Young Filipino math aces have bagged 224 more medals so far this year from various mathematics contests abroad, bringing their 5-year total to 6,538 medals. This was announced over the weekend by the Mathematics Trainers' Guild Phils. (MTG) which has been mentoring math-gifted students from both...
AMA Bank depositors are expected to wait longer before regaining access to their deposit accounts, as the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has filed a second Motion for Reconsideration, ordering the closure of AMA Bank. AMA Bank filed a motion in relation to BSP’s second Motion for...
DIPLOMACY TO K-POP -- South Korea's Ambassador to the Philippines Lee Sang-hwa vowed to deepen the cooperation and warm relations between Manila and Seoul during a Thanksgiving lunch that he hosted at his residence in Makati City on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. South Korea’s Ambassador to the...
An international bazaar to be participated in by at least 40 countries will open once again with the theme, “Shop global, help local,” at the World Trade Center starting November 3. Photos by Mark Balmores The International Bazaar Foundation, Inc. (IBF) partnered with the Spouses of the...
Scientists and tobacco harm reduction (THR) experts stressed that nicotine alone is not the cause of smoking-related diseases and that further studies are needed to know more about its potential therapeutic benefits. Neuroscientist Dr. Paul Newhouse "I have never in all my career as a...
Very Rev. Fr. Richard G. Ang, O.P., Ph. D. was installed on Monday, Sept. 9, as the 97th Rector of the Royal and Pontifical University of Santos Tomas, his second four-year-term, with a promise to elevate the quality of education being offered in the university and its institutions. “As I begin...
Pag-IBIG Fund disbursed P77.33 billion in home loans from January to August this year, reflecting an increase of P383 million compared to the P76.94 billion released during the same period last year. This achievement marks the highest home loan release for the January to August period in the...
Department of Health Secretary Ted Herbosa leads a surgical procedure at the Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center in Sta. Cruz, Manila on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. In what could be another feat worthy of a Guinness World Records recognition, Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro Herbosa...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Health is now working on measures that will address the diminishing share of local government units (LGUs) in the country's total health expenditure, including mandating an automatic 5% allocation for special health...
The Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI) is appealing to the government to declare smuggling an act of economic sabotage, saying that illicit trade harms the local economy and steals billions of pesos in government revenue. Jesus Arranza, chairman of the Federation of Philippine Industries...
The Supreme Court En Banc has recently issued a pivotal resolution in G.R. No. 253270 (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas v. Ma. Fe Balceda Sinoro and the Majority Stockholders of AMA Rural Bank of Mandaluyong, Inc.) and G.R. No. 253411 (Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Ma. Fe Balceda Sinoro...
FOOD AID FROM THE UAE - In photo during the arrival on Tuesday of a planeload of food donation from the United Arab Emirates government (from left) DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian, DILG Secretary Benhur Abalos, UAE Ambassador to the Philippines Mohamed Obaid Alqattam Alzaabi, Special Envoy to the...
