WASHINGTON, United States -- Pedestrians trudging along city streets knee-deep in water. Cars floating down roads like ships on a river. Basements overflowing with water. Floodwater surrounds vehicles following heavy rain on an expressway in Brooklyn, New York early on September 2, 2021, as flash...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Indeed, Senator Manny Pacquiao may have lost the battle, but he has won the war. He may not have brought home the belt but he remains and will always be the “People’s Champ.” News reports said that Manny Pacquiao will be awarded the...
J&T Express worked together with Local Government of Manila City to provide assistance and donated goods to the casualties of Typhoon Ulysses in 2020. Brings home the bronze for Achievement in Growth and Branded Content Campaign of the Year With Filipinos winning awards and being recognized...
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...
Thanks to higher shipments, Global Ferronickel Holdings, Inc. (FNI), the country’s second-largest nickel ore producer, saw its income surging to P640.8 million during the first half of the year, compared to the P195.8 million it had in the same period last year. As for revenues, the company saw a...
The American Psychological Association (APA) has conferred the 2021 Global Citizen Psychologist Citation to Filipino psychologist Dr. Maria Regina M. Hechanova-Alampay for the development community interventions for mental health and drug rehabilitation. (DOST-NRCP Facebook page) The Department of...
Alliance Global Group, Inc. (AGI), the holding company of tycoon Dr. Andrew L. Tan, tripled its net income to P12.8 billion in the first half of 2021 from P4.1 billion in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said earnings were boosted by its...
On International Youth Day, Aug. 12, the National Youth Commission (NYC) stressed the youth's role in protecting human life and planetary health for the generations to come. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN In a Facebook video message, NYC Chairperson Ryan Enriquez urged the youth to focus their attention on...
The construction of a building in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig is temporarily suspended following a gas leak explosion that injured one person Wednesday night. “Construction in the site will remain suspended pending investigation and safety assessment,” the Taguig City government said in a...
Global-Estate Resorts, Inc. (GERI), the Philippines’ leading developer of master-planned integrated tourism estates, reported an 11 percent improvement in attributable net income to P603 million during the first half of the year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the Megaworld...
Happy #famiDee DEELIGHTFUL For the Dees, happiness is being with your family. In photos are portraits of the Dee family’s travels and get-togethers Meet the Dees, through Beng Dee, one half of the power couple behind one of Manila’s largest F&B groups, Foodee Global Concepts, where she is...
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- As the global accumulative COVID-19 cases surpassed 200 million, the latest update by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) showed on Thursday that the resurgence of the pandemic could be linked to the opening of borders and the relaxation of travel...
