By CHIHOKO ASADA-MIYAKAWA It’s now 10 years since the Rana Plaza building, located in Dhaka, Bangladesh collapsed. That fateful day, at least 1,132 people – mainly garment workers – were killed and more than 2,500 injured. The disaster seized global attention and led to change. Yet while a...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) A Makabayan lawmaker believes that the alleged "quota system" being practiced in the Philippine National Police (PNP) could used as "evidence" by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against former president Rodrigo Duterte in connection with...
CEBU CITY – For the people of Siargao Island, the 13th Siargao International Game Fishing Tournament held in the municipality of Pilar recently was more than just a competition. IVONNIE Beltran-Dumadag, Department of Tourism-Caraga chief, speaks during the closing and awarding ceremony of the 13th...
CLARK, Pampanga – Low-cost airline Cebu Pacific resumed operations at the Clark International Airport on Friday, April 21. Cebu Pacific President and Chief Commercial Officer Xander Lao led the relaunching of the pre-pandemic flights from Clark to Bacolod, Boracay, Davao, Cebu, and Bangkok,...
PILAR, Siargao Island – The 13th Siargao International Game Fishing Tournament opened on Friday, April 21, here with local and international anglers looking to outdo each other. SEN. Imee Marcos leads the ceremonial casting during the opening of the 13th Siargao International Game Fishing...
Road safety is a shared responsibility. Every person using the road should be aware of how to keep it a safe place. On the other hand, each government agency with a function related to the roads should be attentive to their tasks that will keep the roads safe. People need to be aware of that...
Bren Esports claimed the top seed and the upper bracket seat in the most dominant fashion, capping a 2-0 sweep of Blacklist International with a masterful 17-0 triumph in Game 2 in the MPL Philippines Season 11 at the Shooting Gallery Studios on Friday, April 14. *Bren Esports celebrates after...
The Senate plenary hall (Senate PRIB) The Senate Justice and Human Rights Committee has invited the International Criminal Court (ICC) to its hearing on a resolution of the Senate objecting to an ICC probe on the controversial drug war of former president Rodrigo Duterte. The ICC has not yet...
The World Health Organization (WHO) emergency committee is set to meet again next month to discuss whether or not Covid-19 is still a public health emergency of international concern. WHO Western Pacific Region Emergency Director Dr. Babatunde Olowokure said that the emergency panel will then give...
The Senate plenary hall (Senate PRIB) Senators brushed off the rejection by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of a Philippine government appeal against its investigation into alleged human rights violations by the previous Duterte administration in connection with its anti-illegal drug...
Major shipping and logistic groups support the decision of the Senate to investigate, in aid of legislation, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) for its issuances that the groups claimed could lead to increase in logistics cost and price of food and basic commodities. The hearing will be conducted...
One can never be blamed for constantly worrying about their children when their kids are out even when they are in schools and other educational institutions. No wonder some parents are leaning toward homeschooling, as it offers the comfortability of studying in a safe environment based on every...
