspiration from their national team counterparts when they compete in the Tokyo Paralympics from Aug. 24 to Sept. 5. Francis Diaz, the country’s chief of mission to the...
OFW Forum Jun Concepcion Most of the nearly million overseas Filipinos who have gone home after losing their jobs abroad due to COVID-19 are in bad shape financially and need meaningful and sustainable aid from government, not simply dole outs. What they need most are practical and accessible aid...
MB File Photo Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino still has one item to cross off his bucket list even after the country’s successful Olympic stint in Tokyo. “After 97 years, hindi po tayo papayag na hindi magkaroon ng permanent office ang POC,” Tolentino said when...
OFW Forum Jun Concepcion As a tight lockdown or ECQ looms in Metro Manila from August 6, how will the national government feed its 14 million plus residents? Presented by the media with this blunt question last week, Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado and presidential spokesman Harry Roque were both...
OFW Forum Jun Concepcion When crisis struck in the family, with the life of an elder sibling in grave danger, Mary Deso-acido, 45, a single mother, did not dilly dally and immediately took action boldly. A domestic helper in Hong Kong for more than 15 years, she readily found a way to raise a...
