While there is no cure for diabetes, the disease can be controlled and can go into remission. “We have seen encouraging results when individuals with type 2 diabetes participate in a multifaceted weight management program,” said Osama Hamdy, MD, PhD, Joslin Diabetes Center’s Medical...
Private sector employees who will render work on the observance of the Day of Valor on Tuesday, April 9 and Eidl' Fitr on April 10 are entitled to an additional wage as all the dates were declared a regular holiday, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. In a released statement on...
The lack of confidence in raising children due to rising prices of goods and services is compelling Filipino couples to delay or deprioritize childbearing, a recent study conducted by the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) has disclosed. The same study, according to CPD Executive...
Accor Vice President for Development Chris Cho, C9 Hotelworks Managing Director Bill Barnett, Tytans Properties Development Chairman Gerard Tan, Tytans Properties Development Board Member Congresswoman Daphne A. Lagon, Tytans Properties Development President Congressman Sonny Lagon, Accor Chief...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Saturday, April 6, extended the seed capital fund to 25 livelihood associations in Agusan del Norte. (Photo from DSWD) DSWD, in a statement, handed over the P7.6 million to be utilized as start-up capitalization of the local entrepreneurs...
To spearhead the new frontier for nuclear science in the global education scene, the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) will be hosting this year's first International Nuclear Science Olympiad (INSO) in the country. (Photo from INSO) In a released...
Four overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who got injured when a powerful earthquake struck Taiwan received Taiwanese $10,000 as cash assistance, the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) disclosed on Friday, April 5. One of the recipients of the financial aid was OFW Christine Gumahin, who fell...
As we power through the sweltering summer heat, many of us likely long to relive the cold embrace of the ‘ber months that so swiftly went by. We’re long past the cool season, and this is why dreaming up the next round of colder months offers up a lush shade in the scorching sun. CREATIVE...
In the art and science of timekeeping, “the Holy Trinity “denotes the revered trio of Patek Philippe (PP), Audemars Piguet (AP), and Vacheron Constantin (VC). In the Philippines, the term might as well refer to Jesse Maxwell, Paolo Martel, and Franco Varona, co-founders of Vintage Grail, a...
Trust Ben Chan to spot talent, even if it’s 8,496.07 miles (13,673.10 kilometers) away. In 2019, two years before his surprise appointment as senior vice president of design at Calvin Klein, Latino designer Willy Chavarria, who had, decades before then, been making waves in American mass-market...
About P50 billion was allotted for the government pension of four million indigent senior citizens throughout the country. The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released a total of P49.807 billion to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to cover the senior citizens’...
Sen. Raffy Tulfo has filed a resolution raising the issue of conflict of interest in the duties of Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga regarding her family's alleged ownership of about 40,000 hectares of land in the towns of Coron and Busuanga...
