Vice President Sara Duterte has encouraged the nation to carry on with their "unyielding Filipino spirit" to bounce back from challeneging times towards a progressive 2023. Vice President Sara Duterte delivers her inaugural address at San Pedro Square in her hometown of Davao City on June 19, 2022....
Five persons were injured by firecrackers in Muntinlupa despite a total ban in the city amid the revelry to welcome the New Year on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. Muntinlupa has an ordinance that totally banned the use and sale of firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices. Muntinlupa police chief...
Police nabbed three men with warrants of arrest and spent the New Year in jail in Pangasinan. Eduardo Corpuz, 44, a resident of Barangay Subosob, Rosario, La Union, was arrested for theft. He was taken to the Conrado F. Estrella Regional Medical and Trauma Center for medical examination and placed...
As the Philippines welcomes the year 2023, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. expressed confidence that Filipinos could have better lives as long as they work together. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) In his message, Marcos said he was one with the Filipinos in...
Each of us has a battle to fight, but first steel your resolve By Poch Eulalia While many are quick to joke that a New Year’s resolution only ever lasts a week, there are people out there who look to the coming year with hopes for real and lasting positive change. To remind us that life is a...
We may not feel exhausted because our minds are strong. Chronic stress, however, will take its toll on our body. Each year, we have a list of New Year’s resolutions, don’t we? But let’s face it, how many from that list do we get to succeed in? What could be the reason behind our failure to...
Angel Thoughts Happy New Year's Day, dear readers! May we offer to the Most High this past year's joy, glory, and blessings as well as our fears, pains, and falls. He helped us stand up again and gave us the courage to help others who had their failures, too. Photo from Unsplash The coming 2023,...
Today, the start of a new year, we are unified by hope and willing to work toward the same goal – a better economy and a better life for all. Despite the significant increases in the prices of fuel, food, and services, 92 percent of Filipinos said they will face the new year with hope, according...
More firecrackers were seized while 60 persons were penalized for using open pipe mufflers in Muntinlupa on New Year’s Eve. According to the Muntinlupa City government, as of 5 p.m. on Dec. 31, nearly 4,000 pieces of firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices including 52 improvised “boga” were...
Vice President Sara Duterte is hoping that the people and government's efforts to build the nation will eventually result in the success of the country. In her New Year message, Duterte said the upcoming new year will mark "a new and promising season of growth" for every Filipino. She called on the...
Private hospitals are prepared for the possible increase in the admission of patients with firecracker-related injuries in light of the New Year celebrations according to a health expert. (Unsplash) Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. (PHAPi) President Dr. Jose Rene De Grano, in a...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. De La Rosa OP Many of us turn mad on New Year's Eve. We abandon our common sense and put our trust in astrologers, psychic gurus, and Feng Shui experts who pompously lecture on success and failure, life and death, and love and war. Blindly following their advice, we...