Our Philippine Retailers Association (PRA) hosted its annual National Retail Conference and Expo at the SMX Convention Center, MOA Complex the other week. It was truly an inclusive gathering of the best and brightest in Philippine retail. The Expo section was a heady blend of the...
Gelvin Hernandez, known for his breathtaking LED visual designs, recently pulled out all the stops for his daughter Summers’ first birthday celebration held at the Clubhouse in Greenmeadows Quezon City on Aug. 25. As the owner of Always in Motion Live, the leading provider of graphics and...
TACLOBAN CITY – The 78th Infantry Battalion recently discovered a New People’s Army arms cache in the mountainous Barangay Antipolo, Llorente, Eastern Samar. Lt. Col. Joseph Bugaoan, commanding officer of the 78th IB, said they found a rifle grenade, ammunition, four handheld radios, and other...
BUTUAN CITY – Six New People’s Army (NPA) rebels surrendered to the military in Agusan del Norte on Wednesday, August 28. Brig. Gen. Adonis Ariel G. Orio, commanding general of the Army 402nd Infantry (Stingers) Brigade based here, said they turned over four M16 Armalite rifles, one AK47 rifle,...
I’m not sure what prompted me to try to negate all these notions of mine that everything has become worse, not just the climate, not just the state of the environment, not just the conditions in the wild, which we have tamed to our own detriment, not just in terms of our shrinking attention span...
House Spearker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Monday, August 26 urged China to pursue dialogue and consultations with Philippine authorities as a way to resolve the conflict in the West Philippine Sea and not resort to aggression or confrontation. Romualdez made the call as he...
BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army couple surrendered to the Army 79th Infantry Battalion at their headquarters in Barangay Bato, Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Friday night, August 23. LT. Col. Arnel Calaoagan, commander of Army 79th Infantry Battalion, welcomes a New People’s Army (NPA)...
ILOILO CITY – A New People’s Army rebel was killed in an encounter with the 61 st Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army in Barangay Culyat, Valderrama town, Antique province on Saturday, August 24. GUNS and bullets were seized in an August 24 clash in Valderrama, Antique. (Army...
The ambassadors of the United States and Japan denounced China for launching flares at Philippine aircraft operating in the Scarborough Shoal and Subi Reef last week. (Photos courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) In a post on X (formerly Twitter), US Ambassador MaryKay Carlson expressed...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 94th Infantry Battalion on Friday, August 23, identified the New People’s Army couple killed in a clash in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, August 22. GUNS and bullets were recovered from a New People’s Army couple killed in an encounter with the...
BACOLOD CITY -- Two New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in an encounter with the military in Sitio Pisok, Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, August 22. The Army has yet to identify the two casualties -- a man and a woman. Lt. Col. J-jay Javines,...
TACLOBAN CITY – A New People’s Army leader and medic surrendered to the military in Barangay Nato, Taft, Eastern Samar this week. Rolando Romanca, commanding officer of the Apoy Platoon, Sub-Regional Committee Sesame, Eastern Visayas Regional Party Committee, and medic Jovy Mendez yielded to...
