The Securities and Exchange Commission is making it faster for energy companies to register their securities in order to speed up the process for their fund-raising activities in the capital market. “The general concept is to make it easier for them to comply with the process. We will have a...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian wants public schools included in the government's free wi-fi program for a more efficient roll-out and to ensure Internet connectivity in the country’s public places. Gatchalian quizzed the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) during the...
How would you describe a malnourished person? Growing up, I only equated malnutrition to lacking nourishment resulting to looking like skin and bones. A malnourished person for me looked gaunt and emaciated. The lack of muscle mass and body fat is evident due to lack of food intake and proper...
CLINICAL MATTERS Many people know Dr. Willie Ong for his popular medical posts which are easy to understand and very informative for the general public. Recently, he announced that he had cancer – an inoperable sarcoma in his chest – for which he was receiving his second cycle of chemotherapy....
President Marcos has declared Oct. 15 of every year as the National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day to raise awareness and provide support for affected families. Pixabay Proclamation No. 700 was signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, by authority of the President, on Oct. 2. In his...
The ruins of Marawi City during the 2017 siege (File photo) In times of conflict or wars, it is often the voice of men that are listened to by the people: informing who and where the enemies are, what to do and where to go to keep us safe, and what plans the government should do to defeat the...
The province of Catanduanes will experience rotational brownouts starting Saturday, Oct. 5, as the National Power Corporation (NPC) has postponed subsidy billings, according to Sunwest Water and Electric Co. (SUWECO). SUWECO reported a scaled-down operation due to NPC’s delayed payments for...
When Diana Vreeland, editor in chief at Vogue from 1963 to 1971, was a young girl, her mother told her, “It’s too bad that you have such a beautiful sister and that you are so extremely ugly and so terribly jealous of her." Diana Vreeland (Still from the documentary, Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has...
ANCIENT TRAVELERS Scholars believe the existence of a maritime tradition practiced by early Filipinos to get around the archipelago (Source: Tadhana Vol. 1 Abridged Edition 1982) In my previous article, I talked about the Austronesian Migration Expansion and how maritime technology increased our...
With the hashtag #TimeToEndBreastCancer, Estée Lauder Philippines and SM Cares heralded the start of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month at SM Aura. It was an especially fitting partnership as SM Supermalls president Steven Tan spoke about how his own mother is a breast survivor, and he still...
CONGRATS, EVERYONE! Team Cigarette Girl at the Seoul Drama Awards The recent Seoul International Drama Awards 2024 saw Netflix’ Cigarette Girl winning the best miniseries, based on a novel by Ratih Kumala, about a couple’s unrequited love story set on the historical clove cigarette...
The Philippine contemporary art scene unfolds in countless hues. On its 16th year, ManilART ’24 embraces the theme “Prisms and Mosaics” to celebrate this multifaceted nature, uniting diverse artistic expressions into a harmonious display. Here’s are some of the exciting...
