Pandemic or endemic, the usual normal or the new normal, ECQ or Alert Level 1—whatever the situation is inside the country, the fight versus corruption must be relentless, unforgiving, and encompassing. Corruption, in whatever way, form, or manner, must be stopped at all costs, and government...
REFLECTIONS TODAY In predicting his passion, Jesus did not exactly say that he would be killed by crucifixion, but he referred to his would-be follower as carrying a cross. Was this invitation an afterthought on the part of Christians after Jesus had died on the cross? The mention of taking the...
Don’t let the title of this editorial fool you. Online classes, of course, are real — as real as the virtual world would allow. But after almost two years of classes conducted in front of a screen, with students digitally participating, it comes as a breath of fresh, COVID-free air that the...
Today, March 1, 2022, is the first day of Alert Level 1, a much awaited “event” in our journey in this long and arduous health pandemic. It is the first time it has happened in the National Capital Region (NCR) and a lot of people — health frontliners, business owners, investors, government...
The Manila Bulletin was recognized as the Most Supportive Newspaper by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) conferred the Gawad Ulat for Most DSWD-Supportive Newspaper to the Manila Bulletin during the 2021 Pagkilala sa...
Today, Sunday, most people will turn into full-time consumers. On a day set for shopping for essential groceries and not-so-essential items that will fulfill an aspiration, convenience or delight, the Pinoy consumer will make many decisions. At the supermarket, boutique, restaurant, toy store or...
When employers implemented a work-from-home policy in response to COVID-19 in 2020, Janssen M. Martinez, 29, a policy analyst in an NGO for climate change and energy policy, was one of those who were assigned to work remotely. By working from home, he found spare time to try new hobbies and do...
Today, 36 years ago, a plain housewife was sworn in as the 11 th president of the Republic of the Philippines, after a bloodless revolution that gathered hundreds of thousands of Filipinos along a stretch of EDSA, Metro Manila’s main thoroughfare. The plain housewife who would lead the...
The Philippines and Japan reaffirmed their enduring economic partnership as shown by further gains made in strengthening bilateral cooperation at the conclusion of the 12 th meeting of the high-level joint committee on infrastructure development and economic cooperation held last Feb. 16. ...
The digital age has touched almost all aspects of our lives, more so during the pandemic when even ordering food is done online through apps and using an e-payment system. It is now impossible to do the majority of transactions, whether it is with banks, schools, the government, or even merchants,...
After this health pandemic, scientists have predicted that the world will face another one—the pandemic of waste. Last year, data revealed that the world produced 1.6 million tons of pandemic-related waste each day. Imagine the mountains of trash that may end up in landfills or waterways and...
Many are still unaware of the laborious process that food goes through before it reaches our dining tables. This is exactly why the DOST-PCAARRD (Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development) launched “Flavors of...
