Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva has called on the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to strengthen enterprise-based training (EBT), or programs that are developed within companies and firms. “We keep saying that EBT is the best way to improve outcomes and...
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) said on Thursday, May 11, that it has inaugurated a three-story Provincial Training Center located in Lipa City, Batangas. In a statement, TESDA said that this is part of its commitment to expanding tech-voc training in the country as...
ILOILO CITY – A five-day gun ban will be implemented to secure the Manggahan Festival and 31st founding anniversary of the island-province of Guimaras next week. The Philippine National Police (PNP) has approved the request of the provincial government to suspend Permits to Carry Firearms Outside...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (left), and Vice President Sara Duterte (Rep. Castro's office, Facebook) Vice President Sara Duterte will get to "control" more confidential and intelligence funds in her new role as co-vice chairperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist...
PALO, Leyte – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made its services accessible to Eastern Visayas with the opening of its Tacloban Extension Office (EO) on Thursday, May 11. SECURITIES and Exchange Commission Chairman Emilio Aquino (right) thanks the National Economic Development...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT It’s quite easy to understand for inflation watchers to consider a possible pause in the current monetary policy tightening cycle beginning this May. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has time and again indicated it is open to such a possibility should inflation...
Instituto Cervantes will be presenting a lecture on the historical value of San Nicolas, and also launching an exhibit by the Urban Sketchers depicting the state of the neighborhood today. Scheduled during the Heritage Month, the said events will be held at Instituto Cervantes’ center in...
It's a rare thing now, seeing people read—even more so reading with actual physical books. Because of this, we are very excited about this latest announcement by the National Book Development Board (NBDB). The NBDB, best known for the Book Nook, is a program where the agency sets up reading and...
As the World Health Organization ended Covid-19 as a global emergency, Philippine Red Cross (PRC) chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Gordon reiterated that the virus is still present and that the government should still vaccinate senior citizens and people with comorbidities. Courtesy of...
The Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources has “approved in principle” the bill seeking for a P150 across-the-board wage increase for all private sector workers in the country. The panel, which is headed by Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, will now discuss the proposed...
Celebrating the 70th birth anniversary of National Artist Nora Aunor this May, the Cultural Center of the Philippines screens one of her iconic films—thereby putting a spotlight on her significant contributions to the Philippine cinema industry. Through its newest film program called CCP Cine...
OF TREES AND FOREST The changes around us are simply dizzying. We have restaurants using robots to serve food. We can now pay with our smart phones instead of physical, tangible money. Some supermarkets, including ours, have automated check-out counters. I just read about the wonderful...
