Celebrate and discuss the importance of diversity in the Philippines with this campaign that allows the LGBTQIA+ heroes’ voices to be heard RAINBOW LIGHTS In Munich, the Allianz Arena stadium was lit in the colors of the Pride flag January, earlier this year. (Photo by Alexandra Beier for Getty)...
LGBTQIA+ representation in pop culture is making it easy to be gender-nonconformist. Or is it? PRIDE LOVE June is about to end, but the discourse on the topic of LGBTQIA+ community never stops. This week’s Philippine Panorama goes into the heart of the matter (Cover design by Jules Vivas)...
Malacañang has declared June 24, Thursday, a holiday in the city of Manila in celebration of its 450th founding anniversary. The Manila City Hall clock tower is seen illuminated with colorful lights display (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The special non-working holiday in Manila was issued through...
Emirates is ramping up its operations and expanding services across its network to meet strong leisure travel demand as entry restrictions ease for travelers. Todate, the airline has a total of 14 weekly flights to the Philippines - 7 weekly flights to and from Manila, 5 weekly flights to and from...
To encourage its citizens to get jabbed, Las Piñas, which has seen a spike in vaccination rates, is giving away prizes (Las Piñas PIO) To get vaccinated is a reward unto itself at a time when vaccine supply is still low, but the City of Las Piñas, in an effort to encourage its citizens to get...
Some parts of Cainta and Antipolo City in Rizal will experience water interruption for six to eight hours on June 16 and June 17. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In its advisory, Manila Water announced that line maintenance and valve installation will be undertaken in at least three areas in Cainta...
The rail line linking Manila and Bulacan, Philippine National Railways (PNR) Clark Phase 1 (Tutuban-Malolos), first segment of the P319.5 Billion North-South Commuter Railway, Monday, (June 14) posted a 46.68 percent overall progress rate and is on track to be completed second quarter of 2024. It's...
The government will continue to keep the country's borders closed to travelers coming from India and six other countries as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo by Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP) According to Presidential spokesman Harry Roque, the entry...
President Duterte is expected to announce Monday night, June 14, the new quarantine status of National Capital Region (NCR) Plus and other areas for the rest of the month. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said the President will address the...
Tripadvisor, the world’s largest travel guidance platform, revealed that global vaccine rollouts are driving increasing demand for vacations, with vaccinated travellers more likely to stay longer and spend more on their trips than unvaccinated travellers. Across the Asia-Pacific (APAC), where the...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares Every year, Rizaleños celebrate two successive “Independence Days.” Every 12 th of June, they mark the Nation’s Independence Day together with the rest of our countrymen. A day before that, June 11, Rizaleños celebrate another “Independence Day” –...
PBA star June Mar Fajardo paid homage to one of his basketball idols Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets for bagging the NBA Most Valuable Player award over the week. Nikola Jokic of Serbia (center) battles for the rebound against Gilas Pilipinas players during the group stage of the 2019 FIBA World...
