The Korean Cultural Center is ready for its next chapter READY FOR THE NEXT DECADE KCC Director Im Young A It’s been a little over a decade since the Korean Cultural Center (KCC) was established in Manila. I got to visit their former space back in 2013 to cover one of their events and it’s...
The Philippines and Japan held the inaugural Japan-Philippines Foreign and Defense Ministerial Meeting or "2+2," which both sides described as a "fitting next step to lay the foundations for the second decade of the bilateral Strategic Partnership." Photos from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of...
Poet Pablo Tariman launches Love, Life, and Loss during the Pandemic in a concert MUSIC AND LYRICS Classical guitarist Aaron Aguila with poet Pablo Tariman Classical music goes live once more in the coming launching of Pablo A. Tariman’s Love, Life and Loss – Poems during the...
The Muntinlupa City government will deploy vaccination teams to different workplaces and public transport terminals to increase the number of booster shot recipients. As of April 7, a total of 122,149 individuals in Muntinlupa have received their booster shots, or 25 percent of the 486,579 who are...
Chinese President Xi Jinping said that his country maintains the continuity and stability in its policy toward the Philippines, saying China is willing to work to bring the relationship between the two nations to "new levels." File photo of President Duterte being greeted by Chinese President Xi...
PHL Post Office urges students to participate in the UPU Letter Writing Contest The Philippine Post Office (PHLPost) and the Universal Postal Union (UPU), through the International Bureau, invites youth ages nine to 15 to join its 51st International Letter Writing Competition for Young People, to...
Shoppers flock to bargain stores along Ilaya Street in Divisoria, Binondo, Manila, on Oct. 14, 2021. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) The number of Covid-19 cases in the country is "plateauing," the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Friday, April 8. From March 31 to April 6, the DOH recorded a total of...
Amateur Softball Association of the Philippines (ASAPHIL) recently appointed Hailey Decker as the new head coach of the RP (Republic of the Philippines) Blu Girls, the country’s national softball team. Coach Hailey Decker during one of her RP Blu Girls’ stints (Photo release) Decker is no...
PHUKET, Thailand -- Rogen Ladon and Ian Clark Bautista punched their way to the gold medal round of their weight classes in the Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament on Friday at the sprawling Angsana Laguna Phuket Resort Hotel here. Rogen Ladon (left) slugs it out against Thanarat...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the United States Armed Forces have “grown closer together” as they conclude the 37th iteration of the Balikatan Exercises at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Friday, April 8. (Courtesy of Armed Forces of the Philippines) Around 8,900 Filipino and...
Alcohol companies team up with civil society, local authorities to reduce drunk driving Across the Asia Pacific region, an estimated 2,000 people die each day in road collisions—a third of which involve alcohol consumption as a contributing factor, with young adults at the highest risk. In the...
The Philippines, through the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), and Canada, through York University, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on academic collaboration to launch the partnership between their universities. (Photo courtesy of CHED) Philippine universities and York University...
