The number of unemployed Filipinos inched up in June as job seekers joining the labor force increased, but the unemployment rate was steady at 6 percent, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed on Monday, Aug. 8. Based on the June 2022 round of PSA’s Labor Force Survey, there...
CJ Perez and June Mar Fajardo provided a deadly one-two punch as San Miguel Beer grinded out a 96-91 victory over Meralco to regain the semis lead, 2-1, in Game 3 of their best-of-seven semifinals series in the 2022 PBA Philippine Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Sunday, Aug. 7. June Mar...
An online training for gender mainstreaming monitoring system (GMMS) will be held by the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) in September 2022. GMMS Online Training 2022 (Photo courtesy of Philippine Commission on Women) “GMMS is an online knowledge management tool to monitor the gender...
Jayson Castro drilled a huge three-pointer with three seconds left to lift TNT past Magnolia, 93-92, and take a 2-1 lead in their best-of-seven semifinals series in the 2022 PBA Philippine Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Sunday, Aug. 7. Jayson Castro (PBA Images) With Tropang Giga left without...
PH embassy in Russia promotes cultural dialogue with Russian students LET'S DANCE Moscow Lomonosov State University students, some of whom major in Philippine Studies, perform the tinikling. A post of this performance on the Philippine Embassy in Moscow FB page has since gone viral A minute-long...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Sunday, Aug. 7, deployed 50 emergency medical services and welfare personnel in seven locations to provide medical care and welfare services to the participants of the world-renowned triathlon event Ironman 70.3 in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. Philippine Red Cross...
The Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform (PEPP) said former President Fidel V. Ramos' commitment to attaining true and lasting peace through principled negotiations during his presidency will always shine as bright honors to the Filipino people. PEPP "His legacy as a minted member of the Armed...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) reported a total of 493,776 new members through its Membership with Accident Assistance Benefits (MAAB) program from January to June 2022. (PHILIPPINE RED CROSS) According to PRC, MAAB is a donation program that provides accident assistance benefits for members ages...
The local stock market may cautiously try to move further up this week on the back of good corporate earnings reports and after breaching its resistance level but investors will also get cues from the release of GDP and employment figures. “Last week, the local market was able to get past its...
Meralco head coach Norman Black expressed his gratitude to the rest of his coaching staff for holding the fort when he took an indefinite leave to attend to his then-ailing mother in the US. Meralco coach Norman Black (PBA Images) The veteran tactician had no other choice but to leave the fate of...
Senator Robinhood "Robin" Padilla has filed Senate Bill (SB) 451 mandating the inclusion of Philippine history in the high school curriculum to guide the youth in shaping the country and its people. Padilla expressed hopes that the teaching of Philippine history would aid the youth in understanding...
Philippine Italian Association and Lyceum of the Philippines University in Cavite sign agreement on inclusion of Italian in curriculum PARLI ITALIANO? Officers of the Philippine Italian Association, the Italian Embassy in Manila, and the Lyceum of the Philippines (from left): Mark Irvin Celis, Dr....
