After being postponed and scaled down in the past two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the “Balikatan” Exercise was formally launched by the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the United States military at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Monday, March 28. BALIKATAN OPENING -- Gen. Andres...
GRAB Female Drivers Grab PH sees 100% growth in female drivers By EMMIE V. ABADILLA Grab Philippines sees a "consistent increase of active female driver-partners" joining its ride-hailing platform, at least 100 percent annually, the company told the Manila Bulletin. “Active” drivers are those...
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said taking advantage of the poverty and vulnerability of people in order to acquire votes or advance one's selfish gain is a serious offense against God. CBCP/MB The CBCP said this in a Pastoral Letter on the 2022 Election released late...
Recognizing that cancer is the third leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the country, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) through the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) and University of the Philippines (UP) Manila are developing an Artificial...
RSG Philippines secured a ticket to the playoffs following its 2-1 victory over Omega Esports in the MPL Philippines Season 9 on Saturday, March 26. Photo from MPL Philippines With the win, RSG upped its point total to 21 points – the same maximum Omega, the No. 7 team in the standings, could...
Pinto Art Museum presents ‘Neurologists as Artists’ CAMSURS IMPRINT, mixed media, 17.7x19.7, Neil Lee Ambasing, 2011 Early into the pandemic, when everything came to a grinding halt and we were told to shelter in our homes to mitigate the spread of a virus of which little was known, many...
Just launched at the Manila Hotel was the legacy book of the 1971 ConCon delegates By Pablo S. Trillana III PORTRAIT OF RICARDO During the book launch, the delegates surprised the publisher, Ricardo Quintos, with a pastel portrait of his younger self. Delegates (from left) Amado S. Tolentino, Jr.,...
Ma. Cristina Cacho Hernandez de Olbés died peacefully in her sleep, her family has revealed. The society maven and beauty passed gracefully at age 64 at Makati Medical Center on March 25, 2022, a year and a half after revealing she had been diagnosed with cancer. A death notice posted by her...
The leader of the bandit Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) has been killed by military forces in an encounter in Sumisip, Basilan on Friday, March 25. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) says Radzmil Jannatul, an Abu Sayyaf Group sub-leader and the successor of the late ASG commander Furuji Indama, has...
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in partnership with Coca-Cola Philippines has launched a training facility for iSTAR Program, the upgraded version of their Sari-Sari Store Training and Access Resources (STAR) Program. (Photo from TESDA / MANILA BULLETIN) TESDA...
AMIGOS EN LA CULTURA National Museum Director Jeremy Barns (left) and Spanish Ambassador to the Philippines Jose Moragas formally open the exhibit titled The Longest Journey With alert level one in place, diplomatic events have come back to (real) life. This, after having been relegated mostly to...
Ambassador Quintana welcomes Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum at PH Bangkóta Pavilion at World Expo 2020 CENTER OF WORLD BIODIVERSITY Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai, is shown around the Marahuyo Boutique at the Philippines’ Bangkota Pavilion by Philippine Ambassador...
