“Around 70 million working-age Pinoys can provide much-needed boost to national economy.” This was announced by the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) as the country observes Population Development Week from November 23 to 29. As reported in the Philippine Statistics...
• The company aims for all its projects to have net zero carbon footprint by 2030. • Arthaland Senior Vice-President Oliver Chan said the company is about 60 percent into implementing decarbonization. • Eluria, a luxury residential development in Legazpi Village in Makati City, features 100...
Today is the second day of Manila Bulletin’s 1st Sustainability Forum. Yesterday, nine online talks were presented by companies that have exhibited efforts that went “beyond green.” They include SM Group where Hans Sy Jr. talked about their disaster preparedness and resilience efforts. Oliver...
When Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Yogi Filemon L. Ruiz was informed last month that there were thousands of balikbayan boxes abandoned in their warehouses, he immediately found himself on a trip down memory lane when he was still struggling to fill up one. As an overseas Filipino worker...
Get your holiday presents ready and shop from this leading health and beauty retailer Sustainability books Watsons kicks off the most wonderful time of the year and the longest season in the Philippines, Christmas, by reaffirming its commitment to providing customers with more sustainable health,...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Zacchaeus was a “made” man. He had money, power, and influence. But in a little corner in his heart he must have known that these worldly trappings were mere externals. These were fleeting and could not really satisfy the human soul. When Jesus stops at the exact spot where...
Several bills are being discussed in the House of Representatives all pushing the same objective: To provide incentives to outstanding Filipino creatives who have given the country honor through their works that have garnered international recognition. Among these are House Bill (HB) No. 1281 or...
REFLECTIONS TODAY People in the time of Noah and Lot rejected God’s call for repentance and insisted on their routine of living. It is for people like them that the end-time could really be scary. Since their focus is to seek to gain their lives on their own terms, they will lose their lives. In...
Manila Bulletin’s 1st Sustainability Forum, anchored on the theme “Beyond Green,” calls on individuals and companies to adapt practices that help us attain a sustainable tomorrow. The online forum will be held on Nov. 23 to 24, 2022, and will feature talks from leaders in ESG (Environment,...
REFLECTIONS TODAY St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome is widely known as the seat of the Catholic Church. The Pope lives inside the Vatican (the smallest state in the world), and here he presides at the Mass and addresses pilgrims from all over the world. But the mother church of all Christendom is not...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Jesus pointedly tells his disciples that in relation to God, they are servants and they do not deserve thanks from him after they have done their work. Nor should they expect special treatment after they have fulfilled their grueling work for the entire day. This teaching sounds...
REFLECTIONS TODAY LUKE 20:27-38 Some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, came forward and put this question to Jesus, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us, If someone’s brother dies leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his...
